Arina Shadrikova, Researcher of the Centre for International Comparative Studies of the International Organisations Research Institute of the State University – Higher School of Economics; E-mail: shadrikova.piacquadio@gmail.com

The paper presents the analysis of the results the collective efforts made by the countries in the development assistance in the educational sector. The author highlights the evolution of the issue in the agenda of international multilateral institutions and in the international acts signed in the XX century which reflect the startpoint of the MDGs in education and gender equality in education. The special focus is given to the interdependence between statements in the international acts in education, globalization and mechanism and forms of providing the development assistance for education. The article considers the role of Russia in the formulating the G8 Agenda and concentration its efforts for achievement of the declared goals in education.