World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education

#EducationStartsEarly

14 — 16 November 2022

Tashkent City Congress Hall, Uzbekistan

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Participation

Welcome to the registration and participation platform for the World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education (WCECCE), which will be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from 14 to 16 November 2022.

Over 1500 participants are expected to take part in the World Conference, which will provide an important forum for policy exchange and scale-up of proven programmes and innovations on ECCE across all regions and countries. Participation in the conference is by invitation only.

It is imperative to register if you wish to take part. Participation on the WCECCE is by invitation only.

Preliminary Timetable

Pre-Conference Day

After-conference day

8:00 am - all day

Registration

09:00-09:40

Non-State Actors Forum: Joint Introductory Session

Room 1

09:40-10:30

Civil Society Organization Forum - Session 1

Room 1

10:30-11:00
Break
11:00-12:30

Civil Society Organization Forum - Session 2

Room 1

Youth Forum

Room 2

12:30-13:30
Lunch Break
13:30-15:00

Non-State Actors Forum: Sharing commitments from a multi-stakeholder perspective (CSO and youth joint session)

Room 1

15:10-16:00

UNESCO staff meeting

Room 1

17:00-18:00

Opening Ceremony of the photo Exhibition on ECCE

Humo Arena

18:00-18:30

Cocktail

Humo Arena

19:00-21:00

Theater performance for delegates (upon invitation)

A. Navoiy theater

08:15 – 9:15

Introductory Session

Main congress hall

Parallel sessions under the main theme “Inclusion, quality and well-being”
09:15-10:45

Parallel session 1: Curriculum and pedagogy

Room 1

Parallel session 2: Equity and inclusion

Room 2

Parallel session 3: Health, nutrition, and well-being

Room 3

Parallel session 4: ECCE in emergencies

Room 4

Parallel session 5: School readiness and the role of Assessment

Room 5

10:45-11:00
Break
Parallel sessions under the main theme “ECCE workforce and caregivers”
11:00-12:30

Parallel session 1: ECCE teacher and caregiver development systems

Room 1

Parallel session 2: ECCE Workforce Professionalization

Room 2

Parallel session 3: Supervision and leadership

Room 3

Parallel session 4: Gender and Teaching

Room 4

Parallel session 5: Parenting

Room 5

12:30-14:00
Lunch Break
Parallel sessions under the main theme “Policy, governance and finance”
14:00-15:30

Parallel session 1: Data, monitoring and evaluation

Room 1

Parallel session 2: ECCE rights and legal framework

Room 2

Parallel session 3: Financing and partnerships

Room 3

Parallel session 4: Building quality ECCE systems for all

Room 4

Parallel session 5: Whole-of- government approach, multisectorality and coordination

Room 5

Parallel sessions under the main theme “Programme innovations”
15:30-17:00

Parallel session 1: Neurosciences to advance the ECCE agenda

Room 1

Parallel session 2: Technology and artificial intelligence

Room 2

Parallel session 3: Designing innovative learning practices and spaces

Room 3

Parallel session 4: Alternative models of ECCE provision

Room 4

Parallel session 5: Greening ECCE

Room 5

17:00-17:30
Break
17:30-18:30

Side Event 1:

Sankofa and Sub-Saharan Africa

Room A

Side Event 2:

Early Childhood Educators: Raising the Status of the Profession.

Room B

Side Event 3:

Early Childhood Care and Education in times of crisis: Best practice and advocacy opportunities.

Room C

Side Event 4:

Home-based childcare services in labour intensive communities

Room D

Side Event 5:

Gender equal parenting

Room E

Side Event 6:

Investing in ECE for Sustainable Development and Improved Outcomes.

Room F

08:00 – 09:00

Side Event 7:

Putting early childhood education and care workers at the heart of ECCE

Room A

Side Event 8:

Tools for Transformation: Strategies for building a gender-transformative pre- primary education system.

Room B

Side Event 9:

Programme national marocain pour la généralisation de l’éducation préscolaire 2018 – 2028.

Room C

Side Event 10:

Promoting the scale-up of equitable and quality ECCE service provision through adequate resources mobilization and strong advocacy.

Room D

Side Event 11:

Infants and toddlers – children playing for a sustainable life.

Room E

09:00 – 10:00

Side Event 12:

How philanthropy can accelerate ECCE system reform.

Room A

Side Event 13:

Meeting on Strategic Engagement for ECCE.

Room B

Side Event 14:

Official Launch of the Asia-Pacific ECCE Teacher Training Handbook for Social and Emotional Learning

Room C

Side Event 15:

Right from the Start: The role of civil society actors and partnerships in advancing ECCE.

Room D

Side Event 16:

Accelerating access and quality to ECCE in Uzbekistan: Learning from coordinated efforts between the Government, UNICEF and the World Bank.

Room E

10:30-12:00
Official Opening Ceremony

Main congress hall

12:00-13:00
Press Conference | Lunch break
13:00-14:15
High-level session 1: Inclusion, quality and well-being

Main congress hall

14:15-15:30
High-level session 2: ECCE workforce and caregivers

Main congress hall

15:30-16:00
Break
16:00-17:15
High-level session 3: Policy, governance, and finance

Main congress hall

17:15-18:15
Special session: High-level engagement for ECCE

Main congress hall

18:15-19:15
National Festival and Exhibition Visit

Congress hall

19:30-21:00
Cultural Reception

Congress hall

08:00 – 11:30

Visit of ECCE Centers

Main congress hall

11:30 – 13:00

High-level session 4:

Programme innovations

Main congress hall

13:00-14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00

Plenary session: Transforming Education Summit follow-up and voices of partners

Main congress hall

15:00 - 17:00

Adoption of The Tashkent Declaration

Presentation and adoption of the Tashkent Declaration

Oral Report of the Rapporteur

Presentation of the next steps

Closing

Main congress hall

8:00 -
18:00

Visit to Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva

Departure: 7:00/8:30 am

Return: 06:00 pm

About
WCECCE2022

From 14 to 16 November 2022, the World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education (WCECCE) will be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The world conference will reaffirm the right of every young child to quality care and education from birth and urge Member States to renew and expand their commitment to and investment in ensuring that access of all girls and boys to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education.

The conference is hosted by the Republic of Uzbekistan and organized by UNESCO.

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World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education

The overarching goal of the WCECCE is to renew and expand Member States’ political commitment and engagement to

Develop ambitious, relevant, and culturally appropriate ECCE policies

Put in place effective and accountable ECCE systems, multi-stakeholder partnerships and services

Increase and improve investment in ECCE as an essential and integral part of their strategies for attaining lifelong learning societies and sustainable development.

Khiva

Khiva is a beautiful oasis city with ancient walls, minarets and unique clay buildings.

Within the framework of the XI session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Baku, Khiva was declared as the tourist capital of the Islamic world in 2024!

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Tashkent

Tashkent is the capital of Uzbekistan and also the largest city in Central Asia.

For many years, Tashkent has been the most important business and cultural center of the country, attracting tourists and businessmen from various countries of the world.

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Samarkand

Samarkand can truly be called a unique city!

The greatest poets and philosophers of the world have given the city many names – the garden of the soul, the pearl of the east, the mirror of the world and even the face of the earth.

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Bukhara

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