Global Partnership for Education Local Coordinating Agencies

Coordinating agencies for Local Education Groups serve as communication links between country-level partners and the Global Partnership for Education Secretariat. The dataset documents these lead agencies, which are selected by groups typically led by national Ministries of Education and including development partners and civil society organizations. It is provided by the Global Partnership for Education via the World Bank platform.

Use Cases

• Analyze the distribution of coordinating agency types across countries to identify common governance models.
• Map the relationship between coordinating agency presence and reported progress on education sector plans.
• Study the alignment of technical and financial support by correlating agency data with information on domestic and external funding.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative Global Partnership for Education, a major multi-stakeholder partnership.
• Covers a structured forum present in multiple countries receiving GPE support.

Limitations

• Specific data dimensions like row count, column names, and temporal coverage are unknown.
• Country-level variation in LEG composition and title may limit direct cross-country comparisons.

Provenance

Source

Global Partnership for Education

Collection Method

Documented by the GPE Secretariat based on country-level reporting from Local Education Groups.

Geography

Global coverage of countries engaged with the Global Partnership for Education.