Press Release: EU announces significant new funding for education

New funding to support education in developing countries over the next seven years, through the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), was announced on the 26 June 2014 by European Development Commissioner, Andris Piebalgs. Speaking at the EU-hosted Global Partnership for Education’s Second Replenishment Pledging Conference, the Commissioner underlined that the new €375 million support will contribute to providing basic education in the close to 60 countries where the Global Partnership for Education currently works.

Total EU funding for education in developing countries is expected to total some €4.5 billion between 2014 and 2020.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: President Barroso calls on world leaders to reverse education funding decline http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-president-barroso-calls-on-world-leaders-to-reverse-education-funding-decline/

Website: Global Partnership for Education http://www.globalpartnership.org/

European Commission: RAPID: SPEECH/14/502: Opening speech at the Brussels Global Partnership for Education Pledging Conference http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-14-502_en.pdf

ESO : Background information: EU confirms its commitment to help achieve global education http://www.europeansources.info/record/speech-eu-confirms-its-commitment-to-help-achieve-global-education/

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