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Activities of the Secretariat in conducting action research. Each year they hold one regional meeting of the ECECD network and a participatory workshop on a key theme in ECECD. (This year it was on “<strong>Inclusive</strong> Education”.) Although they have identified several long term themes they wish to address (policy and the conceptual framework for <strong>ECCD</strong> actions), the evolution of the network’s activities is organic, arising from the interests and needs of the participants. South Asia Network: Caroline Arnold Regional Child Development Adviser Save the Children (USA)/Redd Barna Box 2218 Maharajgunj (Behind Shivapuri school) Kathmandu, Nepal Tel: (977) 412598/412447 E-mail: carnold@scus.mos.com.np This network has a number of different training activities for <strong>ECCD</strong> partners, including the development and exchange of short papers on particular topics; exchanges/training with partners in the region, including site visits; the development of an e-mail bulletin board (the Whole Asia Bulletin Board) for sharing training resources, regional events, issues, and problems; and documenting successful efforts. There is a strong linkage between this network and the one in South East Asia; the two have coordinated exchange of information about programmes and concerns, as is reflected in the joint Asian ECD Newsletter. Participation in the network at this point includes Save the Children personnel, national NGOs, UNICEF personnel in the region, and governments. In March, a week-long Workshop on <strong>ECCD</strong> was sponsored by UNICEF in conjunction with an international conference on Early Childhood for Health Professionals put on by the Aga Khan University in Karachi. This dual event identified some new participants for the network, and generated lots of support and enthusiasm for UNICEF’s new emphasis on <strong>ECCD</strong>. The network coordinators see one of their tasks as capacity-building of community level personnel. In addition, there is a strong concern about the low status of <strong>ECCD</strong> within the region, and the lack of programme sustainability. Descriptions of effective programme approaches in the region are being circulated within the network, along with information on interesting action research projects, such as the study in Bangladesh of how children of garment workers are cared for by their families. Network Notes COORDINATORS’ NOTEBOOK, ISSUE 22 61
Network Notes COORDINATORS’ NOTEBOOK, ISSUE 22 Francophone Africa: Bernard Combes (contact) Early Childhood and Family Education UNESCO ED/BAS/ECF 7, Place Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 SP, FRANCE Tel: (33-1) 45-68-06-86; Fax: (33-1) 45.68.56.26 E-mail: B.Combes@UNESCO.org The Réseau Africain Francophone Prime Enfance (Early Childhood Francophone African Network) was created in September, 1996 for Francophone Africa and Nigeria. It is being jointly supported by UNESCO, the Regional Office of UNICEF, UNICEF Cote d’Ivoire, and FICEMEA (the international federation of CEMEA—an active learning training center movement started in France, with affiliate associations in 19 countries). The network has a fairly formalised structure, and consists of a general membership (made up of practitioners, supervisors, and others concerned with young children) organized into country “nodes” (or sub-networks), which in turn are linked through an inter-country coordination group. An Early Childhood Resource Centre will be established in Bamako, Mali, and in a joint UNICEF/ UNESCO project, use will be made of the UNICEF Better Parenting videos (developed by Cassie Landers). In seeking a conceptual framework for <strong>ECCD</strong> within the region, there is a strong emphasis on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the network is looking at how to create programming based on the CRC. Policy dialogue is also part of the strategy, as is building partnerships. At its February meeting in Bamako, the network proposed twenty projects to carry out jointly. One project is to implement a childcare centre, called Clos d’Enfants, in conjunction with women’s associations in diverse settings. Another project is to collect traditional songs and materials documenting cultural practices in the region. Eastern and Southern Africa: Barnabas Otaala Early Childhood Development Network for Africa Professor Faculty of Education University of Namibia Private Bag 13301 Windhoek, NAMIBIA Tel: (264-61) 206-3675/3724; Fax: (264-61) 206-3980 E-mail: botaala@unam.na In 1997, the ECDNA (the Early Childhood Development Network for Africa), worked to organize itself as a network and gained official recognition from the ADEA (Association for the Development of Education in Africa) as a Working <strong>Group</strong> on <strong>ECCD</strong>. ECDNA worked in collaboration with UNESCO to update the directory of NGOs in Africa, and to translate Toward a Fair Start for Children, by Robert G. Myers, into Kiswahili. In addition, they Activities of the Secretariat 62
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