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made recommendations regarding a revision of Facts for Life. The Pakistan meeting was followed by a meeting at Wye College in Kent, England in April. At that meeting, researchers who have been exploring early development and its impact on later development were brought together to decide what key messages research can provide us about the impact of early experiences on later life. Subsequent to the Wye meeting there was a series of meetings at UNICEF New York to further develop the <strong>ECCD</strong> framework. The Technical Working <strong>Group</strong> on <strong>ECCD</strong> developed a statement in September 1998 which frames their recommendation. A further description of the UNICEF early childhood strategy can be found on page 52, within our coverage of international and inter-agency <strong>ECCD</strong> initiatives. UNESCO UNESCO Early Childhood Partnerships Programme UNESCO is developing collaborative relationships with regional institutions for the purpose of capacity building. The main idea is to link, at the regional level, at least one sponsor, an already existing organization, a regional partner, and a national partner or partners in the countries making up the region. This initiative is very much in line with what we at the <strong>Consultative</strong> <strong>Group</strong> have been promoting in terms of regional networking. The UNESCO Early Childhood Partnerships Programme is designed to help strengthen the regionalization process. In undertaking this initiative UNESCO is contributing to the work of the CG by having Regional Members of the <strong>Consultative</strong> <strong>Group</strong> Secretariat serve as their partner/focal point for that region. See page 53 for a description of this effort. UNESCO early childhood action research UNESCO co-organized an International Consultation on Culture, Childhood and Early Childhood Education (October 1–3, 1998) to explore the place of cultural dimensions within early childhood education systems and services. It was attended by some 17 participants coming mainly from universities in France, Morocco, Denmark, Mali, Japan, Germany, USA, the Netherlands. The consultation was conceived as a working session, as all participants had prepared papers which had been distributed several weeks earlier so that during the meeting there could be a real dialogue and exchange, and an attempt to come to a common understanding of issues. UNESCO will be publishing the report of this meeting in early spring 1999. Topics were quite varied and included such things as: cultural contexts and early childhood programming; education for the improvement of cultural participation; early childhood professionalism and multi-perspective pedagogy; trends of preschool education in a changing Japanese society; appearance of literacy in early childhood education; and using cross-cultural research to question taken-for-granted beliefs. Network Notes COORDINATORS’ NOTEBOOK, ISSUE 22 67
Network Notes COORDINATORS’ NOTEBOOK, ISSUE 22 New publications ■ Partnership: A Development Strategy for Children. Action Research in the Family and Early Childhood Monograph series, no. 9. By Nico van Oudenhoven & Rekha Wazir. ■ Directory of Early Childhood Care and Education Organizations in Europe and North America (English and French editions) listing 558 organizations in 30 countries. This directory includes organizations involved in children’s rights. ■ Thematic Portfolio on Early Childhood Development: Laying the Foundations of Learning (currently available in English, being translated into French and Spanish). Rights of the Child UNESCO is beginning the compilation of a document outlining materials that Ministries and NGOs in different countries have produced to make the Convention known to children. Request for Information UNESCO is beginning preparations (inventory of situation, who is doing what, etc.) of a joint UNESCO-FICEMEA-Madagascar Ministry of Population and Solidarity Regional Seminar on Early Childhood in the Indian Ocean in Antanarivo (27 March–3 April 1999), with the creation and launching of a Early Childhood Indian Ocean network as a main objective. Any information on early childhood, young children and families in the following six Indian Ocean islands (Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Réunion & Seychelles) would be most welcome. Bernard Van Leer Foundation Bernard Van Leer Foundation, like many of the Partners in the CG has been undergoing a reorganisation process. This process has led to several activities and lines of action: Systematisation of experience and information. The Foundation is making an effort to write up and disseminate its knowledge more effectively. It has transformed its newsletter into a more theme-focused publication, Early Childhood Matters, with a new look and style. The Foundation has also worked to develop its library and archive materials, to mine the wealth of programme reports and other unpublished documents, and to create data bases to codify useful information and make it accessible for both in-house and public use. They are also developing a Web Site. Revisiting earlier efforts. In the interest of discovering to what extent the projects they have funded have had an impact on people, settings, areas of endeavor, etc., BvLF is supporting evaluative tracer studies/surveys of projects they funded in the past, starting with High/Scope’s Parent-to-Parent project. The building and developing of partnerships is high on the Foundation’s agenda. One way this is being pursued is through partnership with the <strong>Consultative</strong> <strong>Group</strong> and diverse agencies on a new 3–5 year effort, called the Effectiveness Initiative (see page 51 for a description of this project). Activities of the Partners 68
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