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Pledge for 2021-2025 replenishment

USD100,000,000

Total contributions to GPE

USD118,999,682

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April 26, 2021

Coverage of Middle East launch of GPE Case for Investment

GPE's Case for Investment was launched in the Middle East, in partnership with Dubai Cares and the Islamic Development Bank. Read media coverage of the event

February 16, 2021

5 reasons for $5+ billion: Interview with Dr. Tariq Al Gurg

In this series, GPE asks changemakers five questions on the power of education. GPE's financing campaign seeks to raise at least $5 billion over five years to transform education for up to 1 billion children...

March 22, 2018

United Arab Emirates become member of Education 2030 Steering Committee

The United Arab Emirates have become members of the UNESCO's International Steering Committee in charge of SDG 4 on education. This is a testament to the efforts made by the country's leadership to promote...

Aid to education

In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), foreign aid policy is led by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

UAE foreign assistance contributes to global efforts to achieve SDG 4, including a strong focus on girls’ education. Investments are guided by the first five-year "UAE Policy for Foreign Assistance (2017–2021)" and are focused on three key pillars:

Women’s empowerment and protection
Transport and urban infrastructure
Technical cooperation

The United Arab Emirates is a participant in the Development Assistance Committee (DAC). In 2017, the UAE’s official development assistance (ODA) reached US$4.6 billion (1.31% of gross national income). That same year, the top recipients of its Basic Education ODA Disbursement were: Tanzania, Mexico, Philippines, Rwanda, Comoros.

Reem Bint Ebrahim Al Hashimy - Cabinet member and Minister of State for International Cooperation for the United Arab Emirates

Our vision for the future is a world built on tolerance, equality and peaceful coexistence. In order to achieve this, we must actively invest in the cultivation of these practices. To finance GPE is to fuel the engine of hope

Reem Al Hashimy
Minister of State for International Cooperation, United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates and GPE

The United Arab Emirates joined GPE in 2018. At the 3rd replenishment conference in Dakar, the country became the first Arab and Middle Eastern donor to GPE and pledged US$100 million.

Watch the launch of GPE's Case for Investment in the Middle East (April 2021)

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