November 2020
Response to COVID-19 for Children in Fragile and Conflict Affected Settings (ECPC panel session, C20 Summit 2020)
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
How investing in early childhood care and education can combat COVID-19’s short- and long-term impact on children living among conflict, war, and displacement
C20 Summit 2020
On Saturday October 10, international experts from the Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC) discussed early childhood development (ECD) strategies in relation to COVID-19 at this year’s Civil Society 20 (C20)’s virtual annual summit. The C20 predicted that “This year’s summit is sure to be the biggest virtual gather of thousands of civil society leaders and change makers in the G20 process”.
ECPC Panel Session | COVID-19 Response & Recovery
In the ECPC panel discussion Response to COVID-19 for children in fragile and conflict-affected settings: The promise of early childhood development, varied perspectives were presented on how to develop and implement health and education policy that targets and curbs the negative effects of COVID-19 on the development of our young children, especially the most vulnerable.
► READ the 21-page C20 Summit ECPC panel session report: “The State of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the World’s Most Vulnerable Children.
Early Childhood Development Index 2030. A New Tool to Measure SDG Indicator 4.2.1 (UNICEF Data)
Saturday, November 28, 2020
A New Tool to Measure SDG Indicator 4.2.1
In 2015, early childhood development became part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These global goals include a commitment to ensure that, by the year 2030, all children will have equitable access to quality early childhood development and early learning opportunities.
SDG indicator 4.2.1 was chosen to specifically monitor the impact of government action towards this target, and UNICEF was tasked to lead the development of a measure to track progress.
That same year, UNICEF initiated a process of methodological development that involved extensive consultations with experts, partner agencies and national statistical authorities. Over the following five years, a sequence of carefully planned technical activities were executed, incorporating both qualitative and quantitative methods to identify the best items to measure indicator 4.2.1. This process led to the development of the ECDI2030.
Learn more …
►Video. Implementing the ECDI2030: Progress and country uptake - English (28 Mar 2022)
►Journal article (2021). Identifying and Minimizing Errors in the Measurement of Early Childhood Development: Lessons Learned from the Cognitive Testing of the ECDI2030
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COVID-19 interfaith guide
COVID-19 interfaith guide. The International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID), 2020.
COVID-19 Interfaith Guide
“This guide provides practical examples and recommendations that spur the growth of existing interfaith initiatives, and the establishment of new ones, to address some of the many challenges related to COVID-19, while emphasising the development and strengthening of cross-community relations through dialogue.
Read this COVID-19 guide by The International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID) (2020).
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