Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally (iYCG)
Scaling Program Investments for Young Children Globally:
Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean
Joint Workshop with Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal
São Paulo, Brazil
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Workshop Objectives
Explore issues around scalability of program investments
- Evidence of impact for effective models
- Scalability of program models—how to maintain quality at scale, with a focus on approaches in culturally and ethnically diverse contexts and issues of decentralization, local capacity, and information systems for monitoring and evaluation
- Sustainability of programs
- Governance—perspectives and experiences of policy makers and ministers who have scaled up programs and worked toward implementing early childhood services into a comprehensive national policy
Background Documents
- iYCG Workshop Summaries:
- The Cost of Inaction for Young Children Globally: Workshop Summary
- Financing Investments in Young Children Globally: Workshop in Brief
- Financing Investments in Young Children Globally: Summary of a Joint Workshop by the Institute of Medicine, National Research Council, and The Centre for Early Childhood Education and Development, Ambedkar University, Delhi
Planning Committee
- Constanza Alarcón, Presidency of the Republic, Colombia (Co-Chair)
- Eduardo Queiroz, Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal (Co-Chair)
- Amina Abubakar Ali, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research—Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Research Programme
- Raquel Bernal, Universidad de los Andes
- Florencia Lopez Boo, Inter-American Development Bank
- Joan Lombardi, Bernard van Leer Foundation
- Ruth Perou, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Susan Walker, University of the West Indies
Maksoud Plaza Hotel
Minas Gerais Room
Alameda Campinas, 150 – 01404-900
São Paulo, Brazil
| 8:00 am | Networking Breakfast |
| 8:30 am |
Welcome
Guilherme Gonçalves, President of the Board of Trustees, Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal |
| 8:40 am |
Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally Overview
Zulfiqar A. Bhutta and Ann S. Masten, iYCG Co-Chairs |
| 8:50 am |
Workshop Goals and Objectives
Constanza Alarcón, Presidency of the Republic, Colombia, and Workshop Co-Chair |
| 9:00 am |
Brazil Grand Challenges
Gary L. Darmstadt, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Claude Pirmez, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Dominique McMahon, Grand Challenges Canada Eduardo Marino, Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal |
| 9:20 am |
Keynote Address
Claudia Costin, World Bank |
| 9:50 am |
Responses to Keynote
Moderator: Joan Lombardi, Bernard van Leer Foundation |
| 10:15 am | Session 1: Evidence of Impact for Effective Program Investments |
What is the evidence on cost-effective interventions? What are the challenges and barriers of scaling up pilots that have shown to be effective?
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| Moderator: Raquel Bernal, Universidad de los Andes | |
| 11:30 am | Networking Break |
| 12:00 pm |
Session 2: Scalability and Sustainability of Program Investments
How to maintain quality at scale, with a focus on approaches in culturally and ethnically diverse contexts and issues of decentralization, local capacity, and information systems for monitoring and evaluation
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| Moderator: Florencia Lopez Boo, Inter-American Development Bank | |
| 1:15 pm | Networking Lunch |
| 2:30 pm |
Session 3: Perspectives on Governance
Perspectives and experiences of policy makers and ministers who have scaled up programs and worked toward implementing early childhood services into a comprehensive national policy
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| Moderator: Constanza Alarcón, Presidency of the Republic, Colombia, and Workshop Co-Chair | |
| 3:45 pm | Break |
| 4:00 pm | Session 4: Breakout Session on Scaling and Sustainability |
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A: Results-Based Financing (Pernambuco Room) Martin Benavides Abanto, Group for the Analysis of Development Ruth Perou, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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B: Measurement/Indicators (Parana Room) Aimee Verdisco, Inter-American Development Bank Joan Lombardi, Bernard van Leer Foundation Maureen Samms-Vaughan, Early Childhood Commission of Jamaica Florencia Lopez Boo, Inter-American Development Bank |
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C: A Methodology of Measuring Public Investments in Young Children (Minas Gerais Room) |
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| 5:15 pm |
Report Out and Discussion
Moderator: Eduardo Queiroz, Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal, and Workshop Co-Chair |
| 5:45 pm |
Final Remarks
Constanza Alarcón, Presidency of the Republic, Colombia, and Workshop Co-Chair |
| 6:00 pm |
Adjourn
Eduardo Queiroz, Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal, and Workshop Co-Chair |
