UNESCO Co-Chairs
in Early Childhood Education, Care & Development
UNESCO Tri Chairs in Early Childhood Education, Care, and Development (ECD)
2008 – Chair established: Prof. Alan Pence, University of Victoria, Canada
2017 – Co-Chair established: Pence and Prof. Hasina Banu Ebrahim, Univ. of South Africa, South Africa
2021 – Co-Chairs adopted: Pence, Ebrahim, and Prof. Barry, Universite’ Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal
2026 – Co-Chairs adopted: Pence, Ebrahim, Barry and Makokoro (University of Victoria, Canada)
- The UNESCO Tri-Chairs for Early Childhood Education, Care, and Development (ECD), with Prof. Alan Pence as the Chair-holder, was established in 2008 with a primary focus on the promotion of ECD capacity in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The establishment of the Chair was built on Pence’s earlier work in SSA.
- Together the Co-Chairs, working in close collaboration, are undertaking new initiatives in support of ECD capacity-development across sub-Saharan Africa.
Sub-Saharan countries (in purple) participating in UNESCO Chair-initiated events:
UNESCO Chair in Early Childhood Education, Care and Development
UNESCO Chair in Early Childhood Education, Care and Development
UNESCO Chair in Early Childhood Education, Care and Development
UNESCO Chair in Early Childhood Education, Care and Development
Note: Most often-used maps make it easy to forget that the landmass of Africa equals that of India, China, the contiguous US, and most of Europe, combined. (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/africa-dwarfs-china-europe-and-the-u-s/”.
UNESCO Chair in Early Childhood Education, Care and Development
