Implications of Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) in the Era of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Issues and Challenges

서지정보

· 발행기관 : 국제개발협력학회
· 수록지 정보 : 국제개발협력연구 / 10권 / 3호 / 407 ~ 450페이지
· 저자명 : 이기석, 김나정

초록

This study investigates strategic objectives and policy directions for the international community including both donor and recipient countries to ensure early childhood care and development (“ECCD”), the importance of which is unprecedently emphasized as part of the global efforts to advance the sustainable development goals (“SDGs”). Since the EFA goals were agreed upon by the international education community in 2000, early childhood care and education (“ECCE”) began to receive increasing policy attention. In line with the EFA goals, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) - effective 2000 to 2015 - constituted one of the pillars in international development cooperation. Nevertheless, results of EFA including commitment to ECCE fell short of initial expectations and the MDGs did not incorporate the ECCE in its goals and targets. This hindered the global efforts to ensure global education goas including for the area of ECCE. Faced with setbacks from the era of EFA and MDGs, the international community has collectively agreed on the establishment of a new vision for international development - Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which call upon accountabilities from both donor and recipient countries. In addition, Education 2030 Framework for Action (FFA) was initiated for these global efforts with concrete action plans. The SDGs promote ECCD which is regarded as a broader and integrated concept than ECCE To date, UNESCO is coordinating the Education 2030 agenda as a lead agency since the adoption of Incheon Declaration at the World Education Forum in May 2015. Education 2030 is the roadmap to achieve the 10 targets of the education goal as stipulated in the Education 2030 Framework for Action.
, but there is lack of research investigating the ECCD landscape of donor/recipient countries in connection with the era of EFA and SDGs. In this context, this paper reports key findings of domestic and international literature review, interviews and field studies conducted to explore recent trends and emerging issues surrounding ECCE and ECCD. The study provides a comparative narrative for the ECCD governance in terms of policy directions and dissemination, health and sanitation, nutrition and social safety between donor and recipient countries as well as an academic groundwork for policy formation and engagement for developing countries. The study concludes with key issues, major challenges and policy directions to be considered for both donor and recipient countries in their efforts to ensure ECCD as well as to advance the SDGs.

참고자료

· 없음