ONLINE CONFERENCE: Regional Network to Measure Childhood Development – Advances Made in the Agenda for Measuring Early Childhood in Latin America
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Having systems for measuring childhood development is fundamental for the formulation of plans and programs of action in the region that will make it possible for every country to be more efficient in resource management. The Regional Network to Measure Childhood Development (REMDI) is a regional network of specialists that seeks to promote and facilitate current and future surveying efforts so that all Latin American countries have clear, technically sound mechanisms for evaluating childhood development at the national level which allows for comparisons between countries as well as between population subgroups within a country.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, the need for timely information on the status of early childhood development in the countries of the region has become essential to make informed decisions and respond to possible learning losses that have resulted from this crisis.
This conference, convened by REMDI, will present the work that the network has spearheaded in the last two years while exploring the advances made in measuring early childhood development in the region. This event will be held over the course of two days on September 29 and 30, 2021.
Follow this event on Twitter at #ConferenciaREMDI and @PrealEd.
We invite participants to send questions through the Q&A function on Zoom.
This event will be held in Spanish.
WATCH THE EVENT – DAY 1 HERE (IN SPANISH):
WATCH THE EVENT – DAY 2 HERE (IN SPANISH):
AGENDA DAY 1:
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM |
Opening |
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Ariel Fiszbein, Inter-American Dialogue
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10:15 AM – 10:30 AM |
Welcome: Introduction of the Regional Network for Measuring Early Childhood Development (REMDI) |
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Cecilia Sena, Ministry of Social Development (MIDES), Uruguay
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10:30 AM – 11:30 AM |
First Session: Early Childhood Development and the National Statistics Systems – Where Are We Today? A Conversation with Authorities Working with Statistics |
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Juan Daniel Oviedo, National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE), Colombia Teresa Shamah, National Institute of Public Health (INSP), Mexico Fiorella Di Landri, National Institute for Statistics (INE), Uruguay Roxana Muñoz, Ministry of Social Development and Family, Chile Moderator: Horacio Coral, DANE, Colombia
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11:30 AM – 12:30 PM |
Second Session: How Can Academia Contribute to Advancing the Agenda? |
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Paula Bedregal, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica, Chile Antonio Rizzoli, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez Tiago Munhoz, Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Epidemiological Research Center, Brazil Moderator: Jeanet Leguas, Chile Crece Contigo, Ministry of Social Development and Family, Chile
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12:30 PM – 1:00 PM |
Third Session: Advances of the Global Scale for Early Development (GSED) as a Regional Instrument |
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Michelle Peréz, Presents on (GSED) Moderator: Brenda González, National System for the Protection of Girls, Boys and Adolescents (SIPINNA), Mexico |
AGENDA DAY 2:
10:00 AM – 10:05 AM |
Opening |
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Horacio Coral, DANE, Colombia
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10:05 AM – 11:00 AM |
First Session: The Impact of the Pandemic on Early Childhood Development: Implications and the Urgency to Measure Short- and Medium-Term Development |
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Raúl Mercer, Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO), Argentina Gabriela Guerrero, Development Analysis Group (GRADE), Peru Moderator: Mónica Rubio, UNICEF LACRO
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11:00 AM – 12:00 PM |
Second Session: Governance and Development of Institutional Capacities for Measuring Early Childhood Development |
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Experience with the Survey of Nutrition, Child Development, and Health (ENDIS): Giorgina Garibotto, MIDES, Uruguay Experience with the Longitudinal Survey of Colombia (ELCO): Juan Daniel Oviedo, DANE, Colombia Experience with the Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey (ELPI): Jenny Encina, Ministry of Social Development and Family, Chile Argelia Vázquez, National Institute of Public Health (INSP), Mexico Moderator: Gabriela Sánchez, OEI, Chile
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12:00 PM – 1:00 PM |
Closing Conference Panel |
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Martin Lema, MIDES, Uruguay Patricia Muñoz García, Defensoría de la Niñez Representative, Chile Carolina Salgado, Presidential Council for Children and Adolescents, Colombia Moderator: Ariel Fiszbein, Inter-American Dialogue |
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EVENT PARTNER:
This event is organized by REMDI, coordinated by Uruguay Crece Contigo, Ministry of Social Development, Uruguay; DANE, Colombia; Chile Crece Contigo, Ministry of Social Development and Family, Chile; SIPINNA, Mexico; and the Inter-American Dialogue. If you have any questions about the network, please email remdi.desarrolloinfantil@gmail.com.
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