Presentation/s:

The Education Effectiveness and Collaboration Forum promoted dialogue between the different actors involved in development assistance to the education sector – NGOs, donors, education providers, researchers and the private sector – on how more effective partnership can advance quality education for all children in the Asia Pacific region.

Education is considered the ‘flagship’ of the Australian aid program. With a commitment increasing to $5 billion between now and 2015 Australia will become one of the top five bilateral donors for education.

The forum considered the implications of lessons learned from recent research and thinking on aid effectiveness in relation to improving the quality of education learning and the way partnerships can be developed in support of this.

This event was organised by Save the Children Australia and the Development Policy Centre. It was supported by the Australian National Institute of Public Policy and the HC Coombs Policy Forum with funding from the Australia Government under the ‘Enhancing Public Policy Initiative’.

Australian aid and education: challenges and opportunities to 2015
Peter Baxter (keynote)

Aid effectiveness: lessons for education
Stephen Howes (keynote)
David Coleman
Rachel Outhred
Robert Cannon
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Chair:
Julia Newton-Howes

Making partnerships work to reach the poorest and most disadvantaged children
Desmond Bermingham (keynote)
Richard Geeves
Viktor Jakupec
Sharon Bessell

Chair:
Anne Glover

How to work better together: making partnerships effective
Morgana Ryan (keynote)
Susan Harris Rimmer
Paul Voutier
Annie Chandler

Chair:
Fabia Shah

Concluding discussion
Desmond Bermingham
David Howes
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Chair:
Lynne Benson