World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education: Tashkent Declaration and Commitments to Action for Transforming Early Childhood Care and Education, 16 November 2022
- Corporate Author
- UNESCO
- Collation
- 6 p.
- Resource Language
- EnglishRussianFrenchChineseArabic
- Year of publication
- 2022
- Keyword
- Early childhood educationEducational qualityРанее детское образованиеКачество образованияEducación de la primera infanciaCalidad de la educación早期学习优质教育جودة التعليمتعليم الطفولة المبكرة
- Topic
- Sustainable development / SustainabilityTransformative initiatives / Transformative pedagogies
- Resource Type
- International normative instruments / policy and advocacy documentsConference and programme reports
- Level of education
- Early childhood care and education
- Region
- Global
- Place of publication
- باريس
From 14 to 16 November 2022, the second World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education took place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Over 2,600 conference participants from 147 Member States, including ministers, development partners, practitioners, scientists, civil society, and private organizations, came together to reaffirm the right of every young child to quality early childhood development, care, and education.
The Tashkent Declaration and Commitments to Action for Transforming Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) sets out the guiding principles and strategies for the urgent transformation of ECCE for accelerating achievement of SDG Target 4.2, and concrete actions for Member States, the international community, non-governmental organizations, and UNESCO to be regularly monitored, reviewed, and evaluated.

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