Participation to the pool fund of Education Sector Support Fund

The Education Sector in Mozambique is financed with both internal and external resources. Internal resources are mobilized domestically through taxes, tariffs, duties, and internal credits. External resources applied to General Education fit into two categories: (i) “FASE contributions”, which is funding from development partners to the multi-donor Common Fund for Education “FASE” (Fundo de Apoio ao Sector de Educação) and (ii) “Bilateral Project Funds”, which are all other grants and credits from partners not channeled through FASE. FASE resources are categorized as external investments. However, they are managed by MINEDH (The Ministry of Education and Human Development) using national procedures. 

FASE, the most long-standing education pool fund in the African continent, was created in 2002 to harmonize the external funding. In 2009, it became the most important support mechanism for the sector and contributes directly to MINEDH’s investment budget, with an annual average budget of $ 100M. In 2021, FASE funds represented 88% of sector’s total budget.

Today, 9 donors contribute to this fund: Canada, Ireland, Finland, European Union Delegation in Mozambique, USAID, The World Bank, UNICEF, Portugal, and France (thought AFD). To this adds the funding from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), the WB acting as the Grant Agent (GA).