Global Partnership for Education Fund Program Development Grant (PDG)

Overview

<p>GPE‘s Strategic Plan 2020 supports the Sustainable Development Goal of ensuring inclusive and quality education for all by building stronger education systems for achieving improvements in education equity and learning. To this end, and closely linked to country commitment, performance, and nationally identified needs, the GPE fund provides three types of grants that have specific purposes at different stages of the policy cycle: 1) Education Sector Plan Development Grant (ESP); 2) Program Development Grant (PDG); and 3) Education Sector Program Implementation Grant (ESPIG).</p> <p>The purpose of the PDG is to enable the grant agent, working under the leadership of the government, to effectively develop and prepare a program that will support the implementation of the Education Sector Plan (ESP) or a Transitional Education Plan (TEP), depending on the specific country context, and which meets the criteria to be financed by the GPE through the ESPIG and/ or Multiplier ESPIG. The program developed with support of the PDG is expected to support the implementation of the broadreaching goals of the Global Partnership for Education, and must be based on a consultative process led by the Government in close collaboration with the grant agent and the coordinating agency, and with engagement of the local education group, according to an agreed process.</p> <p>The PDG finances activities, goods, or services needed for the development of an education program and other documentation needed for the ESPIG and/ or Multiplier ESPIG application package in the specific country context. The grant agent, in consultation with the Government, identifies the activities to be funded through the PDG.</p> <p>Sample activities include:</p> <ul> <li>Stakeholder consultations</li> <li>Analytical work, such as needs and capacity assessments, context-specific risk assessments, gender and fragility analyses</li> <li>Fiduciary assessment or any technical appraisal that can help illustrate implementation readiness and inform program design</li> <li>Knowledge exchange and dissemination</li> <li>Preliminary designs for infrastructure</li> <li>Development of implementation manuals, preparation of procurement processes, etc.</li> </ul> <p>The duration of the activities financed through the PDG is estimated to be between 12 and 15 months.</p>