Launch of the Nurturing Care Framework Progress Report 2018-2023: Reflections and Looking Forward

Event	Launch of the Nurturing Care Framework (2018 to 2023): Reflections and Looking Forward
Date	June 29, 2023
Time	14:00 - 15:30 (CEST) \| 8:00 - 9:30 (EST) \| 15:00 - 16:30 (EAT) \| 17:30-19:00 (IST)
Language(s)	English with interpretation in Serbian and Spanish
Location	Online

Description

In 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and the World Bank Group, in collaboration with the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH) and the Early Childhood Development Action Network (ECDAN), launched the Nurturing Care for Early Childhood Development: A Framework to Help Children Survive and Thrive to Transform Health and Human Potential.

Five years on, it was time to take stock of the uptake of the roadmap proposed in the Framework by governments and partners and to reflect on the value it has added to the field of early childhood development. What has transpired? What have we learned? What’s next?

At the launch of the Nurturing Care Framework Progress Report 2018-2023: Reflections and Looking Forward, participants reflected on achievements (2018 to 2023) across the five strategic actions of the Framework and defined areas that merit further attention. The webinar was organized by the World Health Organization and UNICEF in collaboration with the ECD Action Network and the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health.

Opening remarks
	Anshu Banerjee Director of the Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, World Health Organization
	Victor Aguayo Director of the Nutrition and Child Development, UNICEF
Overview of the Progress Report
	Bernadette Daelmans Unit Head of the Child Health and Development Unit, World Health Organization
	Boniface Kakhobwe ECD Specialist at the Nutrition and Child Development Section, UNICEF
Reflections from Regional Networks and Countries
	Evelyn D. Santiago Executive Director of the Asia-Pacific Regional Network for Early Childhood (ARNEC)
	Zorica Trikic Senior Programme Manager International Step by Step Association (ISSA)
	Kofi Issah Director of the Family Health Division, Ghana Health Services
	Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic MD, PhD Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia for the Implementation of the UN Agenda 2030 Chair of Inter-sectorial Steering Committee on Playful Parenting in Early Childhood
	Milica Pejovic Milovancevic Director of the Institute of Mental Health in Serbia President of the MoH Working Group for the implementation of the National ECD Programme
	Sonia Raquel Olmedo Dinatale Director General of early education in the Ministry of Education and Science in Paraguay Member of the National Early Childhood Team (ENPI) that carries out the Kunu'u National Strategy for Comprehensive Early Childhood Care
Closing remarks
	Helga Fogstad Executive Director Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH)
	Elizabeth Lule Executive Director Early Childhood Development Action Network (ECDAN)
Moderators
	Sheila Manji ECD Specialist at the Child Health and Development Unit, World Health Organization
	Maniza Ntekim Senior Programme Officer for Early Childhood Development, East and Southern Africa, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation