Total contributions to GPE
US$7,548,769
Share of total contributions
0.11%
Latest blogs and news
December 16, 2020
Despite the challenges we faced throughout the year, 2020 has been a particularly rich and pivotal year for GPE. From the COVID-19 emergency response to a new brand, a new strategy and the launch of our...
August 16, 2018
A report sponsored by Finland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs urges Finland to step up and take a more active role in addressing the learning crisis in developing countries.
June 26, 2018
Joining hands with other donors to improve the quality of education in Ethiopia, GPE pledged US$100 million to the country, particularly for elementary education.
Aid to education
The Department for Development Policy in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs handles Finland’s international development policy, development cooperation policy and development and humanitarian financing.
The priority areas for development cooperation in education include:
- global education
- the rights of children and youth
- education from early childhood development through higher education
- employment
- capacity building of educational institutions
- promoting children’s right to childhood and education
- combating child labor
In 2017, the top recipients of basic education ODA disbursement were: Mozambique, West Bank and Gaza Strip, Uganda, Afghanistan, Myanmar.
Last updated October 22, 2020