Public-Private Partnerships in Education for All Workshop UNESCO Headquarters July

The workshop aimed at defining how PPP could catalyze educational development in the context of the EFA objectives. Previous World Economic Forum - UNESCO cooperation for roundtables and sessions at EFA WG and HLG focussed on individual success stories, where the private sector was recognized as an important stakeholder in education. The World Economic Forum, through its Global Education Initiative, has also identified that PPP is an effective mechanism to catalyze educational reform (Jordan, Egypt, and Rajasthan education initiatives). The workshop is a turning point: UNESCO and World Economic Forum engage champions to scale up and sustain education PPP’s in a collective process. –Best practice sharing from governments, the private sector, and education brokers –Breakout sessions to address central issues regarding the promotion of PPP’s for education

Participants (over 60) included NGOs, think tanks, government representatives, donors, international organizations, and the private sector. World Economic Forum UNESCO UNICEF USAID African Development Bank SIDA Academy for Educational Development GAN Net SRI International Education International Committee for Economic Development Council on Foreign Relations CfBT Education Trust Harvard Graduate School of Education Cambridge University Brazil Columbia Egypt India Jordan Namibia Norway Philippines Poland USA Yemen Intel BT (British Telecom) Cisco Microsoft SAP HP Private sector foundations (Hewlett) Bi and Multilaterals Think tanks, universities, NGO’s Government Private sector

The breakout sessions focussed on three areas: methodology, awareness raising, and facilitation. The following areas were identified: Focus areaDescription Document and analyze PPPE models Mapping of existing PPPEs, best practices, profiles of players; creating a typology of different PPPEs and existing methodologies. PPPE execution toolkits and frameworks Toolkits will be different for different sectors, countries, and curricula. They will contain standard multi stakeholder engagement frameworks, concrete steps, sample templates, and standard processes and tools for realizing PPPEs. Policy fora and online communities Profile raising for PPPs in education, information exchange, clearing house, and match making. Define the role of the broker Clear definition of the role of a broker, to include pooling of experts, mentoring services, programme management and facilitation. Monitoring and evaluation Monitoring and evaluation frameworks, including impact assessment, sustainability, and feeding results back into the project. Methods for adaptation to policy contexts Strategies, methodologies, and frameworks for adaptation of PPPE’s to the regional, national, and policy context. Participants committed to contribute to all of these focus areas.

Next steps Follow up with commitments made in the meeting to develop work streams with tangible deliverables. Create an overall schedule of activities that incorporates reports to the EFA high level group meeting in Cairo (November 2006) and the World Economic Forum Global Education Initiative summit in Davos (January 2007), as well as to regional education fora. Continue to reach out to additional education experts and stakeholders for involvement in developing the initiative.

For more information: Anders Jönsson Project Manager, Global Education Initiative World Economic Forum Tel: Mari Yasunaga Programme Specialist UNESCO ED/EFA Tel: