Annual progress review and partnership compact update

The reviews are essential for governments and partners to assess the progress in delivering their priority reforms and plan next steps.

Note: the midterm review is now called the partnership compact update

Under the GPE strategy, GPE partner countries develop partnership compacts that focus on transforming their education systems.

These plans identify a priority reform to be implemented over 4-5 years, with the support of partners, providing a clear roadmap for achieving significant improvements in education.

Annual progress review

The annual progress review allows governments and partners to:

  • Understand progress toward the priority reform: What progress has been made in implementing the partnership compact priority reform and achieving results, including gender equality and inclusion? What challenges, risks, or persistent gaps require attention? How are partner interventions, including GPE grants, supporting reform delivery?
  • Strengthen planning and follow-up: What key actions or operational adjustments should be prioritized over the next year to strengthen implementation, address major delivery issues, and accelerate progress where it is lagging?

Partnership compact update

In addition to annual reviews, countries formally update their partnership compact every four years or so to agree priorities for the next 3-5 years and determine areas where future GPE support can be most helpful.

The purpose of this update is for government and partners to make decisions in four key areas:

  • Priority reform. What updates should be made to the priority reform to strengthen implementation and progress toward results, integrating gender equality and inclusion? What knowledge and capacity gaps need to be addressed to deliver the reform?
  • Education financing and measuring foundational learning. How can we strengthen education financing and strengthen national systems to assess learning? What support is needed? What top-up triggers would incentivize progress?
  • Partnership. How will partners align their technical and financial support to strengthen reform delivery? How will core stakeholders, including teachers, youth and marginalized groups, be engaged?
  • GPE support. What should be the focus of GPE 2030 funding? What other GPE support can be drawn on to support reform delivery and systems strengthening?

Upcoming partnership compact updates

October-December 2026 January-March 2027 April-June 2027 July-September 2027 October-December 2027 January-March 2028
Central African Republic Bhutan Benin Burundi Angola Papua New Guinea
Eritrea Burkina Faso Chad Cabo Verde Bangladesh Yemen
Gambia, The Comoros Congo, Republic of Cameroon Fiji
Guyana Congo, Democratic Republic of Cote d'Ivoire Marshall Islands Guinea-Bissau
Kyrgyz Republic Ethiopia Djibouti Pakistan-Balochistan Nicaragua
Mozambique Ghana Dominica Pakistan-Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa Samoa
Nigeria Guinea Grenada Pakistan-Punjab
São Tomé and Príncipe Honduras Haiti Pakistan-Sindh
South Sudan Lao People's Democratic Republic Kiribati Togo
Uzbekistan Liberia Mali Tuvalu
Zambia Madagascar Mauritania
Zimbabwe Senegal Micronesia, Federated States
Sierra Leone Niger
Timor-Leste Solomon Islands
Tonga St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Vanuatu

All efforts are made to reflect the latest available information, but we encourage you to verify information with the coordinating agency. Relevant country teams can facilitate as needed. Information on coordinating agency and country teams are accessible on each partner country page.

The following countries have already updated their partnership compacts: Cambodia, El Salvador, Indonesia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Maldives, Nepal, Rwanda, Somalia, Federal State of Somaliland, Tajikistan, Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar.

Tools and templates

(The tools and templates below are under development and will be posted once available)