Estructuración, consorcios y alianzas

The Education Above all Foundation, was founded in 2012 in Qatar with the aim to provide primary education for children in developing, conflict, post-conflict and endangered countries. Within the framework of the foundation, the project “Educate a Child” was also created. Until 2012, Qatar invested $100 million USD each year to educate children through projects in 25 countries, but this investment was insufficient to meet the target of 10 million children the government had committed to. Under the premise of motivating other countries to contribute to solving this worldwide education problem, strategic alliances were established with private entities, agencies and financing agencies. Similar school programs were identified and after negotiations, the projects were signed, committing themselves to their continuation for at least 5 years. This funding process included strategic alliances with entities such as Qatar Airways, Vodafone, ExxonMobil, Credit Suisse, Save the Children, BMZ (Germany’s development agency), ADF (France’s development agency), Educate Girls, Building Tomorrow, British Council, CARE, Roger Federer Foundation, in addition to the collaboration with entities within the United Nations system (UNESCO, Unicef, ACNUR, UNRWA, PNUD). Over 7 million children in 47 countries were enrolled in school in 2015. The goal of 10 million children was reached in 2019. Marcio Barbosa, President of B2IC, was the Director General of Education Above All from 2012 to the end of 2016.