Historical Context

The EFA-FTI partnership is grounded in the collective wisdom of the global conferences of the past few years.

  • Education for All goals adopted at the World Education Forum, April 2000, in Dakar, Senegal. 180 countries committed themselves to providing quality education for all the world’s children by 2015.
  • Millennium Development Goals adopted at the UN summit, September 2000, in New York. World leaders agreed to 2015 as the year that all boys and girls should complete a full cycle of primary education.
  • Monterrey Consensus forged at the International Finance and Development Conference, March 2002, Monterrey, Mexico. The consensus commits rich nations to boost trade and aid opportunities for countries with sound policies.
  • Rome and Paris Declarations on Harmonization and Aid Effectiveness (2003 and 2005). The development community committed to work towards aligning its assistance around country development priorities and to harmonize donor policies and priorities around country systems.