This strategic action is all about the institutional support that families need to improve early childhood development. That includes relevant laws and policies (sectoral and multi-sectoral), coordination among decision-makers at national and local levels, and financial investment for the expansion and strengthening of services. 
This strategic action is about helping families and communities to change their behaviour and their environment in ways that support nurturing care. That includes listening to families and involving them in the decision-making, encouraging communities to demand good-quality care, and using mass media to reach the whole population and generate demand for services. 
This strategic action is about improving the services for young children and their families, with health and nutrition services playing a pivotal role. That includes strengthening systems and equipping the frontline workforce to be able to make sure that all caregivers and young children receive support for providing nurturing care, and that those with additional needs get extra support and services. 
This strategic action is about systematically collecting, analyzing and using information to monitor progress. That includes gathering information about a particular population to inform policies and services, continuously assess the different components of a programme to understand what is working and what needs improving, and monitoring individual children’s development to identify and enable support for those at risk of not developing as well as they could.
This strategic action is about taking a project from a small-scale test site or pilot, and expanding it to offer more services, reach more people, or cover a larger area. That includes putting in the place the ingredients to support the expansion of programmes, including through engagement with the private sector and digital solutions.
