We are a global network focused on improving outcomes for young children and their caregivers.
The Early Childhood Development Action Network’s (ECDAN’s) mission is to catalyze collective action with and for young children and their caregivers by connecting and aligning partners, sharing knowledge and good practice, and advocating for better policies, more resources, and accountability for results.
Our vision is a world where every young child is well nourished, healthy, happy, learning, and safe.
ECDAN partners maximize their impact together.
We bring movements and cross-sectoral actors together around common goals, such as increasing parenting and caregiving support, measuring child development outcomes, and more, to create lasting change.
We disseminate the latest research and resources.
ECDAN partners share their latest research, learning reports, tools, and guidelines, designed for policymakers, program implementers, and advocates, through live events and downloadable files.
Explore ECDAN’s Global Calendar to discover key events on early childhood development from around the world.
Our Reach
The ECDAN partnership has really helped us to take our systems thinking work to the next level, and this has fed into SmartStart’s wider and ongoing repositioning as an ecosystem enabler.
Grace Matlhape, SmartStart, ECDAN partner in South Africa
The time to act is now and everyone’s efforts are needed.
Whether you are a government leader or a childcare provider, a global partnership or a grassroots organization, we invite you to join the movement by centering the needs of young children and their caregivers.