Collaborative on Global Children's Issues

These resources are meant to help participants learn more about approaches to Early Childhood Development, protection, and localization, including in Guatemala and in the context of forced migration.

Early Childhood Development and Protection

• ChildFund. (n.d.). Programa Creciendo contigo. https://www.regionalamericacf.org/creciendo-contigo.php 

• Catholic Relief Services. (2022). Cambiando la forma en la que cuidamos (Changing the Way we Care). Fortalecimiento Familiar y Comunitario para la Prevención de la Separación Familiar Innecesaria. https://bettercarenetwork.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/fortalecimiento_familiar_y_comunitario_final_3march2022.pdf  

• Early Childhood Matters (2023). Early Childhood Matters. https://earlychildhoodmatters.online/ 

• ECDAN (n/d). Themes: ECD and Humanitarian Crisis. https://ecdan.org/ecd-knowledge-gateway/humanitarian-settings/ 

• Inter-American Dialogue. (2023). Un año de la niñez migrante. https://www.thedialogue.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Un-ano-de-la-ninez-migrante-IAD.pdf

• Joan Lombardi, PhD (March 21, 2024). From Program to Place: A Community Systems Approach to Supporting Young Children and Families. https://earlychildhood.stanford.edu/news/program-place-community-systems-approach-supporting-young-children-and-families 

• MPI (2024). Supporting Immigrant and Refugee Families through Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Services (about the USA). www.migrationpolicy.org/research/infant-early-childhood-mental-health. 

• Moving Minds Alliance. (n.d.). Amplifying Research Voices: Highlighting Young Children in Emergency Settings - Latin America & the Caribbean. Retrieved from https://movingmindsalliance.org/amplifying-research-voices-highlighting-young-children-in-emergency-settings-latin-america-the-caribbean/

• Nurturing Care. (n.d.). What is the Nurturing Care Framework? Retrieved from https://nurturing-care.org/about/what-is-the-nurturing-care-framework/

• Nurturing Care for Early Childhood Development (2023). Country Profiles for Early Childhood Development. Guatemala’s profile: https://nurturing-care.org/guatemala-2023   

• Sommer, T. E., Franchett, E., Yoshikawa, H., & Lombardi, J. (2024). A Global Call for Two-Generation Approaches to Child Development and Caregivers' Livelihoods. Child Development Perspectives, 00, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12516

• UNICEF IRC (21 Feb 2024). LAUNCH: Evidence on how parenting programmes can reduce violence against children and women. https://www.unicef-irc.org/events/launch-evidence-briefs-on-how-parenting-programmes-can-reduce-violence-against-children-and-women.html

• UNICEF Guatemala CO (2023). Desarrollo integral en la primera Infancia: Una mirada a Guatemala. https://www.unicef.org/guatemala/media/6626/file/Desarrollo%20Integral%20de%20la%20Primera%20Infancia:%20Una%20mirada%20a%20Guatemala.pdf 

• UNICEF LACRO (2023). Children on the Move in Latin America and the Caribbean: Review of the evidence. https://www.unicef.org/lac/media/40966/file/Children-on-the-move-in-LAC.pdf 

• Van Leer Foundation (2016). Webinar: Whole Family Approaches to Address Global Poverty. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN_MjT7vlMg&list=WL&index=13 

• World Bank (October 10, 2022). Expanding access to childcare helps women, children, and economies. https://blogs.worldbank.org/education/expanding-access-childcare-helps-women-children-and-economies 

Localization and Protection

• Brookings. (n.d.). USAID can't go it alone on localization. Retrieved from https://www.brookings.edu/articles/usaid-cant-go-it-alone-on-localization/

• Center for Global Development. (n.d.). USAID Localization in Numbers. Retrieved from https://www.cgdev.org/blog/usaid-localization-numbers

• Devex. (15 February 2024). What community leaders think of USAID's localization plans. Retrieved from https://www.devex.com/news/what-community-leaders-think-of-usaid-s-localization-plans-107086

• Devex. (22 December 2023). Inside USAID's new locally-led indicator. Retrieved from https://www.devex.com/news/inside-usaid-s-new-locally-led-indicator-106815

• Devex (22 Feb 2024). Devex Newswire: Untangling USAID’s localization conundrum. https://www.devex.com/news/devex-newswire-untangling-usaid-s-localization-conundrum-107119      

• Global Protection Cluster (n/d). “Localisation”. https://www.globalprotectioncluster.org/themes/localisation 

• Inter-Agency Standing Committee. (2022, November). DRAFT USAID Policy Localization of Humanitarian Assitance. Retrieved from https://interagencystandingcommittee.org/sites/default/files/migrated/2022-11/DRAFT-USAID-Policy-Localization-of-HA-10242022.pdf

• Oxfam America. (November 30, 2023). Funding the Localization Agenda. Retrieved from https://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/research-publications/funding-the-localization-agenda/

• The Development Hub (YouTube). (n.d.). USAID’s localization agenda: money, power and partnerships. Sarah Rose interviewed. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pY0z0jfUWI

• USAID (n/d). Centroamerica Local. https://www.usaid.gov/guatemala/our-approach/localization/centroamerica-local (in English and Spanish) 

• USAID (n/d). Localization web page. https://www.usaid.gov/localization?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery 

• USAID. (2023, August). Advancing Locally Led Development (LLD) And Localization: Leveraging Monitoring, Evaluation, And Learning (MEL) Platforms. Retrieved from https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2023-08/USAID_NPI_MELPlatforms-ALP_FINAL.pdf

• USAID. (2023, June 12). USAID Releases Localization Progress Report. Retrieved from https://www.usaid.gov/news-information/press-releases/jun-12-2023-usaid-releases-localization-progress-report

• USAID. (n.d.). Localization Measurement. Retrieved from https://www.usaid.gov/localization/measurement

• USAID. (n.d.). What Is Locally Led Development? - Fact Sheet. Retrieved from https://www.usaid.gov/documents/what-locally-led-development-fact-sheet

• USAID (2022). "Donor Statement on Supporting Locally Led Development." https://www.usaid.gov/localization/donor-statement-on-supporting-locally-led-development?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery 

• USAID Learning Lab. (n.d.). What does it mean for USAID programs to be locally led? We asked. Retrieved from https://usaidlearninglab.org/community/blog/what-does-it-mean-usaid-programs-be-locally-led-we-asked

• Center for Global Development (2022). USAID Localization by the Numbers. https://www.cgdev.org/blog/usaid-localization-numbers 

• Save the Children (2024). Policies, Standards, and Strategies, Reports, Study: Assessments. Enhancing Local Voice in USAID Policy Development. https://resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/document/enhancing-local-voice-in-usaid-policy-development/ 

• Tissera Luna, M. (2024). Mini-guide Research for Advocacy & Systemic Change: A Ridiculously Simplified Guide to Intersectional & Decolonial Research + examples.