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Delivering Value for Money in girls’ education programming. Approaches and experiences from the Girls’ Education Challenge
Sun, February 19, 9:45 to 11:15am EST (9:45 to 11:15am EST), Grand Hyatt Washington, Floor: Declaration Level (1B), Penn Quarter AGroup Submission Type: Formal Panel Session
Proposal
This panel discussion provides insights of approaches and experiences of delivering Value for Money within the Girls’ Education Challenge (GEC). The GEC is an £855m UK aid fund, investing in 41 girls' education projects across 17 low-income countries reaching 1.5m marginalised girls though various formal and non-formal education interventions. The first presentation will discuss how to drive Value for Money when reaching marginalised girls through education technology solutions. The second presentation will be about how to drive Value for Money when reaching girls with disabilities. The third presentation will provide an example of a project funded through the GEC which was particularly successful at delivering Value for Money in Uganda.
This topic is highly relevant to CIES 2023 because it fills a gap in knowledge on cost effective education interventions for girls. There is limited literature on these types of investments and their cost effectiveness. Due to scarcity of resources, it is crucial to ensure that these investments are based on evidence regarding what works, why, and how and in which contexts. This panel discussion will specifically contribute to sub-theme III and answer the questions by specifically looking at interventions within formal and informal education settings. It will also look at sustainability and relevance of the interventions in challenging contexts through a VfM lens.
Whilst the findings are specific to the contexts the GEC projects operate in, they are transferrable and useful for learning to inform the practice of organisations working in the international education and development sector. This panel discussion is aimed to inform decisions by donors, governments and policy makers who are planning to scale cost-effective interventions and policy approaches particularly for girls.