What is Building Evidence in Education (BE2)?
Building Evidence in Education (BE2) is a donor working group, launched in 2012, with the aim to engage bilateral and multilateral organizations and foundations. The objectives of BE2 are to:
- Strengthen donor research collaboration and coordination,
- Encourage higher standards of commissioned research, and
- Promote the availability and access to rigorous evidence.
Why a donor working group?
We recognize that donors have a unique opportunity and responsibility to advance the quality and use of evidence in the education sector through setting higher standards for the research we commission, coordinating our respective research agendas and engaging with policy makers to increase uptake of evidence for decision making.
Membership
Institution-based: multilateral and bilateral donors and independent foundations working in the education sector.
Over 30 donor institutions represented.
Governance
- Steering Committee: DFID, USAID, the World Bank Group; rotating UN agency (currently UNESCO).
- Activities and priorities guided by Steering Committee and members.
- Supported by a BE2 Secretariat: secretariat@building-evidence-in-education.org.
Key Activities:
In-person and virtual meetings, focused on emerging evidence and research methods.
Recent focus areas: education system diagnostics, early childhood education, implementation science.
Research Mapping: member research mapping and knowledge sharing to facilitate coordination and collaboration.
Publications:
- Generating Evidence in Education: Impact Evaluations
- Assessing the Quality of Evidence in the Education Sector
- Guidance Note on Qualitative Research in Education
- Guidance Note on Cost Measurement.
BE2 Interest Groups:
Cost Capture Guidance
Early Childhood Development
Education in Emergencies
Knowledge Systems Strengthening
Teacher Professional Development
Youth Employment Funders Group
Member Organizations
L'Agence Française de Développement
Belgian Development Agency (BTC)
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit
Center for International Cooperation in Education Development (CICED)
Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA)
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), Australia
Department for International Development (DFID)/UK Aid
European Commission, EuropeAid
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, Canada
Global Education Monitoring Report (GEM Report)
Global Partnership for Education (GPE)
Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE)
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Korean Educational Development Institute (KEDI)
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP)
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
UNICEF Office of Research, Innocenti
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Youth Employment Funders Group (YEFG)
Last Updated: Oct 15, 2021