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Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development, Canada
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Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development

School of Early Childhood Education
350 Victoria Street
Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2K3
Canada

Tel: (416) 979-5000 ext. 7034
Fax: (416) 979-5239
E-mail: lzimayi@acs.ryerson.ca
Web site: http://www.ecdgroup.com

Louise Zimayi
Director

 The impact of early childhood programmes on children and their families. This includes interest in development of:
- appropriate child measurement
techniques for children from birth to age eight;
- evaluation of programme models to assess their impact; and
- assessment of the ways in which different variables contribute to children's development.

The Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development is a networking organization, primarily networking with donor agencies and international NGOs.

Staff:
- 2 principal staff
- 1 associate staff

Disciplines:
- Economics
- Developmental psychology
- Early childhood education
- Communications
- Media
- Community development

 Donor agencies, international NGOs and foundations, including:
- Aga Khan Foundation
- Bernard van Leer Foundation
- Christian Children's Fund
- Save the Children (USA)
- Rädda Barnen
- USAID
- UNESCO
- UNICEF
- Inter-American Development Bank
- World Bank
Plus organizations in the Majority World, including:
- CINDE (Colombia)
- Mother and Child Foundation (Turkey)
- Children's Television Foundation (Philippines)
- University of Namibia
- Early Childhood Development Network for Africa-ECDNA
- Research Institutes in Hungary, Poland and Bulgaria
- Caribbean Child Development Center, University of the West Indies
- Arab Resource Collective
Publications: Coordinator's notebook (twice a year)

Last updated: 24 June 1999