Amendment No. 7 to the Administration Arrangement between the Government of Canada, represented by the Minister for International Development, acting through the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development regarding the Global Partnership for Education Fund (MTO No. 069020) 1. Reference is made to the Administration Arrangement between the Government of Canada, represented by the Minister for International Development, acting through the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD) (the “Contributor”) and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the “Bank”, and together with the Contributor, the “Participants” and each a “Participant”), as trustee (the “Trustee”) of the Global Partnership for Education Fund (MTO No. 069020) (the “Trust Fund”), effective as of December 23, 2011, as amended (the “Administration Arrangement”). 2. The Bank acknowledges that the Contributor has decided, subject to legislative appropriations, to provide the sum of two hundred sixty-five million Canadian Dollars (CAD 265,000,000) (the “Contribution”) for the Trust Fund in accordance with the terms of the Administration Arrangement. 3. The Contributor will deposit the Supplemental Contribution in accordance with the following schedule and in the currency specified in paragraph 2 above into such bank account designated by the Trustee upon submission of a payment request by the Trustee: (A) On or before March 31, 2022, an amount of twenty-five million Canadian Dollars (CAD 25, 000, 000) (B) On or before March 31, 2023, an amount of sixty million Canadian Dollars (CAD 60, 000, 000) (C) On or before March 31, 2024, an amount of sixty million Canadian Dollars (CAD 60, 000, 000) (D) On or before March 31, 2025, an amount of sixty million Canadian Dollars (CAD 60, 000, 000) (E) On or before March 31, 2026, an amount of sixty million Canadian Dollars (CAD 60, 000, 000) 4. The Contribution is being provided in Installments on the basis of financial needs of the Trust Fund. If, on the basis of the speed of the implementation of the activities and availability of funds in the Trust Fund, it is determined that it is necessary to either bring Installments forward or delay them, the Trustee and the Contributor will discuss and agree to revise the Installment schedule, as confirmed by the Trustee to the Contributor in writing. 5. When making the deposit, the Contributor will instruct its bank to include in its deposit details information (remittance advice) field of its SWIFT deposit message, information indicating: the amount deposited, that the deposit is made by the Contributor for MTO No. 069020 (the Global Partnership for Education Fund), and the date of the deposit. 6. Additionally, the Participants mutually decide to amend the Administration Arrangement as follows: (a) The definitions of “Charter”, “Developing Country Partner” and “Grant Agent” of the Annex to the Administration Arrangement are deleted and replaced with the following in alphabetical order: “Charter” means the Charter of the Global Partnership for Education adopted by the Board which establishes the governance arrangements and roles and responsibilities of the partners in the Global Partnership for Education. “Grant Agent” means any organization approved by the Board, in consultation with the Trustee, to enter into a Financial Procedures Agreement or Financial Procedures Memorandum to receive Cash Transfers and implement Activities, as approved by the Board, or to supervise an Activity. “Partner Country” means a country: (i) that receives Trust Fund funds from a Grant Agent through a Grant Agreement, or (ii) on whose behalf a Grant Agent implements an Activity. (b) All references in the Administration Arrangement to “Developing Country Partner” are replaced with “Partner Country”. (c) A new paragraph 2.3 is added to the Annex to the Administration Arrangement reading as follows: “2.3. The Trust Fund will consist of: (i) the GPE Fund general account; and (ii) the GPE West Bank and Gaza Program Sub-Account. Except as specifically provided by the Standard Provisions Applicable to the GPE West Bank and Gaza Program Sub-Account set forth in Schedule 2 attached to this Annex, these Standard Provisions Applicable to the Global Partnership for Education Fund will apply mutatis mutandis to the GPE West Bank and Gaza Program Sub-Account.” (d) Paragraph 4.5 of the Annex to the Administration Arrangement will be deleted and replaced with the following: “4.5. The Trust Fund will be maintained by the Trustee in the currency or currencies set forth in Schedule 1 (Holding Currencies) attached to this Annex, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Contribution Agreements/Arrangements.” (e) Paragraph 7.1 of the Annex to the Administration Arrangement will be deleted and replaced with the following: “7.1. The Trust Fund funds may also be used to pay for services provided to the Global Partnership for Education by the Secretariat and by the Chair. The Board will approve the Operating Expenses Budget. Upon approval by the Board of the Operating Expenses Budget, the Trustee will, subject to the availability of applicable funds held in the Trust Fund, as determined by the Trustee, transfer to the Secretariat the respective amount of compensation approved for the Operating Expenses Budget, each of which will be subject to an end of year adjustment based on actual costs incurred.” 2 (f) The Schedule to the Annex to the Administration Arrangement is numbered as “Schedule 1”. (g) A new Schedule 2 is added to the Annex to the Administration Arrangement reading as set forth in the attachment to this amendment (the “Amendment”). 7. All other provisions of the Administration Arrangement will remain the same. 8. Each of the Participants represents, by confirming its acceptance below, that it is authorized to enter into this Amendment and act in accordance with its provisions. The Participants are each requested to sign and date this Amendment, and upon possession by the Bank of this fully signed Amendment and respective amendments signed by all other Contributors to the Trust Fund, this Amendment will come into effect as of the date of the last signature. INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT AS TRUSTEE OF THE GLOBAL PARNTERSHIP FOR EDUCATION FUND By: _______________________________/s1/ Dirk Reinermann Name: _______________________________/n1/ Director Trust Funds and Partner Relations Title: _______________________________/t1/ 29-Mar-2022 Date: _______________________________/d1/ THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA AS REPRESENTED BY THE MINISTER FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTING THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT By: _______________________________/s2/ Louise Holt Name: _______________________________/n2/ Director General, Social Development Title: _______________________________/t2/ March 31, 2022 Date: _______________________________/d2/ 3 ATTACHMENT SCHEDULE 2 Standard Provisions Applicable to the GPE West Bank and Gaza Program Sub-Account 1. When the Contributor makes a Contribution to the Trust Fund for the purpose of supporting the GPE West Bank and Gaza Program, it will designate in writing that its Contribution will be allocated to the GPE West Bank and Gaza Program and the amount of funds to be allocated to such program. 2. When the Contributor designates an allocation of its Contribution funds, in whole or in part, to the GPE West Bank and Gaza Program pursuant to paragraph 1 above, the Trustee will credit the amount of the Contribution funds designated by the Contributor to the GPE West Bank and Gaza Program Sub- Account. 3. Subject to paragraph 4 below and to the availability of applicable funds held in the GPE West Bank and Gaza Program Sub-Account as determined by the Trustee, the Trustee will make commitments, transfer and/or use the Sub-Account funds for any purpose approved and in the amount allocated by the GPE Board, in accordance with the terms of the GPE Fund Governance Document, the Contribution Agreement/Arrangement, and the relevant Financial Procedures Agreement/Arrangement or Financial Procedures Memorandum. 4. Commitments and transfers of Trust Fund funds by the Trustee for the Trustee Costs and the Operating Expenses Budget will be applied against the GPE Fund general account and the GPE West Bank and Gaza Program Sub-Account on a pro rata basis calculated based on the cash balance of funds in each account. 5. Any return of funds received by the Trustee will be credited to the relevant account from which the original funding was provided. 6. Only the Contributors to the GPE West Bank and Gaza Program will have beneficiary interests in the GPE West Bank and Gaza Program Sub-Account resources. 7. Any Contributor to the GPE West Bank and Gaza Program may, upon three (3) months’ prior written notice, cancel all or part of the remaining balance of its Contribution that is not allocated by the GPE Board prior to the receipt of such notice. In the event of such cancellation, the Trustee will, as instructed by the relevant Contributor in writing, promptly return directly to the relevant Contributor or to the relevant Donor Balance Account or transfer to any other trust fund or fund administered by the Bank, such Contributor’s pro-rata share of the outstanding unallocated balance of the GPE West Bank and Gaza Program Sub-Account funds in United States Dollars. 4