International Development Grant
Education for All - Fast Track Initiative - Institutional Support 2009-2013
Project Number: CA-3-M013087001
Status: Closed
Country/Region: Unknown
Regional Focus:
Maximum Contribution: $605,000.00
Start Date: March 12, 2010
End Date: March 31, 2013
Duration: 3.1 years
Project Description
Following the recommendations of the second Millennium Development Goal (MDG 2) the Education For All – Fast Track Initiative (EFA-FTI) was launched in 2002 as the first-ever global compact on education with the aim of helping low-income countries accelerate progress towards universal primary education. In September 2011 the EFA-FTI changed its name to the Global Partnership for Education (GPE). This grant represented Canada’s institutional support to the EFA-FTI. The EFA-FTI Secretariat used these funds along with other donors’ funding to achieve its mandate. In 2011 the GPE streamlined financial support to the Secretariat the Catalytic Fund (education plan implementation investments) and Education Program Development Fund (education plan development investments) into one fund the GPE Fund which reduces the administrative burden for both the GPE Secretariat and donors. To reflect this change CIDA has rolled the EFA-FTI Institutional Support (project M-013087-001) into the Global Partnership for Education (project M-013033-001).
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of August 2013 include: The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) has worked closely with its partners to improve access to basic education for children in developing countries. It also works to ensure that children have better success in school. In GPE countries the percentage of children completing primary school rose from 56% to 71% between 2000 and 2011. In the same period the GPE has helped put 23 million more children in primary school decreasing the percentage of children who were out of school from 34% to 18%. 68% of girls in GPE countries now finish school compared to 56% in 2002. In six GPE partner countries (The Gambia Guinea Guinea-Bissau Mozambique Nepal and Senegal) the literacy rate among young women increased by more than 15% between 2000 and 2010. The GPE has now endorsed Education Sector Plans or Interim Sector Plans in 58 countries. The developing country governments write the plans and donors the GPE and civil society organizations ensure that their activities support the countries’ plan. This is aid effectiveness in action. The GPE has also been successful in encouraging developing country partner governments to increase their domestic budgets for education.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
Global Partnership for Education c/o World Bank
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
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Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Contributions to specific-purpose programmes and funds managed by implementing partners
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Pre-APP