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6<br />

“<br />

There is an annual finance gap of at least US$39 billion<br />

per year for providing quality education from pre-primary<br />

through to upper secondary education<br />

”<br />

FIGURE 6.1:<br />

What type of integration <strong>and</strong> support are needed to achieve the sustainable development agenda?<br />

A conceptual framework for integrated planning<br />

Education Social protection Others Health<br />

Horizontal<br />

The education sector’s plans<br />

<strong>and</strong> actions reflect <strong>and</strong><br />

respond to these relationships<br />

<strong>and</strong> conditions<br />

SECTORS<br />

International<br />

ACTORS<br />

DIMENSIONS OF<br />

INTEGRATION<br />

LEVELS<br />

National<br />

Regional<br />

Provincial<br />

Vertical<br />

State<br />

Private<br />

Civil society<br />

Multilateral<br />

Local<br />

Community<br />

Source: Based on Persaud (2016).<br />

FINANCING, HUMAN CAPACITIES, EFFECTIVE INSTITUTIONS, POLITICAL WILL<br />

sources of finance (public <strong>and</strong> private, domestic <strong>and</strong><br />

international) <strong>and</strong> a long-term investment perspective<br />

will be needed (United Nations, 2015a). This is in contrast<br />

to the emphasis given to official development assistance<br />

(ODA) during the Millennium Development Goal (MDG)<br />

era (Fehling et al., 2013).<br />

In the education sector, the 2015 EFA Global Monitoring<br />

Report estimated the cost of ensuring that every child<br />

<strong>and</strong> adolescent in low <strong>and</strong> lower middle income countries<br />

accessed good quality education from the pre-primary to<br />

upper secondary level. The total annual cost is projected<br />

to increase from US$149 billion, based on 2012 estimates,<br />

to US$340 billion over the next 15 years. Even after<br />

improvements in domestic revenue mobilization are<br />

taken into account this leaves an annual US$39 billion<br />

financing gap (UNESCO, 2015b).<br />

To identify measures to address this funding gap, the<br />

high level International Commission on the Financing of<br />

Global Education Opportunities was announced at the<br />

Oslo Summit in July 2015 (Oslo Summit on Education for<br />

Development, 2015). Co-convened by the prime minister<br />

of Norway; the presidents of Chile, Indonesia <strong>and</strong> Malawi;<br />

<strong>and</strong> the Director-General of UNESCO, it is chaired by the<br />

UN Special Envoy for Global Education, with political<br />

leaders, policy-makers <strong>and</strong> researchers making up the<br />

members.<br />

Its purpose is to make a strong case for investment in<br />

education <strong>and</strong> provide recommendations for deploying<br />

resources in more effective, accountable <strong>and</strong> coordinated<br />

ways, especially in determining budget allocations. It<br />

will look at a wide range of financing sources, including<br />

increased domestic resource mobilization through more<br />

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CHAPTER 6 | PARTNERSHIPS: ENABLING CONDITIONS TO ACHIEVE SDG 4 AND THE OTHER SDGS

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