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ARNEC Launches Institutional Membership Category: Friends of ARNEC
The new institutional membership category, "Friends of ARNEC" is now officially open! Interested institutions are invited to fill an application form and return to secretariat@arnec.net.
This membership is suitable for early childhood networks/forums, professional societies, private sector associations, civil society organizations, NGOs, universities, research or policy institutions, etc. For more information, member benefits and to download an application, click here. |
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Asia-Pacific ECD Country Profiles
Easily access ECD data of 47 countries in this region. **recently updated to 2010 international data |
ARNEC and BEN Conference
Regional South Asia ECD Conference: 7-9 Dec 2010, Dhaka. Early bird registration now open on the conference website! |
Discussion Board
Post your thoughts, share your ideas and ask questions on any ECD-related topics to the ARNEC community here | |
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ARNEC: ARNEC Launches New Institutional Membership Category: Friends of ARNEC: The new institutional category, "Friends of ARNEC" is now officially open!
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ARNEC: ARNEC Organizes First Workshop on Needs Assessment for Young Children in Emergencies: The first technical workshop on the capacity of assessment of children within disaster response or relief programs in the Asia-Pacific region will take place in Sydney, Australia from 23-25 August 2010
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ARNEC: ARNEC Exhibition Booth at the WCECCE: Come visit the ARNEC exhibition booth at the UNESCO World Conference on ECCE from 27-29 September 2010 in Moscow.
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UNICEF: Health Facilities are Vital in Promoting Good Breastfeeding Practices, Says UNICEF: In World Breastfeeding Week, UNICEF and its partners are asking health professionals to encourage new mothers to breastfeed their children.
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Singapore: Child Care Seminar 2010: The Child Care Division, Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, will be holding the annual Child Care Seminar 2010 on Friday, 1 October 2010.
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Fiji: National Early Childhood Week Celebrated in Fiji: The National Early Childhood Week, with its theme, "A Creative Curriculum: The Way Forward", was organized by the Fiji Early Childhood Association (FECA) and celebrated throughout the country from 24-30 July 2010.
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NY Times: Study Rethinks Importance of Kindergarten Teachers: How much do your kindergarten and classmates affect the rest of your life? | |
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Early Childhood Development: From Policy Idea to Implementation to Results by ARNEC, 2010
This paper is divided into three parts to assist national, regional, and local stakeholders developing or enhancing ECD policy: 1) provide a high-level policy development framework for stakeholders to consider as they are development ECD policies; 2) a summary of ECD policy development experiences shared at the Regional Early Childhood Development Policy Review Seminar in December 2009 to be used as a resource for others as they develop their ECD policies; and 3) concluding observations and recommended next steps for ECD policy research and development in the Asia-Pacific region. |

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ARNEC Connections: Working Together for Early Childhood by ARNEC, Issue No. 2, 2009
The second annual publication by ARNEC features a wide variety of articles from the Asia-Pacific region ranging from description of ECD programmes, research on ECD service impact assessment and on play in young children's development, country updates on ECD finance and national policies, to importance of ECD in emergencies, ECD through health sector, and updates from institutions. In addition, the publication introduces personal reflections by authors, and reports on innovative strategies such as storytelling in making preschool education relevant to communities. |

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