IFFEd marks an important turning point in the publication of its 2025 annual report showcasing how the organisation has moved from concept to delivery, with a dual focus on financial innovation and education impact.
The report highlights how, over 2025, IFFEd has deepened its partnerships with leading MDBs, grown its global coalition of donors and approved its first investment cases for education and skills programmes, alongside having its strong credit ratings re-affirmed and establishing itself with full rights and immunities in Switzerland, through the Swiss Host Act.
In his 2025 annual report foreword, Gordon Brown, IFFEd’s Honorary President, writes:
“IFFEd recognises a simple truth. The challenge facing education is not a lack of ideas or ambition, but a lack of affordable, predictable finance at scale.
“Countries are ready to invest in their people. What they need is a way to unlock long-term funding on terms that do not crowd out other priorities or increase vulnerability.
IFFEd shows that even in an era of constrained budgets, we can still choose to invest in hope, opportunity and human potential. Education remains the best defence against poverty, instability and division. With IFFEd, the international community now has a practical tool to act on that belief.”
Looking ahead to 2026, IFFEd will continue to focus on scaling its dual multiplier impact through implementing its first projects in the Philippines and India, expanding its programmatic pipeline across Africa and Asia – with a focus on fragile and conflict affected areas; growing its coalition of partners and formally launching its philanthropic guarantee instrument.