Pledge for 2018-2021
DKK1,231,750,000 *
Share of 2018-2020 pledges
8.54% *
Total contributions to GPE
US$491,056,009
Share of total contributions
8.25%
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April 11, 2019
Alice Albright and Minister Ulla Tornæs reflect on a joint visit.
February 04, 2019
The extraordinary commitments made at the GPE Financing Conference in Dakar in February 2018 were the start of an eventful year. Let’s review some of the highlights, from additional funding to increased...
December 07, 2018
Statement by Julia Gillard, Board Chair of the Global Partnership for Education, at the closing of the GPE Board meeting in Dublin, Ireland on December 6-7, 2018.
Aid to education
Danish foreign aid and international development funds are managed by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA).
Denmark’s priorities for development cooperation in education include:
- Education for the marginalized
- Education in fragile contexts
- Access to quality education
- Gender equality
In 2017, the top recipients of basic education ODA disbursement were: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Myanmar and Nigeria.
* Denmark's pledge goes through to 2021, and the share of its pledge to total pledges takes this additional year into account.
Where there is education, there is hope. Every child has a right to education, every child has a right to hope. The Global Partnership for Education plays an absolutely indispensable part in delivering education and delivering hope.
Martin Bille Hermann
Former State Secretary for Development Policy, Denmark
February 2018
Former State Secretary for Development Policy, Denmark
February 2018
Denmark and GPE
Denmark hosted the first-ever GPE Replenishment Conference in November 2011.
Denmark sits on the Finance and Risk Committee.
Last updated May 27, 2019