France

Learn about France’s partnership with GPE.

Partner since
2005
GPE focal point
Grant agent in
Coordinating agency
Board constituency
Pledge for 2021-2025 replenishment
EUR333,000,000
Total contributions to GPE
US$614,964,075

France and GPE

France is a global leader in education, recognizing it as a crucial sector for enhancing employability and security in partner countries.

France is a longstanding partner of GPE, having joined the partnership in 2005. To date, France has contributed more than $600 million to GPE.

In February 2018, France, alongside Senegal, hosted GPE’s Financing Conference in Dakar, where France pledged €200,000,000 for 2018-2020.

At the 2021 Financing Conference, France committed €333,000,000 to the GPE fund for 2021-2025, with a particular emphasis on girls’ education.

France chairs GPE’s Performance, Impact and Learning Committee and is a member of the Finance and Risk Committee.

France is a very active partner at country level through acting as grant agent and coordinating agent, particularly in Africa.

“Emmanuel Macron - President of the Republic of France
We stand at a crossroads regarding the role we want education to play for the future of young generations - and GPE’s replenishment is the decisive moment to ensure we choose the right direction. As the world is experiencing a period of uncertainty, never has there been more urgency to raise our hand for education.
Emmanuel Macron
President of the Republic of France