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Reaching and Investing in Children at the Margins: Summary of a Joint Workshop by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Open Society Foundations; and the International Step by Step Association (ISSA) (2016)

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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Reaching and Investing in Children at the Margins: Summary of a Joint Workshop by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Open Society Foundations; and the International Step by Step Association (ISSA). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23491.

Appendix B

Workshop Agenda

Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally (iYCG)
Workshop 6
Reaching and Investing in Children at the Margins

Held in partnership with the Open Society Foundations and the
International Step by Step Association (ISSA)
Diplomat Hotel

Prague, Czech Republic
November 3–4, 2015

In September 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2015–2030 were adopted at the United Nations. The global goals reflect the striving for a world that is “just, equitable, and inclusive.” They recognize that far too many children are born into and raised in abject poverty. Many children face multiple disadvantages, and all too often live on the margins, excluded—together with their families and caregivers—from full participation in society. These include children with developmental delays and disabilities, refugees, immigrants, migrants, street children, those living in institutions, ethnically and linguistically diverse children, and children from underresourced communities, many of which, like the Roma communities in Europe, face deep discrimination.

An ad hoc planning committee will plan and conduct an interactive public workshop featuring presentations and discussions that highlight the science and economics of investing in children at the margins of society by investing in their health, education, nutrition, and social protection. This workshop, the sixth in the iYCG Forum series, brings to the foreground a scientific perspective on children at the margins. The workshop will include a critical review of the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child as it applies to young children, as well as an exploration of how discrimination and social exclusion affect early development. Subsequent sessions will focus on new information about children living at the margins. The effect of discrimination on young children from underresourced groups will be explored using the example of Roma children in Europe.

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The results of the workshop will inform research, policy, and practice in the region as well as globally. The committee will identify specific topics to be addressed, develop the agenda, select and invite speakers and other participants, and moderate the discussions. A summary of the presentations and discussions at the workshop will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines. Communications and dissemination products will be drawn from workshop proceedings.

Planning Committee

Liana Ghent, International Step by Step Association (ISSA) (Workshop Co-Chair)

Jody Heymann, University of California, Los Angeles

Gillian Huebner, Lumos Foundation

Tina Hyder, Open Society Foundations

Petra Kacirkova, Lumos Foundation

Sarah Klaus, Open Society Foundations (Workshop Co-Chair)

Vesna Kutlesic, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Joan Lombardi, Bernard van Leer Foundation

Ann Masten, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Simon Sommer, Jacobs Foundation

Amalia Waxman, Consultant

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3
ROOM: PRAHA B, C, AND D
PUBLIC SESSION

8:30–9:00	Introductory Remarks
	Welcome (Nives Milinovic, ISSA, and Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Open Society Foundations [OSF], Early Childhood Program Advisory Board) iYCG Overview (Zulfiqar Bhutta and Ann Masten, iYCG Co-Chairs) Workshop Goals and Objectives (Sarah Klaus and Liana Ghent, workshop Co-Chairs)
9:00–9:30	Keynote: Young children’s rights and the impact of discrimination
	Objective: Define global commitments to young children at the margins of society and examine the impact of discrimination on early development in the context of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Sustainable

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	Development Goals. Examine the promises and gaps of these commitments and discuss areas to increase investments in vulnerable young children.
	Moderator: Liana Ghent, Executive Director, ISSA
	Share “Poll Everywhere” responses from audience members about expectations of the workshop and challenges and barriers to investing in children at the margins.
	Speaker:
	Jonathan Todres, Professor of Law, Georgia State University [by pre-recorded video]
9:30–10:45	Session 1: Children living outside of family care
	Objective: Develop a new understanding of the developmental impacts on children living in institutions, in foster care, or a nonfamily context. The session will trace a path from global science to prevalence rates in Europe, and impacts and prevention strategies used in the region.
	Moderator: Vesna Kutlesic, Director, Office of Global Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
	Speakers: Kevin Browne, Director, Centre for Forensic and Family Psychology, Nottingham University Anne Berens, Julius B. Richmond Fellow, Harvard University Irina Malanciuc, Country Director, Lumos Foundation, Moldova
	Policy Reaction:
	Katerina Slesingerova, Head, Department for Family, Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Czech Republic
10:45–11:15	BREAK
11:15–12:30	Session 2: Ethnic and linguistic diversity: The case of young Roma children in Europe Objective: As the Roma is Europe’s largest and most excluded ethnic minority, this session aims to highlight the

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	context and conditions of young Roma children in Europe. It will consider the risk and protective factors impacting young Roma children, explore new research such as the Roma Early Childhood Initiative (RECI) report for the Czech Republic, and attempt to understand the policy challenges and barriers in Europe to full inclusion of young Roma children.
	Moderators:
	Sarah Klaus, Director of the Early Childhood Program, Open Society Foundations Iliana Sarafian, Program Officer, Open Society Foundations
	Speakers:
	Margareta Matache, Instructor, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University David Greger, Deputy Director, Institute for Research and Development of Education, Charles University
	Policy Reaction:
	Arthur Ivatts, Senior Consultant, Open Society Foundations
	Research Reaction:
	Radosveta Dimitrova, COFAS (create opportunities for collaboration and knowledge sharing) Forte Marie Curie Fellow, Stockholm University, Sweden
12:30–1:30	LUNCH
1:30–2:45	Session 3: Children with developmental delays and disabilities, and atypically developing children Objective: Explore global efforts to identify and provide services to young children with disabilities and developmental delays and those developing atypically. The session will include a discussion of early childhood interventions available throughout Europe with an emphasis on policy.
	Moderator: Andy Shih, Senior Vice President, Scientific Affairs, Autism Speaks

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	Speakers:
	Vibha Krishnamurthy, Founder and Director, Ummeed Child Development Center Donald Wertlieb, Partnership for Early Childhood Development and Disability Rights (PECDDR) Hollie Hix-Small, Assistant Professor, Portland State University, and Consultant, Early Childhood Intervention
	Policy Reaction Panel:
	Liri Berisha, former first lady of Albania, and President, Albanian Children’s Foundation Maia Buchukuri, Social Service Agency (SSA) Head of Social Programs, Division Guardianship-Custody and Social Programs Department, Ministry of Health, Georgia Ariel Como, Albanian National Coordinator for South European Autism Network (SEAN) Lidija Dojcinovska, State Advisor, Office of the Prime Minister, Macedonia Bettina Schwethelm, Senior Consultant, Young Child Health and Wellbeing, UNICEF Regional Office for Central Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States Tatjana Zorcec, National Coordinator for Autism, Macedonia
2:45–4:00	Session 4: Children on the move: Migrants, immigrants, and refugees
	Objective: Highlight strategies to reach young migrant children, immigrants, and refugees around the world, with a particular focus on the current refugee crisis in Europe. Speakers will address policies and programs that target displaced children and suggest opportunities to invest in this vulnerable population.
	Moderator: Joan Lombardi, Senior Advisor, Bernard van Leer Foundation
	Speakers:
	Eskinder Negash, Senior Vice President for Global Engagement, U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants

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	Suna Hanoz, Senior Specialist, Mother Child Education Foundation (ACEV) in Turkey Alison Parker, Director, U.S. Programs, Human Rights Watch
	Research Reaction:
	Jan Peeters, Director of Innovations in the Early Years, Research Centre for Early Childhood Education and Care (VBJK), Ghent University
4:00–4:15	BREAK
4:15–5:30	Breakout Sessions: Examples of good practices
	Breakout 1: Children living outside of family care (Belvedere I and II rooms)
	Lead: Irina Malanciuc, Country Director, Lumos Foundation, Moldova Perspective: Sevdzihan Ejubova, Karin Dom, Bulgaria
	Breakout 2: Ethnic and linguistic diversity: The case of young Roma children in Europe (Belvedere III and IV rooms)
	Lead: Margareta Matache, Instructor, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University Perspectives: Bozidar Nikolic, ROMANIPEN, Serbia, and Miroslav Sklenka, Step by Step Slovakia
	Breakout 3: Children with developmental delays and disabilities, and atypically developing children (Praha A room)
	Lead: Donald Wertlieb, PECDDR Perspective: Mariana Nikolova, Karin Dom, Bulgaria
	Breakout 4: Children on the move: Migrants, immigrants, and refugees (Praha B, C, and D rooms)
	Lead: Alison Parker, Human Rights Watch

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5:30–6:15	Bringing it together: Report out and closing discussion
	Moderator: Amalia Waxman, Consultant

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4
ROOM: PRAHA B, C, AND D
PUBLIC SESSION

Half Day Session on Measurement Tools Objective: Examine efforts to combine child development and quality measurement to support early childhood development (ECD) programs and policies, and provide an overview and discussion of several measurement tools related to child education, nutrition, health, and social protection.

Moderator: Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Courtney Sale Ross University Professor of Globalization and Education, New York University
8:30–9:30	Keynote: Combining child development and quality measurement to support ECD programs and policies Measuring Early Learning and Quality Outcomes (MELQO) and WHO Child Indicator Group — Abbie Raikes, Technical Development Lead, UNICEF

Presentations and discussion about measurement tools
9:30–9:45	ASQ Inventory—Hollie Hix Small, Assistant Professor, Portland State University
9:45–10:00	IDELA—Ivelina Borisova, Director for Impact and Innovations, Early Childhood Development, Save the Children
10:00–10:15	Guide for Monitoring Child Development (GMCD)—Vibha Krishnamurthy, Ummeed Child Development Center
10:15–10:30	Violence Against Children Surveys (VACS)—Ruth Perou, CDC [by pre-recorded video]
10:30–11:00	BREAK

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11:00–11:15	Policy Reaction: Emily Vargas-Barón, Director, RISE Institute
11:15–11:45	Moderated Discussion, Hiro Yoshikawa, New York University
11:45–12:00	Closing Remarks (Sarah Klaus and Liana Ghent, workshop Co-Chairs)
12:00	Adjourn