Major partners
Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office
The UK Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) providing support to DevEd 2025 through the ASEAN-UK Supporting the Advancement of Girls' Education (ASEAN-UK SAGE) programme. The ASEAN-UK SAGE Programme is the first project to be implemented under the ASEAN-UK Plan of Action (2022-26). The 5-year programme aims to support ASEAN member states to develop effective policies and programmes that improve foundational learning and tackle constraints limiting the achievement of girls, women and marginalised groups.
ASEAN-UK SAGE is delivered by British Council and SEAMEO Secretariat, in partnership with EdTech Hub and the Australian Council for Educational Research. ASEAN-UK SAGE is an ASEAN cooperation programme funded by UK International Development.
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is supporting DevEd 2025 through its Education Analytics, Research and Capability Building (EdARC) program. EdARC provides evidence-based support to DFAT’s diverse education portfolio, which includes over 130 individual projects.
The program strengthens the quality of data and analysis used by DFAT, implementing partners and regional governments to inform education policy and programming. Key features of EdARC are its rapid-response Helpdesk and strategic research stream, managed by ACER. EdARC also enables two-way learning between Australia and its regional partners, connecting domestic and regional education systems and fostering collaboration across the broader education architecture.