Brussels, 26/06/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 26 June, European Development Commissioner Andris Piebalgs announced a new contribution of €375 million (US$510 million) support for the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) over the next seven years. The announcement was made at the Second Replenishment Pledging Conference, in Brussels (see EUROPE 11096).
The GPE will seek to leverage around $3.5 billion (€2.57 billion over the next four years 2015-2018) to deliver good quality basic...