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.














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

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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.

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.