On October 22d, 2021, a little girl and her mother of Chacalte Chichen (a mayan community where either Q’eqchi and /or Poqomchi is spoken), participate to a workshop about early child Development (ECD) organised by the CECODI center. (Chacalte Chichen, Alta Verapaz, Guatemalala)Unicef promotes positive parenting and care practices encompass: health; nutrition; early learning; security and safety; and responsive caregiving. While a growing number of parenting programmes are emerging, few of them address all of these five domains, with most focusing on one or two areas; and most have been implemented at small scale. Many focus on the early childhood years, with very few addressing parenting of adolescents or of children with disabilities.
Early childhood offers a critical window of opportunity to shape the trajectory of a child’s holistic development and build a foundation for their future. For children to achieve their full potential, as is their human right, they need health care and nutrition, protection from harm and a sense of security, opportunities for early learning, and responsive caregiving – like talking, singing and playing – with parents and caregivers who love them. All of this is needed to nourish developing brains and fuel growing bodies.
UNICEF works with governments and other partners to close the gaps in our knowledge of young children’s development, support monitoring and reporting on its many dimensions, and generate evidence to advocate for better resourced and targeted interventions in the early years of life. We also report on global results from the implementation of ECD programmes in our country offices. Photo edited: UNICEF blue wash
This two-week virtual training workshop aims to build capacity for the collection, analysis, monitoring and reporting of internationally comparable data on key indicators related to Early Childhood Development that can be produced through household surveys. It is intended primarily for representatives of National Statistical Offices in Latin America and the Caribbean. Representatives of National Statistical Offices from other regions are welcome to attend if space permits.
Date: Tuesday 28 November 2023 to Thursday, 7 December 2023 (Tuesday to Thursday sessions)
Time: 9 a.m. – 12 noon Eastern Standard Time
Location: Virtual
Concept note: English, Spanish
Registration form (please note that applying to attend does not guarantee admission; kindly complete the form by 10 November 2023).
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