Author Archives: Galina Kalvatchev

Unlocking opportunity for the world’s underprivileged children and youth: International Finance Facility for Education (IFFEd) commits to $1.5 billion for global education and skills in LMICs

UN Secretary-General António Guterres and UN Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown celebrate IFFEd’s $1.5 billion commitment to global education with IFFEd Founding CEO Karthik Krishnan and Theirworld Global Youth Ambassadors Angela Zhong and Adrija Sarkar during the UN Summit of the Future. UN Secretary-General António Guterres and UN Special Envoy for Global Education…

UK announces contribution of £180 million to the International Finance Facility for Education during UN General Assembly SDG Summit

In a significant move to bolster education and skills development, UK Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, the Rt Hon James Cleverly, announced today a series of funding commitments targeted at enhancing the international financial system and supporting developing countries to work toward achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

IFFEd becomes an independent organization on July 1, driving financing for global education and skills development in lower-middle-income countries

As of July 1, 2023, IFFEd is now established and operating as a non-profit foundation based in Geneva, Switzerland. Through its innovative finance model, the newly independent organization will work in collaboration with government, non-government and philanthropic partners to scale-up more affordable financing for quality education and skills development in lower middle income countries (LMICs).

Sweden contributes to the largest global investment ever for the education of poor children with US$200 million guarantee commitment to the International Finance Facility for Education (IFFEd)

Half of the world’s children live in countries where the quality of education is so poor that large numbers of 10-year-olds cannot read an entire sentence – despite having attended school for several years.

Historic first-ever International Finance Facility for Education (IFFEd) launched at United Nations Transforming Education Summit

UN Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown presents the founding statutes of the International Finance Facility for Education (IFFEd) to UN Secretary-General António Guterres to mark IFFEd’s launch at the Transforming Education Summit. Watch the video here.

100 world leaders call on UN summit to launch IFFEd and tackle education crisis

Global Education is in crisis. Today nearly 300 million children don’t go to school, more than 80% of whom are found in low-income countries, and 800 million young people will leave school without any qualifications.

Deputy Secretary-General echoes call to operationalize International Finance Facility for Education to drive education transformation

The UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s delivered the following remarks at the Innovative Financing for Lower-Middle-Income Countries side event at the Transforming Education Pre-Summit in Paris on June 29, 2022.

UN Special Envoy Gordon Brown’s remarks at the Transforming Education Pre-Summit

UN Special Envoy for Global Education and Education Commission Chair Gordon Brown delivered the following remarks at the Transforming Financing for Education session during the Transforming Education Pre-Summit in Paris on June 29, 2022. This high-level panel examined the urgent shift in domestic and international financing needed to drive education transformation.

Transforming Education Summit offers historic chance for bold funding action

World leaders will soon have a historic opportunity to tackle the global learning crisis and ensure all young people have the education and skills they need to fulfil their potential. Photo: Office of President Paul Kagame Education financing will be a crucial element of the Transforming Education Summit in September, which will be led by…

Urgent action needed to reform international development finance

The world is facing multiple crises all at once. The effects of the pandemic, catastrophic debt, the climate emergency, growing food and fuel shortages, and now the impact of the Ukraine war. What we need is an international development finance system that’s up to the job of tackling these issues. Instead, what we’ve got are…