UNESCO examines the financial shortfall for reaching global education

GPE media coverage - April 30, 2016 | Source: Herald Globe

Grade 4 girl at her desk in Public Primary School in Mamakoffikro, Côte d'Ivoire. Credit: GPE/Carine Durand

During the Global Action Week for Education (GAWE), UNESCO hosted a panel debate to examine how to finance the ambitious new targets of the Global Goal 4. In a video message marking the launch of GAWE, Alice Albright, CEO of GPE, stressed that to achieve this goal requires “a stronger focus on the most marginalized”.

Read the article in the Herald Globe

Focus areas: SDG 4

Latest news

October 15, 2026

Call for expression of interest for the GPE 2030 evaluation portfolio

GPE invites expressions of interest from accredited grant agents to implement the corporate evaluation portfolio under the GPE 2030 strategy.

September 23, 2026

Global leaders mobilize $3.5 billion for education at UN General Assembly

Global leaders rallied today behind the Multiply Possibility campaign at a high-level event convened by Italy, Nigeria and the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) at the UN General Assembly. The campaign...

September 21, 2026

Foundation and private sector partners announce $400 million to advance global education in the run up to High-Level Financing Event

GPE welcomed $400 million in commitments from private sector and foundation partners to help transform education systems and multiply possibilities for millions of children around the world.