The CG
at Work
5 Year Strategic Framework
The Consultative Group is currently undertaking a strategic development process to be used as a guiding framework for the work of the CG over the next 5 years. Please stay tuned to this space!! In the meantime, please click here for more information on key focus areas including Emergencies, HIV/AIDS and Climate Change as well as work related to Global Development Frameworks.
4 Cornerstones for
Global ACTION!
Read more
"First
Steps" Video Series, highlights the 4 Cornerstones in
three countries, Brazil, Uganda and Moldova (Aired on BBC, World
News July 2008.)
 Best wishes from the CG for 2012
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New
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Upcoming Key Events
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Steering Committee Meeting of the Africa ECD Network, 10-11 February, 2012, Ouagadougou
- The Triennale on Education and Training in Africa, Association for the Development of Education in Africa, 12-17 February 2012, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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Children of Conflict: Solving the Global NEET crisis, 26-28 March, 2012, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Global Action Week on Early Childhood
22-28 April, 2012
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Rio + 20, UN Conference on Sustainable Development, 20-22 June, 2012, Brazil
- Children and HIV: Closing the Gap - Ending Vertical Transmission through Community Action - CCABA and the Teresa Group, 20-21 July, 2012, Washington, D.C.
- XIX Int’l HIV/AIDS conference, 22-27 July, 2012, Washington, D.C.
Past Key Events
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Save the Children, CARE and the Consultative Group on ECCD: Addressing the Needs of Young Children and Their Caregivers Affected by HIV/AIDS, 25 January 2012, Washington, D.C.
- ODI, What now for children? The potential impact of a double-dip recession on child development and well-being, December 7
- Global Partnership for Education, Replenishment Event, 7-8 November 2011, Copenhagen. ECD Pledges:
GPE Pledges ECD
GPE Pledges Girls Ed
GPE Pledges Basic Literacy and Numeracy
- WHO World Conference on Social Determinants of Health, 19-21 October, 2011, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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NEWS:
December 2, 2011
Johannesburg (IRIN)
More than just a word game - while poor countries are jostling to ensure the lives of their people are protected in a deal on the changing climate being negotiated in Durban, various NGOs, agencies and research institutes are lobbying to get a word into the negotiating text. They include groups who are keen on the words "nutrition security", and others who want to ensure t hat "women and children" feature in the text each time the word "vulnerable" appears
2011
The Lancet Journal
Series on Early Childhood Development: Research reveals potentially substantial benefits of investing in early childhood development
New research re-affirms and provides additional evidence that increasing investment in early childhood development programmes is a highly cost-effective strategy that could provide considerable returns, with the potential to promote long-term growth and significantly reduce inequalities in low and middle income countries.
WESPORT, Conn. (September 1, 2010)
Millions of Children Still Not Receiving Aid a Month After Pakistan Flood Began, Save the Children Reports
A month since the onset of the floods in Pakistan, 2.3 million children under the age of 5 have not been reached with critical and lifesaving assistance, Save the Children reports today...Read more
July 27, 2010
The Case for $320,000 Kindergarten Teachers
How much do your kindergarten teacher and classmates affect the rest of your life?
July 14, 2010
UNAIDS OUTLOOK
 A new report outlines a radically simplified HIV treatment platform called Treatment 2.0 that could decrease the number of AIDS-related deaths drastically and could also greatly reduce the number of new HIV infections; nearly 30 years into the AIDS epidemic, region by region, countries continue to rank AIDS high on the list of the most important issues facing the world; and an economic analysis makes the case for making health a necessity, not a luxury, outlining the critical need for donor countries to sustain AIDS investments and calling on richer developing countries to invest more in HIV and health.
July 1, 2010 by donnellyglobe
Looking Toward Vienna: Peter McDermott
A Scandal’ – Children Issues Not On Agenda
June 22, 2010
Canadian and African Activists Call On G8/G20 Leaders to Take Action on AIDS Crisis Stephen Lewis
Toronto, June 4, 2010
Getting Set For Life: A radio interview with Dr. Fraser Mustard on the importance of investing in children birth to 6 years of age http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/ Part 2 (starts at 8:18)
Jacmel, Haiti, April 6, 2010
Support for young children and families in Haiti
Games and toys ease transition to normalcy
UNICEF's Early Childhood Development (ECD) kits, launched worldwide last summer, help to meet the needs of children under the age of six in emergency or post-crisis environments resulting from natural disasters and armed conflicts. UNICEF's ECD and Emergencies specialist, Arnaud Conchon on the ground in Haiti. Read more... | See video
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