Organización de los Estados Americanos
Organização dos Estados Americanos
Organisation des États américains
Organization of American States
Inter-American Symposium
Understanding the State of the Art in Early Childhood Education and Care. The First Three
Years of Life
May 13 – 18, 2007, Caracas, Venezuela.
Project “Policies and Strategies for a successful transition to school”
Draft Agenda
Sunday May 13, 2007
Registration
14:00 – 18:00
18:00- 21:00pm
Location (to be determinate)
Registration
Inauguration : Special Program
Monday, May 14, 2007
Theme: Policies that support integrated services and social development during the first three
years of life. Theoretical framework
8:00 - 9:00
Registration
9:00 -- 10:00
Orientation session: the organization committee will provide information on
the objectives of the symposium, the agenda, the learning methodologies, the
objective of the project, round table discussions (or panels) work group, site
visits, video presentations, the on-line live internet broadcasting of the event,
and socio cultural activities.
10:00 --12:30
Panel : Development of Integrated Policies for Children during the First
Three Years of Life
International experts and government representatives will present the
foundations and the state of the art on policy development and implementation
for children birth to three.
♦ Education: Ministry of Education, Venezuela
♦ Social Development: Chile.
♦ Women, Family and Infancy: Ministry of Education from British Columbia,
Canada
♦ Legal: Mr. Horio Terushida, Convention of Children Rights, University of
Tokyo, Japan.
♦ Public Policies: Mrs. Joan Lombardi, Chair Birth to Five Policy Alliance, US
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Dialogue
Moderator: Mrs. Lenore Yaffee Garcia, Department of Education and
Culture, OAS
12:30 -- 14:00
Lunch
14:00 — 17:00
Panel: Theoretical Framework - arguments, conditions, and foundations
for the care and education of children birth to three
♦ New Developments in the Neurosciences and Successful Early
Interventions in the first three years of Life, Mr. Fraser Mustard, Canada
♦ Multidisciplinary foundations for a pertinent and relevant education during
the first three years of life – contributions from regional curriculum, Instituto
Internacional de Educacion Inicial, Mrs. María Victoria Peralta, Chile.
♦ Application of new findings in the neurosciences to early education, Mr.
Jairo Zuluaga, Colombia.
♦ Human Capital Formation to Strengthen Economic Growth. Special guest
Dialogue
Moderator: Special Guest
17:00 – 18:00
Cultural Activity
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Theme: Given the objective of developing a framework for the development of policies that support
integrated services in the region, country reports will present on experiences that have been selected
based on their comparative advantage
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8:00 – 9:00
Video Presentation. Government representatives and civil society will
exchange experiences. Five groups will present, each will have 10 minutes to
show their video and present any other complementary information.
Moderator: Venezuela
9:00 - 10:45
Policies for Children Birth to Three in Venezuela: Quality of services,
professional development, coverage, non formal or non conventional services,
intersectoral coordination; experiences in rural areas with indigenous
population
Ministry of Health, Finance, Education, SENIFA1.
Moderator: UNICEF
10:45 – 11:00
Break
11:00 – 12:30
First Sub-regional Panel Presentation: Andean Countries: Intersectoral
Servicio Nacional Autónomo de Atención Integral a la Infancia y la Familia
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policies, financing of integration services, services for rural, indigenous
population, incentives to expand coverage.
♦Experiences of collaboration between the public and private sector
“Colombia por la primera infancia”. Ministry of Education, ICBF, Health,
CINDE, Colombia
♦ Public Policies that support programs for Mothers and young children,
community participation and intersectoral collaboration. Peru:
Moderator: Mr. Leonardo Yanez, Bernard Van Leer, Foundation, Netherlands
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00- 15:30
Second Sub-regional Panel Presentation – Central America : Attention to
the diversity through integrated and multisectoral programs
♦ Policies on Professional Development: Programs for Indigenous, rural areas.
Ministry of Education, Health, University, Costa Rica.
♦ Program AIN-C, parent and community participation, coordination,
agreements between the government and civil society, evaluation of services.
Ministry of Education and Health, Guatemala
Moderator: Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
15:30 – 15:45
Break
15:45 – 17:15
Third Sub-regional Panel: Caribbean countries: Professional development
and policy coordination
♦Progress on governance and financing for intersectoral coordination,
government and private sector coordination. Jamaica, Commission on ECD
♦Professional development experiences West Indies University, Ministry of
education, Barbados
Moderator: Mrs. Rosa Blanco, UNESCO/OREALC (TBC)
17:15 -- 20:00
Fair/Exhibit: Exhibit of educational materials, results from evaluations and
research, documents, etc.
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Parallel Program:
1. ♦ Site Visits. Country delegations need to register.
2. ♦ Presentation on successful services and programs. Criteria for the selection of successful
experiences: Integrated quality services, have both government and civil society/private
sector funding, have a financing plan, involve families, have professional development
programs and in service training; have a relevant curriculum that acknowledges diversity;
have dissemination strategies; monitor and evaluate their actions; transition from home to the
center/program. Participants interested in presenting need to register
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8:30 - 17:30
Presentation on successful local, regional and national programs
♦ Latest research that provide the grounds for the development of policies,
curriculum, and educational materials. Mrs. Maribel Cormack, Consultant
OAS, Peru.
♦ Quality Indicators and Evaluation Experience of the Child Development and
Pre-natal Program, CENDI, Mrs. Guadalupe Rodriguez, Mexico.
♦ Experiences with pregnant and lactating women and their families. Rio
Grande do Sul. Mr. Osmar Terra, Brazil.
♦ The Montessori Approach for Children birth to Three.
♦ Innovation through non formal programs
♦ Video presentations
Moderator: OEI.
10: 00 - 18:00
Site visits: Simoncito centers, SENIFA programs, Centros de Desarrollo
Infantil (CDI).
Each delegate will fill out an observation form. The information collected will
be used to prepare a report including the experiences from all the visited
programs.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Theme: Given the objective of developing a framework for the development of policies that support
integrated services in the region, country reports will present on experiences that have been selected
based on their comparative advantage
9:00 - 10:30
Fourth Sub-regional Panel Presentation - Merco Sur: Implementation of
policies that support mothers; programs that involve the family, social
protection services; mass media programs; non formal programs
♦ Implementation of Social Policies that support the family and their impact
on children under three years old. Experiences integrating health, education
and social assistance services. Ministries of Education, Health and Social
Assistance, Brazil
♦ Experiences and results of dissemination and communication
programs/campaigns. Curriculum Design 0-3 years old. Ministries of
Education and Health. Uruguay.
Moderator:
10:30 - 10:45
Break
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10:45 – 12:30
Fifth Panel- North America: Large Scale National Quality programs
♦ Intersectoral coordination, government and the private sector, quality
curriculum, services for indigenous, rural populations. Ministries of
Education, Health, CONAFE, DIF. Mexico
♦ National “Early Head Start” Program – coordination government private
sector, financing of services for children birth to three. Department of Health
and Human Services. USA.
Moderator: Special guest from an international organization
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:00
Proposal for the evaluation design of the project: theoretical framework,
recommendations for further work at the country level. Prioritization of
actions, selection of areas, indicators and instruments to measure the
agreements reached during the work group.
Mr. Isaac Canales, Peru –
Moderator: Sr. Juan Sánchez Muliterno, AMEI
15:00 – 15:30
Break
15:30 – 18:00
Work groups2 by sub-regions: Andean, Merco Sur, Central America, North
America, and Caribbean. Each group needs to appoint a coordinator and
rapporteur
Moderators:
Friday, May 18, 2007
Theme: Definition of the agreements and commitments reached during the group sessions with
participation from the delegates of the government and civil society. The rapporteurs will present
their commitments and future actions’ outline. Presentations will be organized by sub-regions.
Representatives from the international organization and non governmental activities will comment
and respond to the country/regional proposals and how they could facilitate the process. Conclusions
from the Symposium. Future actions supported by the project. Evaluation
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The objective is to reach the policy design arena. However, taking into account the different development
levels of the various services offered for children between 0 to 3 years old, you will set your expectations
considering the Millennium Goals and the Education for All national plans. Countries will have this topic menu
as reference: integral quality services for children between 0 to 3 years old, including those in rural, indigenous
and border areas; actions in the education, health and welfare sectors; agreements between government and
private companies to promote the creation of services; strategies that will enable funding programs; programs to
promote integral attention and intersectorial services; actions that will link social policy against poverty with
programs focused on mothers, family and children between 0 to 3 years old; strengthen competence quality in
professional development programs and continuous capacity building; review or elaborate curriculum and
relevant pedagogic material; dissemination programs and campaigns; development of supervision, follow-up
and evaluation processes; responses to transition needs; participation in exchange networks; etc.
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9:00 - 10:30
Panel: Actions to be taken by countries to support their commitments
towards the MDGs, EFA goals and the OAS sub-regional initiative in the
Caribbean and North America
OAS, Lenore Yaffee Garcia
UNICEF, Special guest
UNESCO, Rosa Blanco
OECD/France
CAB, Special guest
OEI, Special guest
World Bank, Special Guest
IADB, Special guest
“Plan Padrinos”, Special guest
PAHO, Special guest.
WACE3, Mr. Juan Sánchez Muliterno, Spain.
OMEP4 Mrs. Selma Simonstein, Chile
Bernard Van Leer Foundation, Mr. Leonardo Yanez, Netherlands.
NAEYC5 Special guest, United States
Moderator: PAHO, Special guest.
10:30 – 10:45
Break
10:45 – 12:30
Panel. Actions to be taken by countries to support the commitments to reach
the MDGs, EFA goals and the OAS sub-regional initiative in Central
America, Andean Countries and Merco Sur.
OAS, Gaby Fujimoto
UNICEF, Special guest
UNESCO, Rosa Blanco
OECD/France
CAB, Special guest
OEI, Special guest
World Bank, Special guest
IADB, Special guest
“Plan Padrinos”, Special guest
PAHO, Special guest.
WAECE6, Mr. Juan Sánchez Muliterno, Spain.
Bernard Van Leer Foundation, Mr. Leonardo Yanez, Netherlands.
NAEYC7 Special guest, United States
Moderator:
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:30
Plans and Future activities. Agreements and commitments by sub-regions and
countries. Selections of two national directors, who will, from HQ OAS,
prepare the final report, follow-up and evaluation of the project.
Asociación Mundial de Educadores Infantiles, Madrid, Spain.
World Preschool Education Organization
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National Association for the Education of Young Children, United States of America
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Asociación Mundial de Educadores Infantiles, Madrid, España.
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Nacional Association for the Education of Young Children, United States.
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15:30 – 16:30
Presentation of the Second Symposium on Transition and Monitoring and
Evaluation of Policies.
16:30 -- 17:00
Closing session
Note: All plenary meetings will be broadcasted through internet. People or institutions who will like
to participate will register beforehand. The webpage address will be published. This service will be
sponsored by “Television Educativa” from WAECE, Spain, who’s actual President is Mr. Juan
Sánchez Multierno.
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