1. The importance of NGOs as donors to education Susy Ndaruhutse and Ruth Naylor

2. Presentation title and presenter information Key donors to education Bilaterals and multilaterals including UN organisations Don’t often think of NGOs as being a significant funder ODA figures for 2012: volume of education aid from bilateral donors channelled via NGOs was US$1.3 billion (11% of total education ODA)

3. Presentation title and presenter information Methodology 1 Chose three large INGOs with significant education programmes: Plan International, Save the Children, and BRAC 2 Explored: their sources of income the prioritisation of education within their programmes the types of education intervention and the countries in which their programming takes place changes over time in income and expenditure patterns

4. Presentation title and presenter information Key findings (NGOs) For all three NGOs, their overall incomes have been growing in recent years Grant funding makes up 25-50% of their income Their education programmes are of a similar financial size to that of some bilateral and multilateral donors Their programmes are more closely aligned to the EFA goals than government funds and bilateral aid Education forms a core part of their programming in situations of emergency and post-conflict recovery

5. Presentation title and presenter information Key findings (donors) By contrast, for donors: Much of education ODA goes to higher education Much goes to countries where the needs are less acute Education receives only a tiny proportion of bilateral and multilateral humanitarian spending (UNESCO, 2014)

6. Presentation title and presenter information Comparative figures on education aid

7. Presentation title and presenter information NGOs as donors These three NGOs together receive around 18% of all ODA to education channelled through NGOs Caveat: we cannot assume from this that these three NGOs comprise a similar proportion of all expenditure by NGOs on education, as the degree of grant funding and prioritisation of education among NGOs varies.

8. Presentation title and presenter information Conclusion: NGOs and the SDGs NGO sector as a whole is playing a significant and increasing role in the funding of basic education when compared to official international aid NGOs have an important role to play in contributing the proposed Sustainable Development Goals for education and will remain a key player in the SDG agenda