One year after the GPE Financing Conference, education is still high on the world’s agenda

CREDIT: GPE/Chantal Rigaud. Children raise their hands to answer the teacher's question at Bitiw Seye 1 Primary School in Tivaouane, Senegal

Almost a year ago to the day, many of us at the Secretariat were wrapping up the largest education financing event ever organized: the GPE Financing Conference, held in Dakar on February 1 and 2, 2018 and hosted by presidents Macky Sall of Senegal and Emmanuel Macron of France, with GPE’s global ambassador Rihanna in attendance.