ECPC international experts respond to COVID-19
Hope for the world’s most vulnerable children impacted by COVID-19
ECPC LIVE at the C20 Summit 2020 on Saturday 10 October.
ECPC international experts respond to COVID-19 for children in fragile and conflict-affected settings at this year’s Civil Society 20 (C20)’s virtual summit
On Saturday 10 October 2020, international experts from the Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC) will discuss early childhood development (ECD) strategies in relation to COVID-19 at this year’s Civil Society 20 (C20)’s virtual annual summit. According to the C20, ‘this year’s summit is sure to be the biggest virtual gather of thousands of civil society leaders and change makers in the G20 process’.
ECPC Panel Session
ECPCs panel session Response to COVID-19 for children in fragile and conflict-affected settings: The promise of early childhood development will examine the invisible impact of COVID-19 on the world’s most vulnerable children, and how investing in early childhood care and education can combat COVID-19’s short- and long-term impact on children living among conflict, war, and displacement.
COVID-19 has impacted the world in ways that were unimaginable just one year ago. Attention must be given to the long-lasting harmful effects this virus can have on the social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development of our young children, particularly regarding our most vulnerable children. COVID-19 has added additional strain on our most helpless children who have been or are continuing to be exposed to unsafe environments, war, conflict, and displacement across the globe. Often these young children are overlooked, making it our responsibility and duty to ensure that COVID-19 has a minimal permanent impact on our world’s future leaders. Investing in early childhood development (ECD) plays a critical role in protecting the physical health and emotional well-being of children.
The ECPC panel discussion will gather leading international experts in ECD who will share varied perspectives on how to develop and implement health and education policy that targets and curbs the negative effects of COVID-19 on the development of our young children.
How to register to participate in this interactive panel discussion
1. Register for the interactive ECPC session (link is external) to learn how investing in early childhood care and education can combat COVID-19’s short- and long-term impact on children living among conflict, war, and displacement.
2. Once registered, go to Theme 1 COVID-19 Response and Recovery.
3. Select panel session "Response to COVID-19 for children in fragile and conflict-affected settings: The promise of early childhood development".
4. Select RSVP.
5. This event is now added to your C20 Summit calendar. You can proceed to add other events of interest to your calendar.
Note: A recording of the panel session will soon appear in the ECPC session page, following the LIVE broadcast.
Participation in and registration for this year's C20 summit is free and open to the public.
About the C20
As one of the Group of Twenty’s (G20) eight official engagement groups, the C20 has a diverse coalition of civil leaders spanning across 80 countries who play a prominent role in fostering social and economic justice across the international community and holding our world leaders accountable for protecting the rights of all people. This year’s summit, hosted by Saudi Arabia, is expected to have more than 4,000 participants and will focus on 5 core themes: the world’s response and recovery to COVID-19, economic and social justice, sustainable development, protection of human rights as well as the accountability and transparency of governments across the world.
Read the C20 Summit Guide.(link is external)
About the ECPC
The Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC) is a global movement of United Nations agencies, Non-Governmental Organizations, academia, practitioners and the private sector focused on sharing scientific and practice-based evidence on how investment in early childhood development (ECD) can contribute to sustainable peace, social cohesion and social justice. We recognize that investing in ECD is a powerful and cost-effective strategy for reducing violence, poverty and exclusion and for building peaceful societies.
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