Education for All – Fast Track
Initiative (EFA-FTI)
FASID – Tokyo
August 10, 2007
Desmond BERMINGHAM
Head, FTI Secretariat1Outline
What is the Fast Track Initiative (FTI)?
FTI – Global Partnership
Why was FTI created?
Donor Aid for Education
The Context – International Agreements
FTI Countries & Schedule of Endorsement
The FTI Compact
FTI Guiding Principles
What Support Does FTI Offer?
Financing through regular channels
Catalytic Fund
EPDF
Fragile States
Endorsement Process
Next Steps Following Endorsement
FTI Indicative Framework
FTI Appraisal Guidelines
Expected Outcomes of the Appraisal
Early Results2

What is the Fast Track Initiative (FTI)?
The Education for All - Fast Track Initiative (FTI) is aglobal partnership between developing countries anddonors to accelerate progress towards the goal of universal
completion of quality primary education by 2015
Partners include more than 30 bilateral andmultilateral donor agencies
All low-income countries are eligible for technicaland financial support from the FTI

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FTI – A Global Partnership- Meets every 2years- Sets strategic
policy direction-Makes decisions- Includes

representation ofdonors, partnercountries & CSO- Guides work ofPartnership &ensurescoordination- Endorses
Education
Sector Plan
-Monitors &evaluates
implementation

EPDF Strategy
Committee

CivilSociety

In-cDonors

Catalytic Fund
Strategy
Committee
Make allocation
decisions

ount

ry

Education

DevelopingCountries

G

upor

FTI Secretariat
Providesadministrative
support to FTI
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Why was FTI created?
There are still over 77 million children out of school – 44
million are girls
There is overwhelming evidence that education – particularly forgirls – can:Halt the spread of AIDS
Increase economic growth
Break the cycle of poverty
Official Development Assistance (ODA) for education has morethan doubled since 2000 when world leaders gathered for theMillennium Development Goals Summit and unanimously endorsed
the goal of universal primary education by 2015
ODA levels are still far below the estimated needs of $9BN perannum5

Donor Aid for Education

Several donors
give priority tohigher education,
but not to thebasic level

Commitments, 2004-2005 average, US$ millions

Source: presentation
N. Burnett / UNESCO,
May 2007
6The Context –International Agreements
World EFA Conference
March 1990, Jomtien, Thailand

Monterrey Consensus

World Education Forum
6 EFA goals
April 2000, Dakar, Senegal

2002

Declarations onHarmonization andAid EffectivenessRome (2003) - Paris (2005)

Millennium Declaration – 8 MDGs
September 2000, New York, USA

FTI Partnership
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Goal 2. Achieve Universal Primary
Education
Target 3: Ensure that all boys and girls complete a full courseof primary schooling

Goal 3. Promote Gender Equality andEmpower Women
Target 4: Eliminate gender disparity in primary andsecondary education preferably by 2005, and at all levels by20158Endorsed Countries (32)

2002Countries
expected in 2008
(22)

Countries tojoin later (8)Countries where
UPE is achieved(11)

Burkina Faso

Mauritania

BhutanAngolaAfghanistan

Armenia

GuineaNicaragua

BurundiBangladesh

Cote d’Ivoire

Azerbaijan

GuyanaNiger

CAR

Bolivia

Dominica

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Chad

Comoros

MyanmarCape Verde

Honduras
2003

Countries
pending for2007 (8)The Gambia

VietnamCongo, Rep.

Congo DRC

Nepal

GrenadaMozambique

Yemen

Haiti

Eritrea

Somalia

Maldives

2004

Ghana

Ethiopia

Sao Tome e Pr.

Guinea-Bissau

Sudan

Saint Lucia

2005

KenyaMoldova

ZambiaIndia

Zimbabwe

Samoa

LesothoTajikistan

Indonesia

Serbia & Montene.

Madagascar

Timor Leste

Lao PDRSt Vincent &Grenad.

Albania

Mali

MalawiUzbekistan

Cambodia

Mongolia

Nigeria

Cameroon

RwandaPakistan

Djibouti

SenegalPapua New Guinea

2006

Kyrgyz Rep.
2007

Solomon Islands

Benin

Liberia

Sri Lanka

Georgia

Sierra Leone

Tanzania
Togo
UgandaVanuatu

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FTI Compact
DonorsPartner Countries•Help mobilize resources
and make them morepredictable•Develop sound education sector
programs through broad basedconsultation•Show commitment to education
through strong domestic support• Demonstrate results on key
performance indicators• Exercise leadership indeveloping and implementing theprogram and coordinating donor
supportMutualAccountability• Align with country
development priorities•Coordinate support
around one education plan
• Harmonize proceduresas much as possible

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FTI Helps Both Sides of the Compact
Mechanism to accelerate progress towards universal primaryeducation
Developing Countries:
More efficient aid for primaryeducation

Donors:Platform for aid effectivenessSustained increases in aid forprimary education

Better coordination andharmonization of aid at national andglobal level

Sharing knowledge andexperience

Endorsement provides assurance
that sector plan is worth investing in11

Paris Declaration – Indicators of Progress
OWNERSHIP
1Partners have operational development strategies

TARGET FOR 2010
At least 75% of partner countries have operational
development strategies

ALIGNMENT2

Reliable country systems

TARGETS FOR 2010(a) Public financial management(b) Procurement

3

Aid flows are aligned on national priorities

Halve the gap

4Strengthen capacity by coordinated support

50% of technical co-operation flows are implemented

5a

Use of country public financial management systems

Percentage of donors using partner countries’ procurement systems
Percentage of aid flows (reduction in the % of aid to the public sector)

5b

Use of country procurement systems

Percentage of donors using partner countries’ procurement systems
Percentage of aid flows (reduction in the % of aid to the public sector)

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Strengthen capacity – avoid parallel implementation structures

Reduce by two-thirds the stock of parallel PIUs

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Aid is more predictable

Halve the gap

8

Aid is untied

Continued progress over time
HARMONIZATIONTARGETS FOR 2010

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Use of common arrangements or procedures

66% of aid flows provided in context of program based approaches

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Encourage shared analysis(a) 40% of donor missions to the field are joint(b) 66% of country analytic work is joint

MANAGING FOR RESULTS
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Results-oriented frameworks
MUTUAL ACCOUNTABILITY

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Mutual accountability

TARGET FOR 2010
Reduce the gap by one-thirdTARGET FOR 2010
All partner countries have mutual assessment reviews in place

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FTI Guiding Principles
One country, one education strategy, one process:Covering the whole sector
Realistic and Sustainable
Linked to the overall Poverty Reduction Strategy
Addresses 4 gaps:
PolicyData
Finance
Capacity

13What Support does FTI Offer?
Technical Support

Knowledge Sharing: FTI provides a global platformfor sharing experience on what works and what doesnot (regarding strategies, donor coordination, etc.)
Guidelines. Appraisal guidelines, Capacity
Development appraisal guidelines, etc.

Financial Support

Program preparation and Capacity Development
support: Education Program Development Fund(EPDF)
In-country resource mobilization: The FTI
partnership provides a global platform for mobilizing
additional resources for the education sector
Resource mobilization for endorsed countries
with exceptional limitations in external donor
funding: Catalytic Fund (CF)14

Mobilizing Additional Resources
The FTI seeks to mobilize additional resources for education
through four channels:
Domestic resources – moving towards the benchmark of 20% of
government expenditure
Bilateral and multilateral donors (including IDA) alreadypresent in the country
Donors – including private sector donors and foundations - notyet present in the country who are willing to provide newfunding through the FTI framework
FTI Catalytic Fund
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Financing through Regular ChannelsOnce the financing gap is known,in country donors present their
proposals on how to increase
support.
In addition, the FTI Secretariat
raises awareness among donors not
yet present to encourage them toprovide new funding, either
directly or through silent
partnerships.

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FTI Catalytic Fund (CF)Multi-donor trust fund managed
by the World Bank
Provides funding in the form ofgrants to help fill the financing
gap for countries with limited
donor support, while mobilizing
more sustainable support throughregular bilateral and multilateralchannels
Funding of last resort

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CF Contributions and Pledges(in US$ millions)

Country
Belgium

2003-2004
1.3

2005

2006

2.6

Canada

2007

1.2

2009

2008

1.3

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Denmark

4.5

EC

40.3

Total
2003-09

Cumul.
payments
6.4

5.1

17

17

4.5

0

80.7

40.3

20.2

20.2

France

6.5

6.5

7.74

20.74

0

Germany

3.9

2.6

3.9

10.4

0

19.2

37.0

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Ireland
Italy

2.4

1.5

4.5

11.8

2.4

1.3

3.9

10

6.1

1.2

1.2

0

648.8

279.1

54.7

54.7

Japan
Netherlands
Norway

39.5

54.3

185

6

8.1

40.6

Russia

214

3

13

6.5

34.5

15

15.7

15.7270.3

129.1

1,215.94

571.1

69

Sweden

5.3

10.4

TOTAL

49.2

80.2

185

1SpainUK

185

129.1

124.4

16.8

439.4

377.70

257.8

11.64

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Filling the Capacity Gap
Capacity Development Guidelines were developed andcirculated in 13 pilot countries
CD workshop in October 2007 in Bonn will result in:

Revised CD Guidelines
Recommendations for amending the FTI Appraisal Guidelines

International forum on CD for EFA, also hosted by Germanyin October will precede the CD workshop
South-South study also under way to identify goodpractices in this area and update the UNESCO/E9 database
Final report is planned for March 200819

Education Program Development Fund(EPDF)
Multi-donor trust fund administered by the World Bank, with the following
objectives:
Increase the number of low-income countries with sound andsustainable education sector programs
Strengthen country capacity to develop policies and sector programs
through a broad-based consultative process
Improve and share knowledge of what works
Strengthen donor partnerships and harmonization at the country level
Strengthen partnerships with regional networks and institutions
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EPDF Contributions and Pledges(in US$ millions)

Country2005

2006

2007

Canada3.4

Ireland

0.95

Japan

2009

2008

0.94

1.25

1.2

France1.74

Luxembourg

1.3

Netherlands

1.5

Norway

4.87

1.74

6

1.2

Sweden

1.74

1.74

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TOTAL

3.4

3.4

3.14

0.95

0.94

4.96

5.4

1.0

5.81

46.45

15.28

11.99

6.96

1.74

1.3

1.3

13.5

1.5

34.87

34.87

3.2

2.6

UK

Cumulative
payments

1.2

30

RussiaTotal 20052009

1.74

2.6

2.6

12.3

5.9

82.47

52.26

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FTI & Fragile States
Of the 77 million children out of school today, 39 million - more than half live in countries affected by conflict (Source: "Last in Line, Last in school: How Donors are
Failing Children in Conflict-affected Fragile States", 2007)

Mandate given to the FS Task Team in Cairo, November 2006

To progressively expand financial and non-financial resources to FS to support
progress toward MDGs and reduce fragility (Seminar was held in London in March
2007 to develop specific proposals)

Propose a Progressive Framework, designed to enhance partner/stakeholder
dialogue on education sector policy and ensure key issues are addressed (completedin June 2007)
Identify specific implications of fragility for capacity development in theFramework and liaise with the FTI CD Task Team (dialogue ongoing)• Many FS are benefiting from funding from the EPDF since EPDF proceduresare proving sufficiently flexible to accommodate FS states in their progress
towards UPC• Fragile States that currently benefit from CF & EPDF support include:
Burundi, Somalia, Haiti, Liberia, Sierra Leone, CAR, DRC, and Comoros•However support for FS will require additional funding and closer linkages
between humanitarian and development work22

Endorsement Process
Preparation and validation of PRSP

Ministryof
Education

Localdonors

Ongoing dialogue
with in-country
donorsConsultation withCSOs and otherrelevant ministries
Technical &financial
supportPossibility of
EPDF Support

Sector-wide plan
- Addresses all
related issues(HIV/AIDS, gender,etc.)-Aware of indicative
framework-Costed Action Plan

Revision ?

Sharingwith MoF &Parliament

In-country
appraisal

Support from FTISecretariat & centrallevel donors

Endorsement
Mobilization of
resources fromin-country
donorsPossibility of
Catalytic Fund
Support23Next Steps Following Endorsement
Developmentand endorsementof the update

MinistryofEducation

Localdonors

Endorsed Plan

Implementation

With areas forimprovement

Technical and financial
supportMonitoring

Update ofAction Plan&Education
Strategy

Joint Sector Reviews- Harmonized missions- Agreed indicators forcountries and donors

Possibility ofEPDF Support24FTI Indicative Framework
Suggested benchmarks (not targets) drawn from analysis of
successful countries. Crucial for long-term sustainability of MDG
progress.

Indicators
1) Government spending on education – about 20% ofbudget2) Spending on pimary education – about 50% of educationbudget3) Teacher salary – about 3.5 times GDP per capita
4) Pupil-teacher ratio – about 40:15) Non-teacher salary spending – 33% of recurrentspending6) Average repetition rate – 10% or lower
7) Annual hours of instruction – 850 or more25FTI Appraisal Guidelines
FTI has created a tool, the Appraisal Guidelines, to help development
partners assess the primary education sector of an education sector plan
Purpose:Encourage dialogue on choices/efficiency measures on key policy issues
including:
Adequacy of the knowledge baseStrategy toward achievement of
the MDG/EFA Goal, including
HIV/AIDS and gender responsivenessOwnership by all stakeholders
Absorptive capacity and financial
sustainability
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Expected Outcomes of the Appraisal
A set of well-justified recommendations on:
Volume & composition of financial
and other resources available tosupport the program
Key areas for capacity building
Support to close prioritizedknowledge/data gaps
Arrangements for monitoring andevaluation
All donors align their support to thisone program27

Early Results:

FTI Countries Improving Much Faster
Number of pupils enrolled% increase
from 2000
n.a.

2004 / 2005
BenchmarkGross intake ratio (%)
GirlsBoys
2004 /
2004 /
2000
2000
2005
2005
100
100

Primary completion rate (%)
GirlsBoys
2004 /
2004 /
2000
2000
2005
2005
100
100

Burkina Faso
Gambia, The
Guinea1,321,300
174,836
1,207,000

55
13
53

3976
56

62
83
83

53
77
63

70
79
95

21
62
21

28
—
42

30
77
45

35
—
66

GuyanaHonduras
Mauritania

114,161
1,257,358
434,181

5
15
22124
139
87

140
127
105

130
139
86

140
129
106

114
—
4492
82
41

109
—
51

99
77
45

Mozambique

Nicaragua
Niger

3,569,473
941,957
1,064,000

40
1284

102
142
35

129
135
51

117
151
49

138
144
68

13
70
132377202062
20357030

Vietnam
Yemen, Republic of8,350,191
3,220,282

-17
31

105
78

95
117

108
102

101
136

94
3998
46

99
78

104
78
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FTI Secretariat Contacts
Secretariat Staff

Title

Contact Information

Desmond Bermingham

Head of FTI Secretariat

dbermingham@worldbank.org
202-458-7169

Robert Prouty

Deputy Head of FTISecretariat

rprouty@worldbank.org
202-473-7532

Kouassi Soman

Anglophone Africa, Latin
America & the Caribbean,
Europe & Central Asia,
Middle East & North Africa& Trust Fund Manager

ksoman@worldbank.org
202-473-4713

Luc-Charles
Gacougnolle

Francophone & Lusophone
Africa, South & East Asia
& Data Specialist

lgacougnolle@worldbank.org 202458-2050

Palak Mehra

Operations Officer

pmehra@worldbank.org
202-458-9826

Angela Bekkers

Communications Officer

abekkers@worldbank.org
202-458-8831

Chantal Rigaud

Communications Assistantcrigaud@worldbank.org
202-458-9746

Michelle Mesen

Communications Assistantmmesen@worldbank.org
202-458-5589

Magali Laguerre

Program Assistantmlaguerre@worldbank.org
202-473-2602

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Thank you for your attention
For more information, visit the FTI website:www.fasttrackinitiative.org

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