Early Childhood Matters 2020 Live Launch

Host Organization: 
Bernard van Leer Foundation
Date & Time: 
Thursday, November 5, 2020 - 10:00am
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Location: 
Online event
 
The Bernard van Leer Foundation and the Convergencia para la Acción network are hosting a digital dialogue with some of this year’s inspiring authors. The Covid-19 pandemic has underlined the enormous gaps in society, between communities, cities, regions and nation states. To shape a better future, investing in early childhood needs to remain a priority for all governments and societies. Front and centre of Early Childhood Matters 2020 are resounding calls to action from global leaders and experts to ensure that young children, families, frontline workers and cities continue to thrive during Covid-19 and beyond…
 
Register for the live launch to get a snapshot of the challenges, big ideas and empowered action happening around the world.
 

Agenda/Programa

15:00 – 15:30:
Leadership dialogue: The impacts of Covid-19 on the early years/ Debate entre líderes: Los efectos de la COVID-19 en la primera infancia
 
15:30 – 16:00
Author insights: Rethinking the new normal for babies, toddlers and caregivers/ Opiniones de los autores: Cómo replantear la nueva normalidad para los niños pequeños y quienes los cuidan
 

Featured authors:

  • Constanza Alarcón Párraga, Vice-minister of Basic and Middle Preschool Education Bogotá, Colombia
  • Teresa Surita, Mayor Boa Vista, Brazil
  • Matías Irarrázaval Director of Mental Health Ministry of Health, Santiago, Chile
  • Maya Yaari, Research and Evaluation, Director, Goshen, Israel
  • Zarlasht Halaimzai Director and Co-Founder Refugee Trauma Initiative, Thessaloniki, Greece
More to be announced…
 

Moderator 

  • Cecilia Vaca Jones, Executive Director, Bernard van Leer Foundation
Tags: 
COVID-19, early childhood, families, parenting, health

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