About
The 2017 Early Childhood Care and Development Congress: “Strengthening ECCD for Sustainable Development: Achieving Lifelong Learning Opportunities for All” is a three-day event in which plenary, concurrent, and workshop sessions present workable strategies and mechanisms that expand, strengthen, and innovate the ECCD system in the country.
Representatives from the Government and Non-Government Sectors, Civil Society Foundations, Early Childhood Specialists, Academe, Educators and Field Practitioners, as well as Families are encouraged to participate in this Congress.
Objectives
1. To provide a wider perspective on current policies, standards, strategies, approaches, researches, innovations on early childhood care and development to ECCD service providers, namely: Social Welfare Development Officers as supervisors, Child Development Workers, teachers and other stakeholders from the public and private sectors
2. To identify real and perceived barriers in the implementation of the ECCD programs across various sectors
3. To address real and perceived barriers in the implementation of the ECCD programs across various sectors
4. To create a network of ECCD service providers between and among the ECCD Council, partner organizations and other stakeholders from both public and private sectors to:
i. Support the transformation of the Day Care Centers (DCCs) to Child Development Centers (CDCs)
ii. Ensure the sharing of resources to fully develop the potentials of the early learners