EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT

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The Early Childhood Development (ECD) Project's objectives are : a) to contribute to the attainment of human development goals by providing services that ensure survival and promote the physical and mental development of Filipino children; and b) to establish an effective partnership between national and local governments in the provision of ECD services. The project components are as follows: a) Service delivery provides program support for provincial local government units (LGUs), which includes an expanded program of immunization package, an integrated management of child illness package, a micronutrient malnutrition prevention and control package, a parent effectiveness service package, and a Grade 1 Early Child Experience(ECE)/ECD package. This component will also finance facilities for municipal/city LGUs who wish to invest in upgrading of their ECD services. b) Support to service delivery will support the LGUs in implementing their investment packages in the areas of communications, planning, targeting, management information system, training, human resource development, and institutional development. c) Research and development (R&D) will finance R&D activities needed to support effective ECD program implementation, including initial piloting of new field-level technical interventions.