The 2023 summit theme was ‘Nurturing Care and Opportunities for Early Learning for Children with Disabilities’. It highlighted service provision models and innovations advancing inclusive early childhood care and education on the African continent.

Kenya’s Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health and the County Government of Turkana, in collaboration with the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Network for Kenya, hosted the Fifth National ECD Stakeholders Conference, which brought together practitioners, researchers, policymakers and leaders from national and county governments, research institutions, civil society organizations, the private sector, donors, and the media.

The launch of this new report from the Bernard van Leer Foundation and R4D presented the latest insights into current technology-enabled tools designed to support the parents, caregivers, and the early childhood workforce of children ages 0 to 5 worldwide.

This webinar reflected on achievements (2018 to 2023) across the five strategic actions of the Nurturing Care Framework and defined areas that merit further attention going forward.

ECDAN, LEGO and FHI360 presented this webinar on the implementation of parenting programs that are scaling up in Bhutan, Rwanda, Zambia, Serbia and Guatemala.

This meeting in the UAE focused on the earliest years and the support that caregivers and families need to enable young children to make a best start in life.

This event shared updates and information about the work program of the Invest in Childcare initiative launched by the World Bank Group in 2021.

This training course offered frontline workers and volunteers who are responding to the earthquake disaster in Syria and Turkey an introduction to safe, good practice principles when setting up psychosocial support spaces for affected children and their caregivers.

I-CEPS 2023 was a global event aiming to advance research, policy, and practice in the field of parenting and family intervention.
The theme for 2023 was “Promoting wellbeing and health globally through effective parenting support”.

Child health partners, inspiring speakers and expert practitioners from around the world came together for a conversation about how to address health inequities and enable children to survive and thrive.