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Overview May 2012. Douglas Lehman Global Partnership for Education Girls’ Education focal point. Overview. Mission. Supporting our developing country partners to: get all their children into school, for a longer time, for a better education, especially for girls and
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Overview May 2012 Douglas Lehman Global Partnership for Education Girls’ Education focal point
Mission Supporting our developing country partners to: get all their children into school, for a longer time, for a better education, especially for girls and particularly in fragile states.
Partners 46 Developing Country Partners Afghanistan, Albania, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras Kenya, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Moldova, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Togo, Uganda, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia 30 Bilateral, Regional, and International Agencies and Development Banks Civil Society and Teachers Private Foundations and Private Sector
Recent Internal Reform • Partner Representation: Constituency-based Board of Directors • Strategic Focus: Increase support for fragile states; Improve learning outcomes through quality education; Increase support to girls' education; Reduce the number of out-of-school children • Funding: The Global Partnership for Education Fund with 4 ‘windows’; and more predictable funding based on a 3-year Needs and Performance Framework
UNGEI – GPE collaboration GPE OPPORTUNITY NEED UNGEI T/A AVAILABLE
NEED • Countries where Primary Completion Rate (PCR) for girls is inferior to that of boys • Countries where PCR is low for both genders • Countries where girls’ transition rate to lower secondary is markedly lower than that of boys
UNGEI T/A AVAILABLE • Countries where UNGEI has identified in-country technical expertise that is willing to represent UNGEI in education sector discussions (meetings, thematic working groups, Joint Sector Reviews, etc.)
GPE OPPORTUNITY Indicative Allocation Monitoring Local Education Group (LEG) Implementation Education Plan Development Allocation Decision Education Program Development