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SOUTHERN AFRICA REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT

“Partnerships For Better ECED Outcomes In Southern Africa”

28 – 30 March 2023
Lusaka, Zambia

KINDLY HOSTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF the Republic of Zambia

Concept Note Agenda

SUMMARY Communique: The lusaka declaration

MAKING HEADLINES

MAKING HEADLINES

Times of Zambia Newspaper, Tuesday, 28 March 2023

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SOUTHERN AFRICA REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT

Pre-Conference

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Conference Day 1

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SESSION 1: WELCOME & OPENING

UNICEF Zambia Playful Parenting Campaign

Keynote Presentation: The Importance of Child Care

SESSION 3: GLOBAL TRENDS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT

ECCE Data in the Context of the Tashkent Declaration

Counting Down to ECD 2030: From Data to Action

Global Progress in implementing the nurturing care framework

Reflections Q & A

Day in the life of a SmartStart child

SESSION 4: REGIONAL TRENDS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT

African Continental Frameworks for Early Childhood Development (ECD)

The Climate Change and Early Childhood Care & Development Nexus: A case of Eswatini

Understanding the ECD Landscape in Southern Africa

‘Realising ECDC through the SADC Protocol on Children’: Regional Trends

AfECN EARLY YEARS MATTER - VIDEO

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Conference Day 2

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SESSION 6: THE EARLY CHILDHOOD WORKFORCE

ECD/E Workforce Development

THE ROLE OF THE UNION (ZNUT) IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ECE WORFORCE IN ZAMBIA

Addressing Access Gaps in Early Learning in Nyandeni Sub-district, South Africa

Unicef zambia Insaka Hubs: Stories of Change in Three Children's Lives

SESSION 7: LEARNING THROUGH PLAY

LEARNING THROUGH PLAY

Learning Through Play: What is evidence telling us?

Leveraging a children’s museum to promote play-based learning in africa: A case for south africa

Zambia’s Community-Based Integrated ECD Approach

World Bank Childcare Incentive Fund: Driving More & BETTER-QUALITY Investments in Childcare

SESSION 8: CHILDCARE IN A CHANGING WORLD

Better jobs and brighter futures: investing in childcare to build human capital

Male engagement in caregiving

SESSION 9: ADVOCACY AND COMMUNICATION

LEVERAGING ON THE POWER OF MEDIA TO PROMOTE ECD IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

SESSION 10: PARALLEL 1

Partnerships for strengthened ECD advocacy in Southern Africa Region

The Current Landscape of ECD in Tanzania

Strategic partnership with Media to amplify local voices and increase investments in ECD across Tanzania

Untapped potential of inter-faith leaders in Early Childhood Development Advocacy

Relational equity and inclusion in early childhood development and education

ZINECDA TRANAC ALLIANCE

Administrative prospects for ECE curriculum implementation in Chongwe district of Zambia.

Knowledge Generation and Dissemination: Understanding the ECD Landscape in Southern Africa

Building data and systems for Early Learning

Caregiver Beliefs and Practices on Play

CLOSING THE GAP: How foundation phase teachers support learners presenting with attention-deficit- hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in South Africa

Findings from a review of the National ECE frameworks on play-based learning in Zambia

Data-driven ECD Programmes in Informal Settlements

INNOVATIVE WAYS OF INCREASING ACCESS TO QUALITY EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION SERVICES ESPECIALLY TO THE POOR AND MARGINALIZED (e.g CHILDREN OF TRADERS OR MARKETEERS)

Innovative ways of increasing access to quality ECDE targeting the poor and marginalized.

Education, not discrimination: Learning from the Malawi inclusive pre-schools project

THE ECE ACCELERATOR TOOLKIT: GLOBAL TOOLS TO SUSTAINABLY SCALE ECE

Inclusive Home-based Early Learning Project

Partnerships for Strengthened ECD Advocacy in Southern Africa

Operationalization of Nurturing Care Framework(NCF) in Save the Children’s Early Childhood Development(ECD) work in the Conflict and Crisis Contexts

Quality Improvement Strategies

Leveraging behavioural science to support caregivers in the Western Cape, South Africa

BUILDING TEACHERS' CAPACITY TO ENHANCE EARLY LEARNING -THROUGH CHILD FOCUSED AND PLAY-BASED APPROACHES IN GHANA AND SIERRA LEONE

Strengthening learning through play for preschoolers in Kenya: Existing approaches, capacity gaps and policy recommendations

Gender transformative pedagogy in ECE

ZINECDA ORGANISATION

SESSION 11: PARALLEL 2

Partnerships for strengthened ECD advocacy in Southern Africa Region

Towards universal access: A THREE-YEAR acceleration plan for ECD funding

INCLUSIVE EARLY YEARS SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

Role of Home Literacy Environment and Language in the Development of Rhyme Awareness Skills in Preschool children in Lusaka Province, Zambia

Collective action for Nurturing Care in Mozambique: evaluation results

We must understand that literacy is a social justice issue

The Value of Cost-Benefit Analyses in Advocating for Enhanced Investment in Early Childhood Development and Education

Pre-school, Poultry and Parenting. Innovations in Integrated Programming, Tanzania

Knowledge Generation and Dissemination: Understanding the ECD Landscape in Southern Africa

A Coordinated Nurturing Care for Early Childhood Development (NCfECD) implementation through a multi-sectoral lens The Siaya County Case study

An examination of the support systems available for children in early childhood who are deaf-blind in zambia

Children’s Experiences of Violence at Home: A Case of Nabuyonga Slum, Mbale City

Enhancing Parental Engagement: Assessing the impact of the 'Caregiver Learning through Play’ Programme in South Africa

Situational Analysis of Play based learning in Uganda and Zambia

Building an inclusive early childhood development system for young children with disabilities and their families in Africa

Innovative ways of increasing access to quality ECDE targeting the poor and marginalized.

EXPERIENCE OF THE EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT NETWORK (RDPI) IN EMERGENCY ECD IMPLEMENTATION

INCLUSIVE CHILD TO CHILD PLAY-BASED LEARNING APPROACH FOR SMOOTH TRANSITION IN UGANDA, ETHIOPIA & MALAWI

Partnerships in Action: Insights from the 'Caregiver Learning through Play' Consortium in South Africa on Scaling ECD Interventions.

Baseline study on the state of ECE in Solwezi District that informed Kansanshi Mine’s Education Quality Improvement Programme: One year six months on

Demonstrating the Unique Role of Local CSOs in supporting ECD Policy in Practice

Fostering Gender and Disabilities Inclusion in Nigeria Play-Based Pre-primary Education

Quality Improvement Strategies

STRENGTHENING THE CAPACITY OF EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT (ECD) WORKFORCE IN PLAY-BASED PEDAGOGIES: A CASE OF THE GAMBIA

food 4 education

Adapting, testing, and scaling accelerated preprimary education programs in Tanzania, Laos, Cambodia

Scaling quality improved Early Childhood Education in Tanzania in line with government systems and the prevailing context

Technology - A catalyst for effective quality programme implementation and monitoring at scale.

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Conference Day 3

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SESSION 12: FINANCING OF ECD

Early Childhood Development Financing in Eastern & Southern Africa

IMPROVING ECD SERVICE DELIVERY THROUGH OUTPUT BASED BUDGETING

CASH+: AN OPENING FOR BEHAVIOURAL INTERVENTIONS

Public Expenditure and Institutional Review: Focus on Early Childhood Development in South Africa

SESSION 13: DATA GENERATION, TRANSLATION AND UTILIZATION

ECD Measures: Briefly Early Childhood Quality Inventory