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Why a donor working group?
We recognize that donors have a unique opportunity and responsibility to advance the quality and use of evidence in the education sector through setting higher standards for the research we commission, coordinating our respective research agendas and engaging with policy makers to increase uptake of evidence for decision making.
Membership
Institution-based: multilateral and bilateral donors and independent foundations working in the education sector.
Over 30 donor institutions represented.
Governance
- Steering Committee: DFID, USAID, the World Bank Group; rotating UN agency (currently UNESCO).
- Activities and priorities guided by Steering Committee and members.
- Supported by a BE2 Secretariat: secretariat@building-evidence-in-education.org.
Key Activities:
NEW: Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel
The panel’s objective is to review and assess evidence-based and cost-effective practices that can improve education outcomes, to help policymakers in low- and middle-income countries make decisions.
In-person and virtual meetings, focused on emerging evidence and research methods.
Recent focus areas: education system diagnostics, early childhood education, implementation science.
Research Mapping: member research mapping and knowledge sharing to facilitate coordination and collaboration.
Publications:
- Generating Evidence in Education: Impact Evaluations
- Assessing the Quality of Evidence in the Education Sector
- Guidance Note on Qualitative Research in Education
- Guidance Note on Cost Measurement.
BE2 Interest Groups:
Cost Capture Guidance
Early Childhood Development
Education in Emergencies / Conflict and Crisis
Teacher Professional Development
Next Steps – Education Commission
Youth Employment Funders Group
Member Organizations
L'Agence Française de Développement
Belgian Development Agency (BTC)
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit
Center for International Cooperation in Education Development (CICED)
Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA)
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), Australia
Department for International Development (DFID)/UK Aid
European Commission, EuropeAid
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, Canada
Global Education Monitoring Report (GEM Report)
Global Partnership for Education (GPE)
Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE)
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Korean Educational Development Institute (KEDI)
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP)
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
UNICEF Office of Research, Innocenti
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Youth Employment Funders Group (YEFG)
RELATED
Blogs
By World Bank Global Director for Education, Jaime Saavedra:
How to tackle Learning Poverty? Delivering education’s promise to children across the world
The Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund (SIEF)