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…
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…
Following several years of design and development with donors and MDBs, the International Finance Facility for Education (IFFEd) is being registered in Geneva and will launch at the Transforming Education Summit in September 2022, as called for by the UN Secretary-General and other global leaders. The development process to date has been led by the…
This is the first in a series of pieces from the past that will tell the story of IFFEd’s development. The press release below was originally issued on September 26, 2018. Photos: Lana Wong/Education Commission NEW YORK, September 26, 2018 – On Monday, as the United Nations General Assembly started, world leaders pledged strong support…