EOF Strategy 2025–2030

Education is the great enabler and we are all lifelong students. Yet, 7 out of 10 children in low-and middle-income countries are unable to read with understanding by the age of 10. Forthese children, the great enabler becomes the great divider. The Education Outcomes Fund(EOF) makes a tangible contribution to changing this reality. Our ambition is a paradigmshift that transforms education systems and skills-for-employment programmes, shiftingthem from a focus on inputs to driving educational outcomes in learning and employmentfor disadvantaged children and youth.

At the EOF Global Leadership Council, we share the conviction that progress is only possibleif we specify desired outcomes, measure them, and create accountability to deliver them. Our collective experience in public, private and not-for-profit educational organizations hastaught us that these are critical factors for success, and yet most often we see programmesthat seek compliance with the pre-agreed plan rather than to achieve impact.

We are proud of what EOF has achieved in its first six years of existence. We have raised overUS$130 million, a significant part of which has been contributed by partner governments;partnered with 29 organizations to reach over half a million children and youth in fivecountries; developed evidence; acquired expertise in creating innovative OutcomesPartnerships that manage public and private resources effectively to deliver educationaloutcomes; and expanded public awareness of the paradigm shift necessary to transformeducational systems so they can cope with the huge challenge they face.

This Strategy defines where EOF is going, why and how, and our objectives to 2030. Weapproach our mission with urgency and humility. Urgency, because the failure to convertfunding into outcomes effectively means that children and young people are deniedfoundational skills and decent jobs. That is a huge human cost. Humility, because the taskis hard, we are a young organization and there is little we can achieve without creatingeffective, long-term partnerships with others. We hope you will be motivated by this Strategyto become a partner in our efforts and their ultimate success.

Sir Ronald Cohen and the EOF Global Leadership Council

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