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ANECD Membership and members
ANECD Membership
- ANECD has a voluntary non-remunerated membership and is inclusive of significant actors in the Early Childhood Development sector who wish to join. Its membership includes governmental and non-governmental organizations, institutions, and individual experts with a record of accomplishment in ECD.
- Currently, the Founding Assembly of ANECD is formed of the members who attended the Founding Forum in December 2014 and the Follow-up Meeting in April 2016.
- In the coming few years, membership will expand to include the countries that are not yet represented and major ECD actors who could not attend the Founding Meetings.
- Categories of membership include:
- Governmental institutions that deal with ECD
- The Arab League: the Family and Childhood Administration and the Arab League Cultural, Educational, and Scientific Organization (ALECSO)
- Civil society organizations, local, regional, and international networks, in addition to academic institutions that have sustainable activities in the ECD sector
- Individual experts in the ECD sector who have a record of engagement in ECD for more than five years - if they are not members or staff of any institution already adhered to ANECD
- United Nations and multilateral agencies, such as the World Bank, UNICEF, and UNESCO
- Funding partners
ANECD Current Members
- Governmental institutions:
- Jordan (Ministry of Education and Higher Council for Family Affairs)
- Lebanon (Ministry of Education and Higher Council for Childhood)
- Libya (Ministry of Work and Social Affairs)
- Mauritania (Early Childhood Training Center)
- Morocco (Moroccan Institute for Basic Education Development)
- Oman (Ministry of Education)
- Palestine (Ministry of Education and Higher Education)
- Sudan (Early Childhood Development Center)
- Tunisia (Childhood Department in the Ministry of Women, Family, and Childhood)
- Yemen (Higher Council for Motherhood and Childhood)
- Regional Networks and Non-Governmental Organizations:
- Arab Resource Collective (ARC)
- Arab League Cultural, Educational, and Scientific Organization (ALECSO)
- Arab Campaign for Education for All
- Arab Council for Childhood and Development (ACCD)
- Arab NGOs Network for Development (ANND)
- Arab Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND)
- Arab League: Family and Childhood Administration
- Local Networks and Non-Governmental Organizations:
- Palestine
- Center for Teacher Creativity
- Palestinian Education Alliance
- Al-Tufula (Childhood) Center, Nazareth
- Palestinian Counseling Center
- Early Childhood Resource Center
- Jordan
- Jordan River Association
- Queen Rania Academy for Teacher Training
- Lebanon
- NGO Alliance for Children’s Rights
- Makassed Association
- Academic Entities
- Early childhood care and development team at the Lebanese University
- Arts, Sciences, and Technology University in Lebanon
- University of Cairo, Kindergartens Department, Egypt
- Individual experts