Registrations Open - PECERA 2026 Conference

Registrations for the Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association (PECERA) 2026 Conference are open!

2026 International Leadership Research Forum

ILRF–EC 2026 invites participants from around the world to collaborate, reimagine, and co-lead the changes needed in a world shaped by shifting global challenges, technological disruptions, and growing diversity. 

ARNEC holds knowledge exchange for UBS project

ARNEC gathered national and local partners this week for a knowledge exchange aimed at strengthening early childhood programs under the MORECare4YoungChildren Project supported by the UBS Optimus Foundation. 

ARNEC joins UNESCO Bangkok, KIX EMAP forum advancing ECCE

In November, ARNEC collaborated with UNESCO Bangkok and KIX EMAP Hub to host a webinar that advanced Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) in the Asia-Pacific region. The webinar presented the recently published Asia-Pacific ECCE Regional Factsheet. 

ARNEC promotes evidence use in enhancing system-level change for parenting, caregiving in UNESCO Bangkok forum

ARNEC collaborated with UNESCO Bangkok and the Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (KIX) Europe, Middle East and North Africa, Asia and Pacific (EMAP) Hub to host a webinar on 12 November 2025, advancing Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) in the Asia-Pacific region.

Ensure the safety and protection of young children and their families during super typhoons and earthquakes in the Philippines and other countries

Young children are being repeatedly uprooted and displaced by storms that have grown larger and more destructive because of climate change.

ARNEC and HI ECD Coalition Organise "Father’s Class" to Strengthen Male Engagement in Parenting

The M-nurturing Project organised a “Father’s Class” in Pancoran Mas District in Depok City, Indonesia, to raise awareness about the importance of fathers and male engagement in parenting. Seventy-three fathers attended the class where they learnt about games and storytelling while understanding how fathers play an equal and vital role in raising children. 

ARNEC, ECCD Council train child development teachers, workers on FME, gender-transformative parenting, caregiving

To promote fatherhood and male engagement (FME) in nurturing young children, ARNEC and the ECCD Council of the Philippines jointly conducted a training program for child development teachers and workers (CDT/Ws) of the Municipalities of Cainta, Rizal and Batan, Aklan. 

Indonesia, Philippines partners share gains in UBS-assisted parenting, caregiving programs in ARNEC Conference

At the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Early Childhood Development in the Philippines, held from July 1st to 3rd, 2025, the National Coalition of Holistic Integrative ECD (HI ECD Coalition) of Indonesia and the ECCD Council of the Philippines presented evidence-based findings on the effectiveness of enhanced parenting and caregiving programs. 

Read: ARNEC issues statement on the devastating earthquake in Cebu, Philippines

On the night of September 30, a devastating 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck the Central Visayas region in the Philippines. The quake has killed more than 60 people, including children, and has displaced thousands of families in Cebu and neighboring provinces. This massive earthquake comes after successive typhoons, excessive rainfall, and flooding in the Philippines.

This series of disaster events has exposed young children to harm and continues to make them and their families vulnerable to post-disaster trauma. The ongoing aftershocks and tremors pose a significant challenge, and the country is bracing for more typhoons until the end of the year.

ARNEC strongly urges that we put children and their families at the forefront of preparedness and resilience.