The launch of Partnerships for Education (PfE) was announced by UNESCO and the World Economic Forum in Brussels, Belgium, on 2 May.
PfE is a major global alliance for education based oan unprecedented collaboration between governments, the private sector, international organizations and donors to meet the goal of providing education for all (EFA) by 2015.
UNESCO and the World Economic Forum (WEF), through its Global Education Initiative, are among the main organizations leading the partnership, along with the EFA Fast-Track Initiative and corporate partners: AMD, Cisco, Intel Corporation and Microsoft.