Jacobs Foundation

From 2023 to 2030, low- and lower-middle-income countries are projected to have an average annual financing gap of $97 billion to meet their national SDG 4 targets. 📉 Countries and the global community must increase investments in education from all sources, including innovative financing solutions such as co-funding mechanisms, and enhance cross-sector resource mobilization and collaboration. 📚 Read more in The Fortaleza Declaration launched last week in Brazil at the 2024 Global Education Meeting (GEM): https://lnkd.in/ecMagkhv 🇧🇷 #LeadingSDG4 #GlobalEducationMeeting #GEM #FortalezaDeclaration

Partnerships between governments and non-state actors are critical to mobilize the resources, expertise, and innovation needed to improve access to quality education for African children and youth. In this blog, a collaboration with Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), we explore different government and non-state partnership models by highlighting three programs implemented or funded by Education Finance Network members: 1️⃣ PEAS (Promoting Equality in African Schools)'s Inspect and Improve program in Uganda 2️⃣ Transforming Education in Cocoa Communities (TRECC) and Child Learning and Education Facility (CLEF) in Cote d’Ivoire, funded by Jacobs Foundation and UBS Optimus Foundation 3️⃣ The Education Outcomes Fund’s Sierra Leone Education Innovation Challenge and Ghana Education Outcomes Program   The blog also features trends in government and non-state partnerships identified in the Global Schools Forum’s excellent Government and Non-State Partnerships Evidence Hub. https://lnkd.in/e92-Cp2a #YearOfEducation #SDG4 #partnerships

🔔 Last chance! Our stakeholder survey is an opportunity for you to share your thoughts on how we are doing as a Foundation. Whether you're based in Colombia, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Switzerland, or elsewhere, we would love to hear from you: https://bit.ly/3U0ivWU (other languages available, links in the comments)

Meet Imagine Worldwide, one of our Best Practice Prize winners! 🌍 They are a Pan-African NGO working in Sub-Saharan Africa and provide illiterate children with small tablets to start learning. 🎥 At the Foundation, we are committed to the funding, development, and application of best practices for learners at the school level. We sat down with Co-CEO Rapelang Rabana to learn more about the organization and how they monitor their work to ensure it is best practice. #BestPracticePrize #ImagineWorldwide #DigitalLearning #EducationInAfrica

💡 The results from the survey will help ensure we are sharing useful work and knowledge with our audiences and amplifying the things that matter to you. 💬 Whether you want to hear more about our work in a specific geography or learn more about our awards and fellowships, make sure your voice is heard today: https://bit.ly/3U0ivWU (other languages available, links in the comments) #EducationSurvey #ShareYourViews

🇨🇴 Did you know we work with the government, researchers, policymakers, and educators in Colombia? 🇨🇴 We are working to: 🤝 Create a co-funding mechanism to bring together funds for various education programs ⚖️ Establish a new Education Evidence Lab, or EdLab, for more effective policymaking 🌱 Support Communities of Change which implement evidence-based policies and practices at the community level Learn more about our program in Colombia: https://lnkd.in/ebfcp3DZ #Colombia #EducationDevelopment #ChildDevelopment

🔴 Don't forget! We'd love to hear your thoughts as we approach the midpoint of our Strategy 2030. Share your feedback on the Foundation and our work by taking the survey today: https://bit.ly/3U0ivWU Also available in French, Spanish, and German! Find the links to all languages in the comments below. #EducationSurvey #ShareYourViews

🎙️ Hear more from Samuel Kembou, PhD, our Global Lead for Learning and Evidence, on Let's Talk Education Africa! 🌍 The podcast explores education practice and research from across the continent, sharing the inspiring stories of educators and innovators making a difference in their schools and communities: https://bit.ly/3TPXhuG #africapodcast #podcastsinafrica #educationpodcast #Educationpolicy #EducationinAfrica

During a recent interview for BOLD, Nayla Zreik Fahed, the CEO of Lebanese Alternative Learning, a Best Practice Prize finalist, argues that the digital divide is preventing many children from developing key skills and achieving their full potential. Lebanese Alternative Learning works to combat this. They create free, high-quality digital education programs that can be used anytime and anywhere – with a focus on displaced and out-of-school children. Read more on BOLD, a digital platform dedicated to spreading the word about how children and young people develop and learn: https://bit.ly/4eWoWCr #DigitalDivide #DigitalLearning #EducationSolutions

Did you know there is an EdLab—an education policy lab—inside Côte d'Ivoire's Ministry of National Education and Literacy? 💡 EdLabs help ensure evidence is used in education policy and practice, rather than just conducting research. Hear more from Inspector General Faustin Koffi who we spoke to at our Annual Conference earlier this year. 🎤 #EdLabs #Cotedivoire #EducationPolicy