Global Business Coalition for Education

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Our Core Functions

A business-led, action-oriented organization, the Global Business Coalition for Education focuses on four core functions:

Connect

We create spaces for leaders to connect and identify cutting-edge opportunities for collaboration and 'next generation' action.

Cooperate

We facilitate cooperation between business, governments, agencies, youth, foundations, and civil society organizations to advocate for quality education for all.

Showcase

We highlight our members' work and thought leadership to create, accelerate, and propagate solutions and inspire action.

Discover

We facilitate research projects and harness evidence and data to identify opportunities for effective investments in education.

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Featured Initiatives

Global Funds Initiative

The Global Funds Initiative Creating an ecosystem of collaboration and action to help businesses support quality education for all GBC-Education’s G...

Business Investment for Education Impact Initiative

The Business Investment for Education Impact (BIEI) initiative aims to build a stronger, more informed, and impactful network of businesses with the p...

Rapid Education Action (REACT) Initiative

The number of displaced persons worldwide has reached its highest count since the end of World War II, with an estimated 75 million children and adole...

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Research

Education Finance Playbook

The Education Finance Playbook offers opportunities for business leaders and philanthropists to leverage innovative finance and partnerships to make e...

SME Report Cover Image showing young man working in a lab

An Untapped Force for Global Education: An exploration of small and medium enterprises

Small businesses are making a big impact on education in local communities and around the world. Learn how small and medium enterprises can contribute...

Resilience: A New Youth Skill for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

New report highlights the need for young people to acquire the skills to cope with disruptions to be better prepared for the future of work.

Young African American girl takes classes at home on a desktop computer.

REACT: Monitors to Aid Learning From Home Amid COVID-19

Challenge Before the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly one in five students between kindergarten and 12th grade did not have computers or good internet access...

REACT: Broadband for Refugees in Uganda

Challenge While the educational system in Uganda certainly decreases illiteracy and helps students to understand basics concepts, an 83% youth unemplo...

REACT connected HP with ECW to deploy the HP School Cloud which would connect up to 75 computers and or tablets to educational content without online connectivity and could be updated by ministries of education or the schools when needed.

REACT: Digital School Clouds Deliver Educational Content

Challenge Uganda hosts the largest number of refugees in Africa – an estimated 1.3 million people, half of whom are children. These young people fac...