Transcript Mike Feigelson (BvLF) presentationx

The Early Learning Challenge
Yet we invest very little.
And waste a lot.
We want bigger,
smarter investment.
…in the youngest kids
Investing in me is
everybody’s business.
700 new neural connections per second.
If my mom is powerful, so am I.
Invest in both of us.
Examples of 2012/13 activities
Global
East Africa
1. Map of investing trends
1. Pilot aligned/pooled field
building investments in
Tanzania
2. Outreach to investors in
public health, human
rights and private banking
3. Investors meetings in Latin
America and Europe
2. Analytical work on
investment pipeline
(Tanzania, Keyna, Venture
Fund, what else?)
4. Launch the ‘Davos for
Young Kids’ campaign
3. First ELC investors’ event
(East Africa)
10 ideas for aligned/pooled field building investments in Tanzania
Capacity
building
Innovative
financing
Communications
and advocacy
Leadership
Evidence
•
Support the government capacity to develop a national database to track young children’s welfare
•
Help create a knowledge and training centre (with satellites at regional colleges) to house research
on young children, curricula, and other tools for practitioners, civil servants and policymakers
•
Research to calculate unit costs of all on-going service modalities in Tanzania
•
Test the feasibility of linking small business and micro-finance to early childhood services, along with
other options to help services survive ‘until the government arrives’
•
Support civil society organizations to track public (and private) investment in young children and
monitor the quality of services delivered
•
Support civil society to campaign and disseminate the new early childhood policy
•
Strengthen the capacity of leading civil society organizations to advocate for young children
•
Support the establishment of the first cohort of Tanzanian leaders for young children including
heads of corporations, public servants, leading academics and activists from civil society
•
Create a fund for experimental and quasi-experimental impact evaluations
•
Support individual demonstration projects and agree to a minimum standard of evaluation criteria
10 ideas for aligned/pooled field building investments in Tanzania
Capacity
building
Innovative
financing
Communications
and advocacy
Leadership
Evidence
•
Support the government capacity to develop a national database to track young children’s welfare
•
Help create a knowledge and training centre (with satellites at regional colleges) to house research
on young children, curricula, and other tools for practitioners, civil servants and policymakers
•
Research to calculate unit costs of all on-going service modalities in Tanzania
•
Test the feasibility of linking small business and micro-finance to early childhood services, along with
other options to help services survive ‘until the government arrives’
•
Support civil society organizations to track public (and private) investment in young children and
monitor the quality of services delivered
•
Support civil society to campaign and disseminate the new early childhood policy
•
Strengthen the capacity of leading civil society organizations to advocate for young children
•
Support the establishment of the first cohort of Tanzanian leaders for young children including
heads of corporations, public servants, leading academics and activists from civil society
•
Create a fund for experimental and quasi-experimental impact evaluations
•
Support individual demonstration projects and agree to a minimum standard of evaluation criteria
LITTLE
50 investors, 100 ideas, 1000s inspired,
millions committed for kids
Headlines from 2012-13
Private investors commit USD 9 million to help build the field of early childhood in Tanzania;
Young Child Venture
Fund raises 15 million for East Africa pilot; UBS bank offers Young
ELC launches exploratory work in Ghana and Mozambique;
Child Venture Fund as option to high-net worth social impact investors; First
ELC
event garners 20 million in new grant
commitments for young kids in East Africa ELC Latin
ever global report on investment trends in young children released at Davos;
;
America launches in partnership with the President’s of Brazil and Peru; investors
and TEDtalks join forces to create “Little Ted”;
alliance
Investor’s alliance supports global
World Bank commits
USD 40 million for Tanzania’s youngest citizens
parent delegation to speak at debate on MDG+;
;
Leaders at
Davos declare young children among 10 best investments in our future.
Investors for young children alliance grows to 50 members in 7 countries;