Connecting expertise, innovation and knowledge across GPE partner countries
The Global Partnership for Education Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (GPE KIX) is a joint initiative between GPE and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC).
It is the largest fund dedicated to meeting global knowledge gaps in education.
GPE KIX helps partner countries identify and close knowledge gaps, strengthen their ability to use research, and scale up innovation so that more children get a quality education.
Through GPE KIX, Partner Countries
We do this through three core mechanisms:
Learning exchanges facilitated by four regional hubs
Tailored support with GPE partner countries
Applied research focused on scaling education innovations
We respond to what matters most
GPE KIX supports partner countries in addressing their most pressing education challenges. Our focus areas are determined through hub consultations, validation processes, and scoping studies of partner country needs. These include:
We turn evidence into action
“KIX is sparking meaningful education innovations by focusing on cross-country exchange and increasing equity in knowledge sharing. We’re not learning from an expert, but rather we’re all experts on our local contexts.”
“The big difference between KIX and other programs is that KIX doesn’t impose what a country has to do. KIX empowers countries to identify what their biggest challenges are and then works collaboratively to develop needed programs.”
“KIX has been quite transformative thanks to its unique approach that brings countries together to share knowledge on how to scale up innovations.”
“It can be very difficult to engage multiple stakeholders. The KIX approach brings people together from all walks of life, from different contexts and countries to learn from each other and share their experiences.”
“What’s really special is the interaction KIX fosters between the researchers and policy makers. To see their willingness to use data and build policy from evidence has been reaffirming.”
“KIX regional hubs offer a regional lens for research that countries can use to contextualize evidence generated by partners and neighboring countries. They allow for a regional evidence consortium that might not happen otherwise.”
“It’s important for policy makers and researchers to have platforms where they can communicate and learn from each other, sharing experiences across countries facing similar challenges. KIX allows for that.”
“KIX helps us identify root causes of education problems and build partnerships with civil society organizations, simplifying complex research findings so that they’re available to everyone from learners to policy makers.”
“KIX has allowed us to bring together researchers and practitioners like never before.”
“Through KIX, we should share innovations not only at the country level but at the Africa 21 regional Hub level, in order to benefit from innovations from other countries.”
“I am pleading with partners to make resources available to KIX national teams so that sharing innovations and knowledge becomes a reality, not only at the national level but also at the sub-national and school levels.”
“KIX is an opportunity for us researchers to contribute, through our work, to improving education systems. KIX has made it possible to create a space for meetings, exchanges and dialogue between researchers, stakeholders, education practitioners and decision-makers.”
“KIX offers the possibility to strengthen the link between research and education to ensure that we have elements to nurture reflections on our educational system on a permanent basis.”
"KIX is revolutionary because it involves a new form of governance. Taking into account education issues, policies and involvement of all education partners in the process has fostered a new way to operate when it comes to education policies."
