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2017 Conference Programme
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Presentations
See full conference programme booklet
Keynote Address/Key Opening and Closing remarks:
Welcome by Dr. Sheldon Shaeffer, Chair ARNEC Board of Directors
Professor Frank Oberklaid : Laying the foundations for a healthy and prosperous society: Investing in early childhood development
Dr. Emily Vargas-Baron: How can early childhood policies help to achieve service equity and quality? - UPDATED
Dr. Manzoor Ahmed: Structural Challenges to Ensuring Inclusion and Equity in Holistic ECD
Prof. Venita Kaul: Monitoring ECD Quality Outcomes: Need and way forward
Closing remarks by H.E. Dr Hang Chuon Naron
Day 1
Session Title: Holistic approach to ECD: Some programme practices in the Asia-Pacific Region
Session Title: Holistic approach to ECD: Some programme practices in the Asia-Pacific Region
Ms. Savitri Ray (CWDS-Forces Network, India)
Care within ECD: Reflections from FORCES Network
Mr. Hugh Delaney (UNICEF Thailand) Holistic Early Childhood Development Demonstration programme in Thailand
Mr. Hugh Delaney (UNICEF Thailand) Holistic Early Childhood Development Demonstration programme in Thailand
Mr. Oulath Saengouthay (ChildFund International, Laos)
Holistic Approach to Improved Early Childhood Development in Northern Laos
Session Title: Providing ECD access to the most marginalized young children
Session Title: Providing ECD access to the most marginalized young children
Mr. Sarang Out (Save the Children, Cambodia) Challenges and opportunities for deprived children in flooded and floating communities to access ECCD services
Dr. Eva Chen (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Hong Kong) Closing the Gap: Supporting Ethnic Minority Children and Caregivers in Hong Kong
Ms. Nilda Delgado (MindHaven School, Inc., Philippines) Demystifying the Diagnosis: An Inclusive School’s Approach in improving the Socio-Emotional Skills of Children with Disabilities
Mr. Filip Lenaerts (VVOB Vietnam) Addressing children’s barriers to learning and participation through well-being and involvement in preschools in disadvantaged, ethnically diverse districts in Vietnam Addressing health and child protection needs in ECD
Session Title: Addressing health and child protection needs in ECD
Mr. Sopheak Noun (ChildFund International, Cambodia) Community Based Child Protection Mechanisms Project
Ms. Jessica Chlaudia (Wahana Visi, Indonesia) Pawis Hilir: the journey to becoming a child/ECD friendly village
Ms. Sara Dang (Save the Children) Adversity and early childhood in post-earthquake in Nepal: examining the relationship between cumulative adversity and children’s holistic development
Session Title: Data analysis and policy support for effective ECD
Day 2
Session Title: Policies and programmes addressing the holistic nature of ECD
Dr. Eunhye Park, Professor Department of Early Childhood Education, Ewha Women’s University, Seoul, Korea Different Problems and Same Theme: Policies addressing holistic nature of ECD
IECD in Viet Nam 2017-2021
From Policy to Practice Prof. Muhammad Rafique Tahir Joint Educational Advisor, Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Trainings, Pakistan Holistic ECD in Pakistan
Session Title: Orientation on the East Asia-Pacific Early Child Development Scales (EAP-ECDS)
Dr.Yvonne Becher; Dr. Diana Lee.Orientation on the East Asia-Pacific Early Child Development Scales (EAP-ECDS)
Session Title: ECD Noteworthy Practices and Initiatives
Ms. Evelyn D. Santiago ARNEC Ms. Kyungah Bang UNESCO Bangkok Effective Pedagogical Approaches in ECCE in the Asia-Pacific Region: A resource pack
Ms. Sara Dang; Ms. Marianne O'Grady Save the Children IDELA Cross-country report
Ms. Evelyn D. Santiago Executive Director, ARNEC The Global Compact Initiative for Early Childhood Development (An initiative in partnership with New York Academy of Sciences)
Session Title: Multi-sectoral collaboration for ECD
Ms. Maria Johanna Pia Ortiz-Luis Cartwheel Foundation, Philippines Building the Child’s Resilience through Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration in Education and Health
Ms. Manjula Sandamali Rajapaksha Pathirage ChildFund International, Sri Lanka Conducive Environment to Achieve Proper Growth and Development for Infants and Young Children– “Lead Mothers as Agent of Change”
Mr. Sopheak Noun ChildFund International, Cambodia Community Led Child Nutrition Project
Session Title: Equitable access to ECD
Dr. Ben Richards The University of Hong Kong Why should we focus on equitable access and participation? Evidence from the East Asia-Pacific Early Child Development Scales
Ms. Romi Laskin The Life Skills Development Foundation, Thailand Promoting Holistic Child Development in Remote Indigenous Communities on the Thailand-Myanmar Border: Collaborating with Community Stakeholders and Government Partners to Maximize Impact
Session Title: Getting children ready for school
Ms. Madhu Rajbhandari Munankami Setogurans Child Development Service School Readiness of Children in Nepal: Issues, Efforts and Results
Dr. Zeenat Janmohamed George Brown College, Canada Integrating early education and care with primary education -Schools at the Centre: Lessons from Ontario’s Full Day Kindergarten Programmes
Ms. Patricia Young Child to Child, United Kongdom,Getting Ready for School: A Child to Child approach.
Dr. Arnaud Laillou UNICEF, Cambodia Early Child Development in 6 districts of Cambodia – challenges for appropriate growth: 2016 data
Day 3
Panel Session: Mother tongue-based multilingual education (MTB-MLE) in early years
Dr. Sheldon Shaeffer, Chair ARNEC Board of Directors, The importance of mother tongue in Early Childhood Development
Dr. Lava Deo Awasthi Chief Nepal Language Commission Mother tongue based ECD: A Case of Nepal
H.E. Prak Kosal Director of ECED, MoEYS Cambodia The Introduction of Multilingual Preschool Education in North-East of Cambodia
Undersecretary Dina Ocampo Mother tongue based Multilingual Education in the Philippines
Session Title: Improving learning outcomes for young children
Session Title: Providing ECD access to the most marginalized young children
Mr. Sarang Out (Save the Children, Cambodia) Challenges and opportunities for deprived children in flooded and floating communities to access ECCD services
Dr. Eva Chen (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Hong Kong) Closing the Gap: Supporting Ethnic Minority Children and Caregivers in Hong Kong
Ms. Nilda Delgado (MindHaven School, Inc., Philippines) Demystifying the Diagnosis: An Inclusive School’s Approach in improving the Socio-Emotional Skills of Children with Disabilities
Mr. Filip Lenaerts (VVOB Vietnam) Addressing children’s barriers to learning and participation through well-being and involvement in preschools in disadvantaged, ethnically diverse districts in Vietnam Addressing health and child protection needs in ECD
Session Title: Addressing health and child protection needs in ECD
Mr. Sopheak Noun (ChildFund International, Cambodia) Community Based Child Protection Mechanisms Project
Ms. Jessica Chlaudia (Wahana Visi, Indonesia) Pawis Hilir: the journey to becoming a child/ECD friendly village
Ms. Sara Dang (Save the Children) Adversity and early childhood in post-earthquake in Nepal: examining the relationship between cumulative adversity and children’s holistic development
Session Title: Data analysis and policy support for effective ECD
Dr. Romona Gananathan (Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development,
OISE/University of Toronto, Canada) Evaluating Early Childhood Policy Frameworks
Mr. Jan Berkes (German Institute for Economic Research - DIW Berlin, Germany)
Combining Supply and Demand-side Interventions: Evidence from a vast Early Childcare programme in Cambodia
Day 2
Dr. Eunhye Park, Professor Department of Early Childhood Education, Ewha Women’s University, Seoul, Korea Different Problems and Same Theme: Policies addressing holistic nature of ECD
IECD in Viet Nam 2017-2021
From Policy to Practice Prof. Muhammad Rafique Tahir Joint Educational Advisor, Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Trainings, Pakistan Holistic ECD in Pakistan
Session Title: Orientation on the East Asia-Pacific Early Child Development Scales (EAP-ECDS)
Dr.Yvonne Becher; Dr. Diana Lee.Orientation on the East Asia-Pacific Early Child Development Scales (EAP-ECDS)
Session Title: ECD Noteworthy Practices and Initiatives
Ms. Evelyn D. Santiago ARNEC Ms. Kyungah Bang UNESCO Bangkok Effective Pedagogical Approaches in ECCE in the Asia-Pacific Region: A resource pack
Ms. Sara Dang; Ms. Marianne O'Grady Save the Children IDELA Cross-country report
Ms. Evelyn D. Santiago Executive Director, ARNEC The Global Compact Initiative for Early Childhood Development (An initiative in partnership with New York Academy of Sciences)
Session Title: Multi-sectoral collaboration for ECD
Ms. Maria Johanna Pia Ortiz-Luis Cartwheel Foundation, Philippines Building the Child’s Resilience through Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration in Education and Health
Ms. Manjula Sandamali Rajapaksha Pathirage ChildFund International, Sri Lanka Conducive Environment to Achieve Proper Growth and Development for Infants and Young Children– “Lead Mothers as Agent of Change”
Mr. Sopheak Noun ChildFund International, Cambodia Community Led Child Nutrition Project
Session Title: Equitable access to ECD
Dr. Ben Richards The University of Hong Kong Why should we focus on equitable access and participation? Evidence from the East Asia-Pacific Early Child Development Scales
Ms. Romi Laskin The Life Skills Development Foundation, Thailand Promoting Holistic Child Development in Remote Indigenous Communities on the Thailand-Myanmar Border: Collaborating with Community Stakeholders and Government Partners to Maximize Impact
Session Title: Getting children ready for school
Ms. Madhu Rajbhandari Munankami Setogurans Child Development Service School Readiness of Children in Nepal: Issues, Efforts and Results
Dr. Zeenat Janmohamed George Brown College, Canada Integrating early education and care with primary education -Schools at the Centre: Lessons from Ontario’s Full Day Kindergarten Programmes
Ms. Patricia Young Child to Child, United Kongdom,Getting Ready for School: A Child to Child approach.
Dr. Arnaud Laillou UNICEF, Cambodia Early Child Development in 6 districts of Cambodia – challenges for appropriate growth: 2016 data
Day 3
Panel Session: Mother tongue-based multilingual education (MTB-MLE) in early years
Dr. Sheldon Shaeffer, Chair ARNEC Board of Directors, The importance of mother tongue in Early Childhood Development
Dr. Lava Deo Awasthi Chief Nepal Language Commission Mother tongue based ECD: A Case of Nepal
H.E. Prak Kosal Director of ECED, MoEYS Cambodia The Introduction of Multilingual Preschool Education in North-East of Cambodia
Undersecretary Dina Ocampo Mother tongue based Multilingual Education in the Philippines
Session Title: Improving learning outcomes for young children
Ms. Soth Sakan Plan International, Cambodia and Dr. Emma Pearson International Consultant Outcomes of of an integrated approach to early childhood care and development in Siem Reap, Cambodia
Session Title: Looking at the impact of ECD in some countries
Session Title: Looking at the impact of ECD in some countries
Ms. Karma Dyenka Save the Children, Bhutan National ECCD Centre Programme Impact Evaluation 2015
Session Title: Inclusive and Innovative approaches to ECD
Session Title: Inclusive and Innovative approaches to ECD
Ms. Dharitri Patnaik Bernard Van Leer Foundation, India Mr. Vishal Kumar Dev Indian Administrative Service Commissioner cum Secretary, Women & Child Development Department, Government of Odisha Language Matters & So Does Many Other Factors-Scaling Up Mother Tongue Based Early Childhood Care & Development
See full conference programme booklet
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