Education drives economic growth, innovation and skills for employment ¹ú²úÊÓƵ“ all of which are vital for a thriving and successful business community.¹ú²úÊÓƵ¯¹ú²úÊÓƵ¯And when companies get involved in supporting education, they can drive progress in talent, retention and community relations.¹ú²úÊÓƵ¯¹ú²úÊÓƵ¯¹ú²úÊÓƵ¯¹ú²úÊÓƵ¯
¹ú²úÊÓƵ¹ú²úÊÓƵ¯works with corporate partners ¹ú²úÊÓƵ“ from small businesses to¹ú²úÊÓƵ¯Fortune 500 companies ¹ú²úÊÓƵ“¹ú²úÊÓƵ¯to help children and young people go to school,¹ú²úÊÓƵ¯learn¹ú²úÊÓƵ¯and¹ú²úÊÓƵ¯participate¹ú²úÊÓƵ¯in the economy.¹ú²úÊÓƵ¯¹ú²úÊÓƵ¯We build corporate partnerships and deliver projects with business partners, support employee engagement¹ú²úÊÓƵ¯opportunities¹ú²úÊÓƵ¯and help¹ú²úÊÓƵ¯businesses¹ú²úÊÓƵ¯leverage¹ú²úÊÓƵ¯their voices for campaigns that advance educational¹ú²úÊÓƵ¯opportunity.¹ú²úÊÓƵ¯
Our coalition of over 300 companies works collaboratively to improve education around the world. The coalition also represents the private sector on global education funds, like the Global Partnership for Education, Education Cannot Wait, and the UNESCO High-Level Advisory Committee.
The Youth Skills Accelerator is an annual programme, supported by Stellantis and Dell Technologies, bringing together youth-serving nonprofits and business leaders to prepare young people for the future of work. Through the Accelerator, selected nonprofits strengthen and scale their programmes in close partnership with employers, ensuring their education and training initiatives align with current and future workforce demands.
We work side-by-side with businesses to develop strategies to advance social impact goals while providing young people with the best start in life, a safe place to learn and skills for the future. Working with HP and Microsoft we delivered over 70,000 laptops to students and teachers in Ukraine to ensure learning continued during crisis.
Business leaders are powerful advocates for a wide range of education issues. We are building a cohort of influential business voices to champion the most important education causes, including our Act for Early Years Campaign.
Advising businesses and their leadership team on strategies, policies and partnerships that have a lasting positive impact on young people.
Collaborating with business champions, cross-sector partners, and funding initiatives to advance early childhood development.
Helping businesses engage with global education policy, innovative finance and trending topics through roundtables and global events.
SAP is a global leader in business and customer relation software solutions. The company also invests in education around the world, aware that knowledge is key to young people finding employment.
In 2012, SAP joined the Global Business Coalition for Education as a founding member. Over the years, we have worked closely with its global CSR (corporate social responsibility) team.
So when the company was preparing to launch a North America pilot of a program called Educate to Employ, it turned to us because of our proven track record at both global and local levels.
Katie Booth, SAP¹ú²úÊÓƵ™s Head of Corporate Social Responsibility for the Americas, said: “Before I worked with the Global Business Coalition for Education, I was struggling with how to bring a globally designed programme to life in a local market.”
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Our Global¹ú²úÊÓƵ¯Business Coalition for Education¹ú²úÊÓƵ¯leverages¹ú²úÊÓƵ¯the collective power of the business community to improve access and quality of education.
