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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 (2015) / Chapter Skim
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... , in collaboration with the IOM Board on Global Health, launched the Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally. At this meeting, the participants agreed to focus on creating and sustaining, over 3 years, an evidencedriven community of stakeholders that aims to explore existing, new, and innovative science and research from around the world and translate this evidence into sound and strategic investments in policies and practices that will make a difference in the lives of children and their caregivers.
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... A set of forum goals includes supporting the development of integrated science on children's health, nutrition, education, and social protection and working with policy makers, practitioners, and researchers to raise awareness of integrated approaches to improve the lives of children and their caregivers. Forum objectives to meet these goals are as follows: 1.
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... of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, in partnership with the Center for Early Childhood Education and Development, Ambedkar University, Delhi, will conduct an interactive public workshop featuring presentations and discussions that identify some of the cur rent issues in financing investments across health, education, nutrition, and social protection that aim to improve children's developmental potential.
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... Following Masten's remarks, Venita Kaul and Pia Rebello Britto expounded on the workshop's aims. Kaul, whose Center for Early Childhood Education and Development, Ambedkar University, Delhi, cohosted the workshop, noted that appropriate financing is necessary to enhance the development of youth.
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... ORGANIZATION OF THE WORKSHOP SUMMARY REPORT This summary report details presentations given during the public workshop. Each section corresponds to a presentation from an individual speaker or moderator, and on three occasions summarizes discussions held during one of three concurrent breakout sessions.
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