Building Sustainable and Scalable Investments in Education and Skills Development
This high-level dialogue invites leaders from business, finance, philanthropy, and the public sector to discuss innovative finance solutions that drive systemic investments and impact for education and skills development. The discussion will draw on several concrete examples, exploring emerging models of philanthropic guarantees and catalytic capital, to unlock financing and explore new approaches of how public-private-philanthropic partnerships achieve evidence-based, systemic impact and financing at scale.
Framing
This section provides context for the event to ensure all participants, regardless of prior knowledge, are equipped to engage with the discussion.
Transforming education and skills systems requires moving beyond a project logic towards strategic partnerships that combine different forms of capital. With public budgets under pressure, fragmentation of the sector represents a cost that can no longer be absorbed, and the question is no longer whether collaboration is desirable but how different forms of capital can be aligned and expertise pooled for global education financing. The event aims to create a collaborative space (e.g. fishbowl format) to shape innovative, scalable solutions for education, leveraging education’s role as a cross-SDG accelerator.
