Sciences Po Alumni vous invite à une rencontre avec Laura Frigenti, directrice générale du Global Partnership for Education, pour un échange d’une heure sur la crise que traverse l’éducation dans le monde et les investissements nécessaires pour y remédier / Sciences Po Alumni invites you to meet Laura Frigenti, CEO of the Global Partnership for Education, on the deepening global education crisis and the investments required to address it.
Les échanges pourront se tenir en français et en anglais. / Discussion in french and english.
Laura Frigenti is a senior executive with 30 years of experience in global development gained through her service in multilateral organizations, government, nonprofit, and more recently the private sector. She started her career at the World Bank, where she worked for 20 years, holding several technical and managerial positions in Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe.
She was then appointed Director General of the Italian Overseas Development Agency, with the responsibility of setting up the newly created agency under the government of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. Prior to joining GPE, she led the Global Development Assistance Service Practice at KPMG, which supports initiatives that create real value for investors and for society. These include implementation improvement and restructuring to help governments function better in areas such as infrastructure, education and finance.
About the Global Partnership for Education:
GPE is a shared commitment to ending the world’s learning crisis. We mobilize partners and funds to support nearly 90 lower-income countries to transform their education systems so that every girl and boy can get the quality education they need to unlock their full potential and contribute to building a better world. For more than 20 years, GPE has mobilized partners and funds to get 160 million more girls and boys in school and improve learning in partner countries around the world. GPE has become the single most significant funder of education by offering:
- The reach: GPE has nearly 90 partner countries and an active grant portfolio of almost $3 billion. In 2022 alone GPE reached nearly 110 million children and trained more than 675,000 teachers.
- The vision: GPE looks at education systems as a whole. Our big-picture approach helps countries make changes that will get more children in school and learning.
- The convening power: GPE is the only platform that brings together all the different parties needed to drive lasting change and mobilizes funding behind these reforms.
- The tools: GPE provides countries with a range of flexible funding options and uses innovative financing tools to bring even more resources in. GPE also supports evidence generation (KIX) and civil society strengthening (Education Out Loud).
To learn more: www.globalpartnership.org
Credits photo : GPE/Liang Cai
