BANGLADESH ECD NETWORK

Bangladesh ECD Network (BEN) is a forum of stakeholders including government, non-government and international organizations working in early childhood development (ECD). BEN aims to support and encourage organizations, agencies and institutions partners to generate their commitment to and investment in children's optimal and holistic development in Bangladesh. BEN was formally launched on 7 September 2005 in a national conference of the community. Since then BEN has been playing its role in advocating for policy development and change, building capacity of stakeholders, generating new knowledge, establishing partnership and sharing Knowledge. At present, BEN is a forum of about 159 organizations working for early childhood development in Bangladesh... The idea of BEN originated in 2002 as an activity of the UNICEF funded ECD project under the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs (MoWCA). An ECD Working Group was formed at the end of 2002 for carrying out preparatory works which..

Also known as: Bangladesh

Primary location: Dhaka Bangladesh