The 2025 Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Early Childhood Development convened at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel in Manila, Philippines from June 30 to July 3, 2025, with the theme “Advancing Equitable and Inclusive Early Childhood Development (ECD) Services: The Critical Role of Effective Local Governance.”

Organised by the Asia-Pacific Regional Network for Early Childhood (ARNEC), the Conference was supported by Plan International, Save the Children, Tanoto Foundation, Early Childhood Regional Networks Fund, UNICEF, and UNESCO. In this year’s edition, the ECCD Council of the Philippines hosted the Conference with the support of the Philippine Normal University and REX Education.