Such a pleasure and honor to meet with HE Mama Rachel Ruto, EGH - wonderful visionary, inspiring thought leader, passionate about youth, women's empowerment, climate and education! Looking forward to continuing working together.

See Kevin Watkins paper on the role school meals can play in addressing food system, climate and education challenges, investment is a no brainer EDC

#SierraLeone is right to invest in school meals, see Kevin Watkins new paper on how it can address food systems, climate and education challenges edc.org/sites/default/… EDC

#Rwanda and Mr Twagireyezu are pioneers in expanding school meals, see Kevin Watkins and EDC new paper on the role of school meals for food systems, climate and education edc.org/sites/default/…

See Kevin Watkins new paper on the potential of school meals to address food system, climate as well as learning challenges edc.org/sites/default/…

Today Global Partnership for Education youth leaders handed an open letter Ed Davey signed by @malala and 150+ others. Keir Starmer Rishi Sunak, you're next! Will you commit in your manifestoes to prioritise funding to global education? 📚🌎 Time for action #fundeducation

In addition to the transition of Education Commission programs to EDC, there was another milestone last week: IFFEd becomes an independent organization on July 1, driving financing in lower-middle-income countries see (iff-education.org). So proud of both!

We are looking for an experienced academic specialised in gender globally to second into the FCDO as senior research fellow, to provide thought leadership across our research and to guide policy makers. Are you interested? Do you know someone fantastic who might be?

School meals are essential to President Julius Maada Bio's agenda. In addition to providing food for 8 boarding schools, and 15+ special needs institutions, we're feeding 748,000 kids nationwide through our partners. 85% of that comes from GoSL basket! We're deep into planning for next year!

#LearningTeams highlighted as promising approach to improve learning in Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel (GEEAP) new 'Smart Buys' report.

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So proud of this!

As Education Commission sunsets and our agenda, team and programs are taken forward by EDC, read the team’s reflections and highlights

Liesbet Steer what a leadership from the front ranks all the way! Saluting your stewardship Education Commission ! Pleasure was ours to create #CommonPurpose and #GlobalPublicGoods for #SDG4 and #Right2Education !

The Education Commission set forward and delivered on a bold agenda to ensure every child can learn and thrive. We are thrilled to announce their team and programs are joining EDC effective July 1. Together, we'll continue and expand on this critical work: go.edc.org/ECTW

.@EDCTweets is set to take forward Education Commission’s groundbreaking agenda and programs, driving global education transformation. The work ahead will expand on this bold vision to scale solutions and ensure every child thrives. Learn more: go.edc.org/ECTW
Liesbet Steer

Yes a big thank you to Fab Inc. @EdDevTrust FCDO Girls’ Education PwC Ghana The LEGO Foundation Education Partnerships Group Dubai Cares Centre for the Study of Global Development Blavatnik School of Government School Meals Coalition Global Partnership for Education Mastercard Foundation ADEA EdTech Hub EducAid SL ASU Teachers College IIEP-UNESCO Maitri Trust

The International Finance Facility for Education (IFFEd), created by Education Commission will soon make a statement about its own future progress as an independent organization. 

To learn more about #IFFEd visit here: iff-education.org

We are excited to join EDC to continue to implement the #learninggeneration agenda

It has been such a privilege to be part of the Education Commission team and working with wonderful commissioners, colleagues and partners

…and thank you 小池百合子, Anthony Lake, Jack Ma, GracaMachelTrust, Strive Masiyiwa, Teopista Birungi May, Shakira, Patricio Meller, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, Sumedha Kailash, Amartya Sen, Theo Sowa, Lawrence H. Summers, Helle Thorning S (13/13)