International Financing
On Women’s Day, take the next step for girls’ education (CNN)
From the article: As noted in a recent report by our Commission, a one-year increase in schooling for girls is associated with reduction in mortality of 4.2% for children under the age of five. Furthermore, a child that begins preschool education in 2017 will see...
Commission Presents Learning Generation Vision to UN Permanent Missions
The Commission’s Learning Generation vision – and the action needed to achieve it – was the focus of a panel discussion held last week for the Permanent Missions to the United Nations. Hosted by the Missions of Lebanon and Norway at the UN Headquarters in New...
The Power of Education (ReliefWeb)
Speech given by Save the Children International CEO Helle Thorning-Schmidt at the Education World Forum on 23 January 2017 Education is the most empowering force in the world. It creates knowledge, builds confidence, and breaks down barriers to opportunity. For...
Early years champion Shakira tells world leaders: ‘Today’s babies will drive tomorrow’s business’ (TheirWorld)
Pop star Shakira has made an impassioned plea to world leaders to look after the development of our youngest children. “Today’s babies will drive tomorrow’s business,” she said at the opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum in Davos. “Children’s capacity to...
An Education Giving Pledge to achieve the learning generation
The Education Commission’s vision calls for substantially increased resources from all actors to achieve the Learning Generation. The most important financiers of education are domestic governments responsible for funding 97% of the Commission’s projected $3 trillion...
On Universal Children’s Day, global leaders must secure the future for more than 800 million at-risk youth
The International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity (the Education Commission) – a group of composed of heads of government, business and education leaders – has called for the international community to make the largest investment in educational...
United Kingdom government welcomes Education Commission report and pledges support
Yesterday, the International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity’s (Education Commission) report, “The Learning Generation: Investing in education for a changing world,” was received by a UK Parliamentary Panel. Lord Bates, the Minister of State for...
The United Kingdom is well positioned to build on the growing momentum in global education
By Alice Albright The unmistakable and growing momentum in global education over the last year received an especially big boost in September when the International Commission for Financing Global Education Opportunity (more simply known as the Education Commission)...