Country-Level Harmonization

Specially Designed Harmonization Pilots:

• EU pilots
  
• Education For All - Education For All (EFA) is a commitment taken on by the international community at the April 2000 World Education Forum in Senegal to achieve education for "every citizen in every society." The EFA partnership believes that education is key to sustainable development and peace and stability within, and among, countries, and accordingly, that it is indispensable for people to participate fully in the societies and globalized economies of the 21st century.
  
• Education For All - The Fast-Track Initiative (EFA-FTI) – is a partnership (launched in April 2002) involving recipient countries, donors and other international organizations aimed at accelerating progress towards the achievement of universal primary completion (UPC) through stronger national policies, improved capacity and incremental financial resources, both domestically and from the donor community. In June 2002, eighteen countries were invited to prepare proposals for FTI financing. Five other countries (Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Nigeria and Pakistan) were invited to participate in an “Analytical Fast Track” (EFA-AFT). Operational guidelines for AFT and for access to resources were under the FTI Analytical and Capacity Building Trust Fund.
  
  EFA-FTI has evolved from a vertical program and global fund – where participation was on an invitation basis only - to a country-based and country-led process of program development and resource mobilization, with the global partnership providing tools and resources to support, fill gaps and leverage longer term financing. To this end, the FTI partnership has opened up participation to all IDA-eligible countries responding to the EFA-FTI criteria of a Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) and an education sector plan prioritizing UPC and endorsed by the local donor group. As a result, the Analytical Fast Track (EFA-AFT) no longer exists and the five countries initially invited to participate are now EFA-FTI potential countries.
  
  • EFA-FTI pilots
    
• SPA pilots
  
• UN System pilots

The Harmonization & Alignment Table presents a country-by-country summary of initiatives, themes and institutions involved in Harmonization and Alignment activities. To download the latest version, please click here.