How to adequately finance education for development?

This workshop will seek to problematise issues related to the lack of resources to adequately finance the public education system. The workshop will explore the following questions:Why is it important to engage with budgets? ... [ view full abstract ]

This workshop will seek to problematise issues related to the lack of resources to adequately finance the public education system. The workshop will explore the following questions:

1. Why is it important to engage with budgets?
2. What are the 4Ss and why are they important?
   1. What is the recommended share of the budget?
   2. How to increase the size of the budget?
   3. Why should the budget be sensitive?
   4. Why focus on the scrutiny of the budget and spending?
3. What can be done to improve finance of education?

Case studies will be presented to discuss potential solutions based on increased domestic resource mobilisation through progressive taxation in order to meet the growing financing gap needed to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 4.

The workshop is particularly aimed at government officials and civil society organisations, but everyone is welcome regardless of their knowledge of the subject. We will start with basic concepts and will discuss more advanced topics, including case studies.

Facilitators: Dr. Maria Ron Balsera (ActionAid), Jo Walker (Global Campaign for Education), David Archer (ActionAid), Henry Malumo (Global Campaign for Education)