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Investing in children’s futures: GBC-Education event blog

Education funding, Education in emergencies

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More than 124 million children and youth are out of school across the world. Millions of them are being denied an education because of emergency situations such as wars and natural disasters.

The Sustainable Development Goals include a place at school for every child and adolescent and the opportunity for lifelong learning. But it is clear that governments can国产视频檛 do that by themselves.

They need financial and other support from businesses and philanthropists. That国产视频檚 why the Global Business Coalition for Education听(GBC-Education) convened business leaders and development agencies last year to identify how to deliver joint investments in education.

Now GBC-Education is hosting an event in Washington, DC, today called Stronger Investments, Greater Impact. The businesses and development agencies are back 国产视频 and the more than 100 attendees include foundations and philanthropic leaders.

This blog will bring you the highlights of the event. All times given are local Washington time.

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The event gets underway at the St Regis Hotel in Washington

7am 国产视频 Today国产视频檚 event is going to be a quick-fire format of engaging conversation, to include as many perspectives as possible.

GBC-Education is a coalition of more than 100 businesses worldwide. It believes the skills, influence and leadership of the private sector can be powerful tools to increase the number of children and youth who are in school and learning 国产视频 especially when combined with peer companies, government, foundations, civil society and the educational community.

7.30am 国产视频 Guests arriving early are getting a sneak preview of an amazing virtual reality film which 国产视频 国产视频 the children国产视频檚 charity behind A World at School 国产视频 has produced to mark next month国产视频檚 anniversary of the Nepal earthquake.

The film, Safe Schools: Nepal, will be officially launched in April as part of the charity国产视频檚 #SafeSchools campaign. It captures 360-degree video and audio to allow the viewer to experience the continued impact of the earthquake and hear about the challenges children face in going to school.

7.45am 国产视频 In February, the, 2016 Supporting Syria and the Region conference was held in London 国产视频 and private sector foundations and businesses mobilised $75 million in commitments to support education for children impacted by the conflict.

That demonstrated that business not only can be a partner 国产视频 but is already a partner in delivering educational opportunity.

Host Tom Fletcher makes the opening remarks

8am 国产视频 The event begins with an introduction from Tom Fletcher, former British Ambassador to Lebanon and now Director of Global Strategy for GBC-Education.

He says: 国产视频淲e国产视频檒l hear today about new ways of financing, new mechanisms for delivering education, examples of partnerships that have worked and where we need to do more as an international community.国产视频

8.05am 国产视频 Now on to the first segment of the event 国产视频 our featured speakers on the four pillars of Multilateral, Government, Foundation and Donor Agency.

First up is Kristalina Georgieva, Vice-President of the European Commission, on the theme of humanitarian finance.

Kristalina Georgieva, Vice-President of the European Commission

She says: 国产视频淚n 2015 we in the EU have increased by 15% our delivery of assitance in development. We are now at a record high of 68 billion euros 国产视频 this is a significant increase, making us the region with the highest contribution to development.

国产视频淲e are more concentrated today on giving a future to people and are focusing on fragile circumstances much more 国产视频 70% of what we do goes to situations of fragility.国产视频

She tells how the the private sector contributes only 5% of all humanitarian aid. She says the skills they can deliver must be harnessed.

Next is Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank.听

Akinwumi Adesina talks about African Development Bank initiatives

Mr Adesina says: 国产视频淚n Africa, 750 million people are basically illiterate. Simply put education, enhances lifetime economic opportunities. A lot of our kids, the future generations, are out of school.

国产视频淧overty continues to be a critical factor, as children from low-incole backgrounds are more likely to drop out of school. We need to improve economic opportunities for their mothers.国产视频

He tells how the bank is investing heavily in initiatives to help African women, who in turn will ensure their children are in school. The African Development Bank is also helping to provide technology in schools and has invested $1.6 billion in education over the past 10 years.

Mr Adesina says strong partnerships are needed to moblise the recources needed to provide quality education.

The President of the Hilton Foundation, Peter Laugharn, is asked to explain how the private sector and donor governments can work effectively with foundations to increase impact.

On the role of foundations, he says: 国产视频淲e can be helpful with the experimental, the things that governments are hesitant to provide. We welcome partnerships with business and welcome their particular skills.国产视频

He says the Hilton Foundation has decided 国产视频渢o take more dynamic approaches on educating Syria国产视频 and has worked with 国产视频 on helping Syrian refugee children in the region.

Eric Postel is Associate Administrator for USAid, the United States government agency that administers foreign aid. Tom asks him how donor agencies best work with business for results through partnerships.

He says: 国产视频淲e cannot do this job alone without the help of the private sector.听We have got to move beyond working on an individual village or town basis and got to start working at scale.国产视频

GBC Education Washington event Eric Postel Associate Administrator for USAid

Eric Postel is watched by Gordon Brown, on his right

Mr Postel says USAid will be taking GBC-Education partners on a trip to Jordan next month and will get their ideas about collaborating on their investments for refugees and Jordanians.

He adds that businesses and foundations can help to 国产视频渃rack the code on girls国产视频 education国产视频, printing and distributing textbooks and the issue of financing education.

8.25am 国产视频 Tom he国产视频檚 now keen to hear how businesses engage with each other to help frame the conversation.

He starts with a GBC-Education Advisory Board member 国产视频 Rosalind Hudnell, President of the Intel Foundation and Intel国产视频檚 Vice President of Corporate Affairs.

Tom Fletcher listens to Rosalind Hudnell国产视频檚 remarks

She says: 国产视频淲e want to ensure we have our aim is now about how we go together around a solution and decide to go and solve it.国产视频

She tells about a programme in Africa in partnership with USAid which reached 100,000 girls, helping them to learn about the internet and digital skills.

Now for Sir Ronald Cohen, Chair of the Social Impact Investment Taskforce and Chairman of the Portland Trust.听

He says: 国产视频淭he world will not change if we keep doing the same old things over and over again. I am here to preach revolution.

国产视频淲e can bring new sources of capital, new entrepreneurs and the activity of corporate organisations to bring about meaningful social improvement.

He tells of plans to create a $1 billion 国产视频渙utcomes fund国产视频 to help the education and assimilation of refugees.

8.35am 国产视频 We now have three themed discussion. The first is titled Addressing the Syrian Refugee Crises through New Partnerships. This is a chance to hear about how partnerships are working in the region.

First to speak is Elias Bou Saab, Education Minister of Lebanon. He says: 国产视频淚 have hope because all the people in this room are here of the same cause.

Elias Bou Saab tells of the struggles in Lebanon

国产视频淚n Lebanon the crisis is too huge 国产视频 it has the highest number of displaced people. The nine next add up to Lebanon. And yet we are still trying to put every child in a classroom.国产视频

Mr Bou Saab tells how the funding is not sufficient to put all refugee children into school and adds: 国产视频淲e risk losing an entire generation and you know where they will be heading after that 国产视频 and that will affect the world. I ask the donors to move fast.国产视频

8.40am 国产视频 Kolleen Bouchane, GBC-Education国产视频檚 Director of Policy and Advocacy, is now taking the microphone to talk to people about examples of partnership models.

Tone Skogen talks about the need for joint efforts

She hands over to听Tone Skogen, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway, who says: 国产视频淛oint effort is needed if we want to provide education for children affected by emergencies. This involvement of businesses and private sector is vital.国产视频

She tells about a partnership between her government, USAid and a mobile phone company to create a learning app for Syrian refugees.

Kasia Witkowski, Director of Government Relations-Americas at HP, talks about educational programmes created by her company including in Guatemala, Tunisia and Hungary.

Kasia Witkowski talks about HP国产视频檚 educational programmes

Chris Page, Executive Vice President at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, tells how its mission is to help donors with creative and meaningful philanthropy.

He says: 国产视频淲e see our role as a home for all kinds of donors. For example, we work with many family foundations who have an interest in education.国产视频 He also talks about the work of the Sustainable Development Goals Philanthropy Platform.

Mr Page adds: 国产视频淲e really enjoy this role of briging together donors from all sectors and there is significant impact from working together in strategic ways.国产视频

Roger Ford, Managing Director at Accenture Development Partnerships

Alice Albright, CEO of the Global Partnership for Education, talks about solving problems at scale. She says: 国产视频淭op of the agenda for many of us is education in emergencies. We will not make progress on any of the education goals unless we work in countries of crisis.国产视频

She says 国产视频淲e have to work with the private sector国产视频 and says innovation is needed in the areas of finance and date.

Roger Ford, Managing Director at Accenture Development Partnerships, says his company has more than 300,000 employees and a chance to use that scale.

He says: 国产视频淲e have to give young people around the world the right talent to get a job.国产视频 He tells how Accenture has helped听three million youth 国产视频済et a job, become an entrepreneur and have a sustainable business国产视频.

8.55am 国产视频 Marie Ottosson is Assistant Director-General for the Department of International organisations and policy support at Sida (Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency).

She talks about Sida国产视频檚 role in the Swedish Academy for Training in Iraq, which offers quality training for mechanics, and a training centre in Ethiopia 国产视频 both are partnership projects.

Next to speak is Stephen Sobhani. He is CEO of the Wellbeing Foundation, which partners with more than 50 organisations in Africa.

He talks about the foundation国产视频檚 work and adds: 国产视频淲e cannot exist, we cannot pursue, we cannot progress without partnerships.国产视频

Harley Feldbaum, Head of Strategy and Policy at The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, takes to the microphone.

He says: 国产视频淲e have a crisis in HIV and we need to work with the education communiyt to solve it.国产视频 He says HIV is the leading cause of death among girls and young women aged 15 to 24 in Africa 国产视频 but girls who stay in school have a better chance of avoiding HIV.

Mr Feldbaum talks about partnerships to help adolescent girls stay in school to improve both their education and health outcomes.

9am 国产视频 Megan Pollock, Senior Director, Strategic Communication for Samsung Communciations, talks about the role of fostering students国产视频 interest in STEM 国产视频 science, technology, engineering and math.

She tells about a partnership to develop a schoolyard STEM lab, designed to work in any climate and to engage children in learning.

She adds: 国产视频淲e want to execute more programmes like this and find partners who have the passion to take these regional programme and create global scale.国产视频

Cracking the issue of partnering with the private sector at scale is tackled by Julia Gillard, Chair of the Global Partnership for Education.

She says: 国产视频淲e need clear metrics at scale around the world 国产视频 part of your investment conversations should be about how the workforce of the future has the right qualifications.国产视频

9.10am 国产视频撎鼵laudia Costin, Senior Director for Education at the World Bank Group is up next 国产视频 the day after her organisation announced $12.5 billion of funding for education of adolescent girls in the developing world.

Emiliana Vegas, Chief of the Education Division of the Inter-American Development Bank, highlights a bonds initiative which enables investors to get involved in education projects.

Doug Hunt, General Manager Education at IBM, tells of his company国产视频檚 long-standing commitment to innovation in education. He says: 国产视频淲e believe that education leaders can pave the way by creating new models for personalised education.

Ewen McDonald, Deputy Secretary of Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia, tells of his government国产视频檚 particular focus on early childhood development and about partnerships with industry to ensure students leave college with the right skills to enter the workforce.

Claudia Costin talks about World Bank funding for girls国产视频 education

Takao Toda is the Director General of Human Development at JICA (Japan International Co-operation Agency). He tells of its work to help the Lebanese government improove 100 schools.

He adds: 国产视频淐harity might not to be sustainable 国产视频 we need to ask the private sector to do the sustainable business.国产视频

9.20am 国产视频 Now for the third and final segment, which is on Building the Global Momentum. This is a chance to zoom out and look at the big picture.

How do we drive greater momentum for partnerships and bring diverse partners together to solve today国产视频檚 global challenges?

Now we have two members of the Education Commission 国产视频 the high-powered group set up to engage world leaders, policymakers and researchers to develop a renewed and compelling investment case and financing pathway for global education.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt is Chief Executive of Save The Children International. She says: 国产视频淲hat we are trying to achieve is one very simnple thing 国产视频 that every child has the chance to get into quality education.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt explains the aims of the Education Commission

国产视频淏ut governments cannot do this alone. This is what the commission is trying to resolve.国产视频

She says private partners have to be involved, scale and systems are vital, and the focus must be on every single child 国产视频 not just on quick wins.

Ms. Thorning-Schmidt adds: 国产视频淭he commission will come up with some brilliant ideas. If we get the financing right, this is an ambition which we can achieve together.国产视频

Amel Karboul, Secretary-General of the Maghreb Economic Forum, tells how governments used to 国产视频渢alk at me国产视频 when she was a company CEO.

She says: 国产视频淢y personal aim is to build bridges between the corporate worlds, the governments and NGOs to really advance the quality of education. We really need the support of everyone.国产视频

9.25 am 国产视频 The official event ends with an address by Gordon Brown, the United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education. He is here in his role as Chair of the Education Commission, which is charting the progress of education funding.

GBC Education Washington event Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown says 国产视频榃e need the best brains国产视频

He talks about the creation of the Safe Schools Initiative in Nigeria in the wake of the Chibok abductions, the Syrian refugee crisis and the after-effects of the Nepal earthquake.

Mr Brown says: 国产视频淭he public-private partnerships are important because we need the best brains in emergencies. We need people ready to take risks and do things for people in the first of circumstances.

国产视频淲e want businesses, foundations and others to be partners for the new humanitarian fund for education in emergencies which will be launched at the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul next month. This coalition will be at the centre of the running of this new fund.国产视频

He says the Education Commission has got to come up with solutions for funding the education of millions of children not at school or not learning properly.

Mr Brown adds: 国产视频淲e are constructing a partnership and leveraging each other国产视频檚 finance upwards so that we can fund education.

国产视频淲hat crushes a child is the soul-destroying lack of hope that a child cannot plan for the future because there is no school and no education available for them. That is why partnerships are so important.国产视频

9.35am 国产视频 Mr Brown introduces听Matata Ponyo Mapon, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Mr Mapon says: 国产视频淲hen you invest in education it is as if you were taking a seat and trying to learn.

国产视频淭hat seat is like a tree that will produce. It will bring forth fruit for eternity and one day we will taste this fruit.国产视频

The programme ends but guests are invited to view the Nepal virtual reality film and find out more about the #SafeSchools campaign.

It国产视频檚 been an inspiring event, bringing together some great minds and opinion-makers 国产视频 all willing to work together for the sake of educating children.

If you want learn more about the opportunities for public-private partnerships in education, read the GBC-Education background document on the subject.

Prime Minister Mapon is the final speaker at the event

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