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Children and families around the world are experiencing unprecedented disruption to their lives. As nations around the world scramble to understand, contain, and respond to the rapidly growing pandemic and as parents and caregivers juggle multiple challenges to care for and safeguard their children, the global early childhood development (ECD) community is coordinating together rapidly to ensure that children’s health, development, and well-being are not overlooked. 

This webinar will bring together key global agencies including WHO, UNICEF, the World Bank, LEGO Foundation, ARNEC and other partners, to: 

• Provide a briefing on resources and actions being mobilized by each agency in response to COVID-19

• Identify key supports being given to government systems to mobilize services for caregivers and their children

• Provide key messages and best practices for all parents and caregivers to ensure children’s health and well-being in disrupted social environments

• Provide key messages and best practices for all parents and caregivers to take care of their own physical and mental well-being 

• Q&A and panel discussion

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Call for evidence : Early Childhood Workforce Initiative

The Early Childhood Workforce Initiative is currently identifying country case studies and literature to inform two landscape analyses on Continuous Quality Improvement and Working Conditions. By synthesizing literature on the policies, practices, challenges, and needs related to the early childhood workforce, these studies aim to strengthen the knowledge base on the existing status of the workforce, identify common challenges and experiences, and areas for improvement. 

What are we looking for?

In particular, we are looking for two types of information:

1. Academic/peer-reviewed literature, grey literature, and policy documents addressing workforce policies, challenges, and experiences related to either of these themes. 

2. Suggestions of countries to profile as case studies in the landscape analyses who are using innovative approaches to address challenges related to either of these themes.

If you have any sources or suggestions for additional evidence, please send them by March 20, 2020. 

You can access the full call here - https://www.earlychildhoodworkforce.org/content/call-evidence-early-childhood-workforce

Date: Wednesday March 11, 2020
Time: 09:00am - 10:30am (EST)
Duration: 90 minutes

On Friday, March 6th, WHO launched the "Improving Early Childhood Development: WHO Guidelines". New scientific evidence on the importance of early childhood development for future health and human capital necessitated the development of empirically-based guidelines. A new WHO guideline provides global, evidence-informed recommendations on improving early childhood development through interventions that support responsive caregiving and early learning.

In this webinar, the panelists will introduce the guidelines and discuss the relevance of the recommendations for national policymaking and engage in dialogue on how to facilitate the dissemination and uptake of the guideline in countries.

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