This user guidance accompanies the ‘tool for strengthening the effectiveness of local education groups’ and is intended to support GPE countries and their partners wishing to undertake a self-assessment of their sector dialogue and coordination mechanism.

The guidance supports tasks teams in planning an effective and participatory assessment, while the actual tool is provided separately, and consists of three dimensions (strategic value, collaborative capacities, and organizational capacities – see below) considered crucial to an effective local education group.

Tool:

• Strategic value
• Collaborative capacities
• Organizational capacities

See also the Principles toward effective local education groups