The National Child Care Information Center is a national clearinghouse that provides early care and education information and technical assistance. The NCCIC Web site includes thousands of early care and education resources at http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov. NCCIC only focuses on national issues, and does not have expertise about international child care issues. The following is a list of international organizations that have expertise about early childhood development and the healthy development of children, youth, and families in developing countries and worldwide.

Early Childhood Education Organizations

The following organizations advocate and promote the development and/or improvement of education services for children and families worldwide.

• Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI)
  World Wide Web: http://www.acei.org/

• Association Montessori Internationale (AMI)
  World Wide Web: www.montessori-ami.org

• The Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development (CG)
  World Wide Web: www.ecdgroup.com

• International Child Resource Institute (ICRI)
  World Wide Web: www.icrichild.org

• International Reading Association (IRA)
  World Wide Web: www.reading.org

• International Save the Children Alliance
  World Wide Web: www.savethechildren.net/alliance/index.html

• International Step By Step Association (ISSA)
  World Wide Web: www.issa.nl/index.html

• International Youth Foundation (IYF)
  World Wide Web: www.iyfnet.org 

• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
  World Wide Web: www.unesco.org

• World Forum Foundation
  World Wide Web: www.worldforumfoundation.org

• World Organization for Early Childhood Education
  World Wide Web: www.omep-ong.net

Regional Early Childhood Resources

The selected organizations focus on providing and/or improving the education of children, youth, and adults in developing countries.

• Arab Resource Collective (ARC)
  World Wide Web: www.mawared.org/english/

• Asia and Pacific Program of Education for All (APPEAL)
  World Wide Web: www.unescobkk.org/index.php?id=397

• Caribbean Child Development Centre
  World Wide Web: www.uwi.edu/ccdc/index.htm

• Pueblo
  World Wide Web: www.pueblito.org

Organizations that Support the Healthy Development of Children

The selected organizations work to combat poverty, poor nutrition, inadequate health services, increased susceptibility for illness and disease, and a weak education infrastructure.

• Academy for Educational Development (AED)
  World Wide Web: www.aed.org  

• Children’s Resources International (CRI)
  World Wide Web: www.childrensresources.org  

• United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
  World Wide Web: www.unicef.org  

• The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
  World Wide Web: www.usaid.gov  

• The World Bank Group
  World Wide Web: www.worldbank.org

Updated April 2007

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