Scaling Program Investments for Young Children Globally: Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean: Summary of a Joint Workshop by the Institute of Medicine, the National Research Council, and Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal, São Paulo (2015)

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Appendix B

Workshop Agenda

Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally (iYCG)
Scaling Program Investments for Young Children Globally:
Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean

Joint Workshop with Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal
São Paulo, Brazil
Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Workshop Objectives

Explore issues around scalability of program investments

  1. Evidence of impact for effective models
  2. Scalability of program models—how to maintain quality at scale, with a focus on approaches in culturally and ethnically diverse contexts and issues of decentralization, local capacity, and information systems for monitoring and evaluation
  3. Sustainability of programs
  4. Governance—perspectives and experiences of policy makers and ministers who have scaled up programs and worked toward implementing early childhood services into a comprehensive national policy

Background Documents

  • iYCG Workshop Summaries:
    • The Cost of Inaction for Young Children Globally: Workshop Summary
    • Financing Investments in Young Children Globally: Workshop in Brief
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  • Financing Investments in Young Children Globally: Summary of a Joint Workshop by the Institute of Medicine, National Research Council, and The Centre for Early Childhood Education and Development, Ambedkar University, Delhi

Planning Committee

  • Constanza Alarcón, Presidency of the Republic, Colombia (Co-Chair)
  • Eduardo Queiroz, Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal (Co-Chair)
  • Amina Abubakar Ali, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research—Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Research Programme
  • Raquel Bernal, Universidad de los Andes
  • Florencia Lopez Boo, Inter-American Development Bank
  • Joan Lombardi, Bernard van Leer Foundation
  • Ruth Perou, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Susan Walker, University of the West Indies

Maksoud Plaza Hotel
Minas Gerais Room

Alameda Campinas, 150 – 01404-900
São Paulo, Brazil

8:00 am Networking Breakfast
 
8:30 am Welcome

Guilherme Gonçalves, President of the Board of Trustees, Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal
 
8:40 am Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally Overview

Zulfiqar A. Bhutta and Ann S. Masten, iYCG Co-Chairs
 
8:50 am Workshop Goals and Objectives

Constanza Alarcón, Presidency of the Republic, Colombia, and Workshop Co-Chair
 
9:00 am Brazil Grand Challenges

Gary L. Darmstadt, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Claude Pirmez, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Dominique McMahon, Grand Challenges Canada

Eduardo Marino, Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal
 
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9:20 am Keynote Address

Claudia Costin, World Bank
 
9:50 am Responses to Keynote

Moderator: Joan Lombardi, Bernard van Leer Foundation
 
10:15 am Session 1: Evidence of Impact for Effective Program Investments
 
  What is the evidence on cost-effective interventions? What are the challenges and barriers of scaling up pilots that have shown to be effective?
  • Susan Walker, University of the West Indies
  • Marta Rubio Codina, Institute for Fiscal Studies and Inter-American Development Bank
  • Mauricio L. Barreto, The Collective Health Institute, Federal University of Bahia
  Moderator: Raquel Bernal, Universidad de los Andes
 
11:30 am Networking Break
 
12:00 pm Session 2: Scalability and Sustainability of Program Investments

How to maintain quality at scale, with a focus on approaches in culturally and ethnically diverse contexts and issues of decentralization, local capacity, and information systems for monitoring and evaluation

  • Andrea Torres, Chile Crece Contigo
  • Liése Gomes Serpa, Primeira Infância Melhor
  • Paulo Bonilha, Ministry of Health, Brazil
  Moderator: Florencia Lopez Boo, Inter-American Development Bank
 
1:15 pm Networking Lunch
 
2:30 pm Session 3: Perspectives on Governance

Perspectives and experiences of policy makers and ministers who have scaled up programs and worked toward implementing early childhood services into a comprehensive national policy

  • Maureen Samms-Vaughan, Early Childhood Commission of Jamaica
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  • Ana Elisabeth de Andrade Lima, Government of Pernambuco in the Secretary of Health, Brazil
  • Cristina Lustemberg, Uruguay Crece Contigo
  Moderator: Constanza Alarcón, Presidency of the Republic, Colombia, and Workshop Co-Chair
 
3:45 pm Break
 
4:00 pm Session 4: Breakout Session on Scaling and Sustainability
 
 

A: Results-Based Financing (Pernambuco Room) Martin Benavides Abanto, Group for the Analysis of Development Ruth Perou, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 
 

B: Measurement/Indicators (Parana Room) Aimee Verdisco, Inter-American Development Bank Joan Lombardi, Bernard van Leer Foundation Maureen Samms-Vaughan, Early Childhood Commission of Jamaica Florencia Lopez Boo, Inter-American Development Bank
 
 

C: A Methodology of Measuring Public Investments in Young Children (Minas Gerais Room)
Javier Curcio, Universidad de Buenos Aires
 
5:15 pm Report Out and Discussion

Moderator: Eduardo Queiroz, Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal, and Workshop Co-Chair
 
5:45 pm Final Remarks

Constanza Alarcón, Presidency of the Republic, Colombia, and Workshop Co-Chair
 
6:00 pm Adjourn

Eduardo Queiroz, Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal, and Workshop Co-Chair
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