Lynette Jackson: Promoting Capacity in ECD

Promoting Capacity in ECD

The Early Childhood Development Virtual University (ECDVU) School of Child and Youth Care, University of Victoria

ECD Capacity Building

ECD Leadership Development

ECD Network Enhancement

ECDVU History

1994: International Child, Youth and Family Conference (Victoria, B.C.)

1995: First International ECD Seminar (Victoria, B.C.)

1997: First African ECD Seminar (Windhoek, Namibia)

1997: SE Asia/Pacific ECD Seminar (Singapore)

1998: Second African ECD Seminar (Banjul, The Gambia)

1999: 1st African Intl. Conference on ECD (Kampala, Uganda)

2000: Commenced Development of ECDVU web-based M.A. program

2001: Commenced ECDVU delivery with 30 students in 10 countries

2002 : 2 nd African Intl. Conference on ECD (Asmara, Eritrea)

2003: Middle East and North Africa (MENA) one year delivery

2004: Africa ECDVU M.A. delivery completion (27 of 30 students complete)

2005: 3 rd African Intl. Conference on ECD (Accra, Ghana)

2005: Yemen ECDVU one-year delivery (15 of 17 students complete)

2006: Commenced ECDVU one-year program delivery (SSA-2)

2007: Launch partnership with African Institutions

2008: Completion of SSA-2 (23 of 24 students complete)

Senegal Burkina Faso African – ECDVU SSA-1 & SSA-2 Cohort countries (n=12) The Gambia Lesotho Zambia Malawi Tanzania Kenya Uganda Eritrea Ghana Nigeria

Step 1: Country Committee Step 2: Country Goals

Country Committee:

Broadly Representative

Review PRSPs, SWAPs, CASs, etc.

Identify ECD Goals & Objectives

Distribute ECDVU opportunity broadly

Collect and Review Applications

Nominate Country Applicants

Follow-through Accountability

Impact Evaluation

Countries Identify ECD Goals and then Nominate Leader-Participants Combination of On-Line and In-Region face-to-face Web Employer Support for Seminars Web Seminar Seminar COUNTRIES: Sub-Saharan Africa Burkina Faso Malawi Eritrea Nigeria The Gambia Senegal Ghana Tanzania Kenya Uganda Lesotho Zambia Middle East / North Africa Egypt Lebanon Jordan Yemen

Country Team: Malawi

National government ECD policies developed and approved

Innovative ECD rural support activities and community-driven initiatives

Single mothers initiative in rural areas (award winning program)

New training initiatives, delivered from rural, through districts to national and involving ECDVU team members

UNICEF as key partner with ECDVU team members

New university courses introduced

WHERE CHILDREN LIVE: Globalization: Whose Voices? Whose Children? ACADEMIC LITERATURE RE: CHILDREN 90% 5% 10% 95% Majority World Majority World Minority World Minority World