Global Partnership for Education c/o World Bank

Published purpose

This grant represents Canada’s institutional support to the Global Partnership for Education (GPE). The GPE uses these funds, along with other donors’ funding, to achieve its mandate. The GPE is the main multilateral funding mechanism focused on basic education in developing countries. The mission of the GPE is to galvanize and coordinate a global effort to deliver good quality education to all girls and boys, prioritizing the poorest and most vulnerable. The GPE has four strategic goals: access for all, learning for all, reaching every child and building for the future. It provides a platform for coordination among bilateral donors and multilateral institutions. The GPE also fosters mutual accountability, shares knowledge about best practices and encourages transparency at all levels. Some program activities include: (1) providing country-level funding to ensure that all children have access to education; (2) supporting education sector plans that focus on increasing the quality of teaching and the number of qualified teachers; (3) providing appropriate reading materials; and (4) assessing the volume of financing to education at the global and country level.