2020

Guide
Designing Streets for Kids
This guide establishes a new standard for designing city streets that prioritise the needs of babies, children and caregivers.
Report
Proximity of Care Report
This report presents an important new approach to designing for early childhood in vulnerable urban contexts.
Story
Support women for better early childhood development outcomes
Psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott once said: “There is no such thing as a baby… There is a baby and someone.” What he meant…
Management case studies
Bridging the Divide: Coalition Building for Early Childhood Development in Istanbul, 2016–2020
This case study explores how principles of early childhood development are becoming embedded in Turkish local government.
Early Childhood Matters
Early Childhood Matters 2020
This edition gathers global leaders and experts calling for prioritisation of young children, families and frontline workers amid COVID-19.
Announcement
Urban95 pocket park inaugurated in Recife
The city of Recife inaugurated the Arari Ferreira pocket park on October 12 – National Children’s Day in Brazil. As shown in…
Story
How can our cities be better prepared for epidemics?
The coronavirus pandemic has forced us to rethink economies, delivery of social benefits, business models, and even the way we work and…
Research report
State of the Young Child in India
This is one of the first comprehensive studies on young children in India, aimed at practitioners, policymakers, influencers and researchers.
Story
We must prevent a post-COVID ‘carmageddon’. Here’s how
We live in turbulent times. The gap between the world we want and the world we see feels simultaneously closer and more…
News
How streets are becoming a meeting place for Early Childhood in Pucusana, Lima
One of the initiatives promoted by Lima, PUCU, in the municipal district of Pucusana, encourages diverse forms of recreation for young children…
Research report
Early Childhood Education Frameworks in Israel: International Comparison
This report compares early childhood education and care services in Israel with other countries in the OECD.
Case
What have our 50 years of experience in Early Childhood taught us about scaling?
A few ideas and lessons learned from Bernard van Leer Foundation’s experience.