The Road to the SDGs

T H E R O A D T O T H E S D G s | P R O G R E S S A N D A C H I E V E M E N T S unions) under the leadership of the Government, to ensure an inclusive policy dialogue, synergy and mutual accountability of stakeholders. X The Local Education Group platform provided IsDB with the opportunity to harmonise its interventions within a sector-wide approach aligned with national policy and strategies. ACHIEVEMENTS X The outcomes of the partnership, whose target is to enhance access to student-friendly education, include: – Construction of 68 schools of 752 classrooms for 18,000 students and five administrative buildings in 18 districts and cities of the Khatlon Region and Dushanbe – Curriculum roll-out and learning assessment reforms – Training of teachers/mentors/ professionals – Development and printing of 250,000 sets of new teaching/ learning materials – Stocktaking of competency- based education activities. X As part of this initiative, IsDB has been accredited as the second multilateral development bank to serve as Grant Agent for the GPE (alongside the World Bank) with fiduciary responsibility over the GPE resources. X IsDB became an Alternate Board Member for the Multilateral Development Agencies Constituency, to enhance and deepen IsDB involvement in the governance of the GPE. INVESTMENT X The total cost of the education pilot project in Tajikistan is US$ 46 million with IsDB’s contribution of US$ 30 million and a GPE grant of US$ 10 million, in addition to US$ 6 million from the Government of Tajikistan. X To prepare the project, the GPE provided US$ 181,141 to IsDB as a project preparation grant facility. X With access to the GPE country allocations, IsDB is able to build its pipeline of projects around these allocations. In this way, it can leverage and blend grant resources to soften IsDB ordinary financing, which lower-income MCs are reluctant or unable to absorb. X Because the partnership is scalable, this has allowed IsDB to enter into consultation with the Regional Hub of Rabat, Morocco to explore the potential for support to Tunisia and Morocco to unlock their respective allocations from the GPE Multiplier of US$ 15 million each, following the successful pilot of the Tajikistan operation. G L O B A L P A R T N E R S H I P F O R E D U C A T I O N US$2.8 billion global fund to improve education in 68 of the world’s poorest countries, of which 35 are IsDB MCs T A J I K I S T A N P I L O T P R O J E C T 68 schools for 18,000 students [ 53 ]