This channel aims to provide UNICEF staff and partners with learning resources to build knowledge and competences in early childhood development (ECD) financing.

The channel hosts a range of guidance, instructional and learning resources including reports, documents, country case studies, videos from experts and practitioners, and interactive microlearning across a range of ECD financing themes.

The learning channel is a joint initiative of UNICEF, the Hilton Foundation and Porticus.

Learning objectives

  1. To provide a platform for people interested in ECD to gain more knowledge about the ‘what’ and ‘how’ of financing of early childhood development programmes

  1. To provide a repository of resources including tools, templates and guidance on the planning, design and implementation of ECD financing initiatives 

Audience

  • UNICEF staff, National Committees, Consultants, Volunteers, Goodwill Ambassadors, and Interns
  • Government officials
  • Civil society organizations
  • Independent researchers and think tanks
  • Private foundations and corporate partners interested in ECD financing

Structure

The resources are organized into eight focus areas: 

  1. Overview of ECD 

  1. Introduction to ECD financing 

  1. Measuring and tracking of government spending on ECD programmes

  1. Planning and costing of ECD programmes

  1. ECD investment case 

  1. Subnational financing for ECD 

  1. Private and innovative financing for ECD

  1. ECD in public financial management reforms 

For each focus area includes a brief overview followed by a range of resources including videos, microlearnings, tools, guidance documents, reports, and case studies.


Acknowledgements

This learning channel was developed by the Early Childhood Development and Social Policy teams at the UNICEF HQ with support from Conrad N. Hilton Foundation and Porticus.

Lead content developers: Boniface Kakhobwe, Ulugbek Olimov, Shreya Prakash, Jennifer Asman, and Bob Muchbaiwa (UNICEF)

Technical contributors: Erinna Dia and Orria Goñi Delzangles (UNICEF), Louise Albertyn and Carolina Laguna (Education Outcomes Fund)

Instructional designers: Daria Dudenkova 

Agora support team: Jose Huwaidi Bueno, 

We would like to thank the following people for sharing their insights and experiences

Albert Ekani (UNICEF Burundi), Foster Kholowa (UNICEF Malawi), Hyun Hee Ban (UNICEF India), Ilja Talev (UNICEF Moldova), UNICEF Rwanda Office, Maniza Ntekim (Conrad N. Hilton Foundation), Stephen Chandler (Education Outcomes Fund), and Tafara Ngwaru (Genesis Analytics).

A special thanks is extended to UNICEF regional and country offices for technical review, input, and valuable feedback. 

Contact details

For more information, contact: 

Boniface Kakhobwe, Early Childhood Development Specialist, UNICEF HQ

Email: bkakhobwe@unicef.org