"[Early] education is the best insurance against poverty" could be the motto of the two-day conference on Early Childhood Development (ECD) “Investing in Early Years, which was jointly organized by the World Bank and UNICEF on October 12-13 in partnership with the Ministry of National Education, Ministry of Health, State Planning Organization and other agencies. International experts, academics, government agencies, civil society and practitioners of early childhood development participated in the conference.
The conference, which was opened by Excellencies Recep AkdaÄŸ, Minister of Health, and Nimet Çubukçu, Minister of National Education, took stock of the status of ECD outcomes and policies in Turkey and explored ways to expand and improve ECD in Turkey, building on what Turkey is already doing and learning from the experiences of countries like Chile, Brazil, Russia and Poland.
Welcome and Opening Session Moderator: Tayfun TalipoÄŸlu
Opening Address Jesko Hentschel, Sector Manager, ECA Region, World Bank Kirsi Madi, Deputy Regional Director, Regional Office for CEE/CIS, UNICEF H.E. Recep AkdaÄŸ, Minister of Health H.E. Nimet Çubukçu, Minister of National Education
Country Case Study II: Brazil Ricardo Paes de Barros, Coordinator for the Evaluation of Public Policies, Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA), Brazil
Addressing Early Childhood Development in Pediatrics Prof. Dr. Ä°lgi Ertem, School of Health Sciences Department of Child Health Diseases Ankara University Dr. Bahar Bingöler Pekcici, DPU, Ankara Child Health and Diseases, Hematology and Oncology Research and Education Hospital Dr. Zeynep Eras, DPU, Zekai Tahir Burak Hospital
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