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Add to Preferred SourcesThe French Development Agency (AFD) and the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP-UNESCO) celebrated the recent signing of a core funding agreement for IIEP on 25 February 2020.
Over the next four years, AFD will commit 10 million euros to help IIEP fulfill its global mission of supporting countries with planning and managing their education systems. This will benefit all of IIEP’s activities worldwide, with a particular emphasis on Africa.
“France is now among IIEP’s largest core donors in 2020. We are deeply grateful for AFD’s outstanding support, which has now expanded to benefit IIEP’s broad portfolio of research, technical cooperation, and training worldwide,” said IIEP’s Director Ms. Suzanne Grant Lewis. “This, coupled with the support from the French Ministry of European and Foreign Affairs for the Gender at the Center Initiative of the G7, will strongly contribute to UNESCO’s two global priorities on Africa and Gender Equality.”
AFD initially supported IIEP with specific activities. This began in 2013 with the integration of Pôle de Dakar, IIEP’s regional bureau in Dakar, Senegal, and continued with funding for a project on supporting growth and employment in Africa and quality management in education.
Original source: IIEP-UNESCO
Published on 25 February 2020