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What Benefits do GLP Programs Provide?

• Connecting Users, Hearing the Unheard: GLP programs make it possible to connect classroom teachers, teacher educators, policy-makers, NGOs, government, vendors, parents, and other stakeholders in new, collaborative ways. The ability for often ignored voices to be able to contribute will transform education, especially in remote areas, by providing them access and input into current education thinking and materials.

• Leveraging the expertise of its members and partner organizations, including their core business competencies and their understanding of challenges confronting educators and issues facing education reform activities. It deploys its partners' collective experience using technology to solve problems to improve teaching and learning to reinforce education outcomes and leverage resources.

• Maximizing investments to improve the longevity and accessibility. Many donors have funded a number of education projects over the years, sometimes with overlapping outcomes. However, usually the research findings, materials, and recommendations of these projects are lost once the three- or four-year project is over and the staff disperses. To meet these challenges, GLP developed a system to ensure that materials, curricula, reports, and resources are stored in an easy-to-use searchable archive for creative use and re-use to encourage localization and iterative improvement.

• GLP complements other education information sources by compiling and disseminating the information to the user community in multiple formats. It can expand to accommodate many users, many online communities, and many topics of interest.

Who Benefits from GLP Programs?

• Individual Members of program communities who will enjoy unique networking opportunities as well as access to content and training opportunities in a secure, private space that can be customized.

• Government & Policy Makers who will be able to communicate more effectively, reduce paperwork and administration, set up distance education modules for teachers, monitor performance, and reinforce planning and management capabilities.

• Education Associations who will benefit from stronger collaboration and communication among members, additional opportunities to engage and provide services to members, new channels to disseminate publications and professional development materials, and enhanced communications capabilities.

• Private Sector Companies who will join a community of change agents and education champions while creating brand awareness, building relationships, supporting community development, engaging employees, gaining access to new markets and customers, and demonstrating good citizenship by supporting workforce development goals.