This inception report sets out the proposed approach of the consultancy team from Oxford Policy Management and Dalberg in response to terms of reference issued by the Global Partnership for Education Secretariat in September 2017, and following further discussion and development during an inception period in December-March 2018 to study efficient and effective partnership.

As part of the Financing and Funding Framework (FFF) adopted by the GPE Board in March 2017, GPE has committed to improving the core operating model for strengthening education systems. GPE actors, and the partnership model, are critical to delivering GPE 2020, and the country-level operational model is a means to this end. Thus, GPE has continuously strived to strengthen and support the model, and this study is one effort among many that will contribute to further improvements.

See Volume 2 Annexes