News article
On July 23, 2024, early childhood development experts from across Africa, the Arab regions, and beyond convened for a pivotal Cross-Regional Webinar. The event, organized by the Africa Early Childhood Network (AfECN) and the Arab Network for Early Childhood Development (ANECD) under the Early Childhood Workforce Initiative (ECWI), aimed to address the pressing challenges facing the professionalization of the early learning workforce.
Event
Masterclass Series in Systems Thinking: Exploring Applications for Global ECD
We hear the importance of building and strengthening systems, but what do we really mean by it? What does a systems approach look like in practice and how can it support child development? How do we measure systems change? This is your opportunity to explore these questions and more with the world’s leading experts.
News article
In a world increasingly impacted by crises, the importance of addressing early childhood development (ECD) in these challenging contexts is paramount. ECD Regional Networks provide the necessary social, organizational and knowledge infrastructure to effectively link on-the-ground realities with local and regional expertise.
Resource
This case study is based on the Early Childhood Development Complexes of For Our Children Foundation (FoC), Bulgaria, that provided several different socially integrated services concentrated within reach, which together form a safety net for children and families. FoC in Bulgaria created the Early Childhood Development Complexes in Sofia and Plovdiv to pay attention to the first, most important years of every child's life and to support them when it is not too late. 
Issa Practices
Our social services are providing food material support to children and their families who have been affected by the global pandemic and its mitigation measures. Such an event, like the pandemic, may disrupt parenting practices and family routines and thus affect child health and development. By supporting the economic stability and reducing the material hardship of dozens of families who use our services we enhance parents' capacity to deal with or avoid the instability caused by the crisis.
