Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally (iYCG)
Workshop 4: Using Existing Platforms to Integrate and Coordinate
Investments for Children
Held in partnership with the
Centre for Health Education and Health Promotion and
Wu Yee Sun College of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Lecture Theater
Wu Yee Sun College
Chinese University of Hong Kong
March 14 and 15, 2015
Workshop Objectives
Discuss the science and economics of coordinating investments in children and their caregivers using existing platforms across areas of health, education, nutrition, and social protection.
- Identify and define a set of platforms that include settings, such as schools and community-based centers as well as other types of platforms such as community outreach, child rights, and funding streams.
- Examples will be drawn from low, middle, and high income countries and focus on vulnerable populations, such as children who are indigenous, migrating, or with disabilities.
- Highlight public and private sector efforts in financing, governance, and accountability.
- Uncover systems and governance issues that facilitate or create barriers to coordinating investments and service delivery.
- Present data on costing and financing service integration within existing platforms.
- Explore questions about what it takes to set up, implement, and scale integrated or coordinated services within existing platforms.
- Special attention will be paid to diverse cultural contexts within which children and families access and receive services.
Planning Committee
Pamela Collins, U.S. National Institute of Mental Health
Divya Lata, Plan International
Albert Lee, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Chemba Raghavan, UNICEF
Nirmala Rao, University of Hong Kong
Lorraine Sherr, University College, London
Andy Shih, Autism Speaks
Hiro Yoshikawa, New York University
Saturday, March 14, 2015
5:30 pm | Welcome |
Rance Lee, Master of Wu Yee Sun College, | |
Chinese University of Hong Kong | |
5:35 pm | Keynote Talks |
Chow Chun Bong, University of Hong Kong | |
Helia Molina, Past Minister of Health, Chile, and Consultant | |
Discussant | |
Sophia Chan, Food and Health Bureau, Government of Hong Kong | |
7:00 pm | Adjourn |
Sunday, March 15, 2015
8:00 am | Networking Breakfast |
8:30 am | Welcome |
Kimber Bogard, Director, Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally | |
8:45 am | Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally (iYCG) Overview |
Zulfiqar Bhutta, SickKids Toronto and the Aga Khan | |
University, iYCG Co-Chair | |
Ann Masten, University of Minnesota, iYCG Co-Chair | |
9:00 am | Workshop Goals and Objectives |
Albert Lee, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Workshop Co-Chair | |
Andy Shih, Autism Speaks, Workshop Co-Chair | |
9.15 am | SESSION 1: Perspectives on Coordination and Integration of Early Childhood Development Programs and Policies |
Objective: Discuss coordination and integration of services, programs, policies, systems, and investments across sectors, particularly using existing platforms. | |
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Moderated by Hiro Yoshikawa, New York University | |
10:30 am | Break |
10:45 am | BREAKOUT SESSIONS |
1. Barriers to financing investments across sectors
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2. Harnessing the transformative power of Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) to advance disability rights
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3. Preliminary findings from the East Asia-Pacific Early Child Development Scales (EAP-ECDS)
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11:40 am | Report Out |
12:00 pm | Lunch |
1:00 pm | SESSION 2: Coordinating Investment in Children Across Sectors from a Policy Perspective |
Objective: Identify governance, financing (both public and private), and accountability issues that facilitate or create barriers to providing a set of coordinated/integrated services for children at the subnational and local levels. | |
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Moderated by Andy Shih, Autism Speaks | |
2:00 pm | SESSION 3: Integrated Services Come Together on the Ground: Examples of Platforms and Their Unique Contexts |
Objective: Discuss how to set up, implement, and scale integrated/ coordinated services in the areas of health, education, nutrition, social protection within existing platforms. | |
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Moderated by Pamela Collins, U.S. National Institute of Mental Health | |
3:00 pm | Break |
3:30 pm | SESSION 4: Issues in Program Development, Implementation, and Sustainability |
Objective: Identify methods, measures, and outcomes of costing and financing service integration within existing platforms. | |
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Moderated by Nirmala Rao, University of Hong Kong |
4:30 pm | SESSION 5: Addressing Inequality with Vulnerable Populations |
Objective: Examine integration for vulnerable children in existing platforms. | |
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Moderated by Amina Abubakar, Centre for Geographic | |
Medicine (Coast), KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research | |
Programme, Kilifi, Kenya | |
5:30 pm | Closing Remarks |
Albert Lee, Chinese University of Hong Kong, | |
Workshop Co-Chair | |
Andy Shih, Autism Speaks, Workshop Co-Chair | |
6:00 pm | Adjourn |
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