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Using Evidence and Coalitions to Scale-Up a National Early Education Initiative: The Case of Law 248/2015 in Romania

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: In 2015, Romania took an important step toward increasing disadvantaged children's participation in early education programmes through the passage of legislation creating a nationwide conditional cash transfer programme linked to preschool attendance. The programme was modeled on the incentive component of a 5-year pilot project "Every Child in Preschool" ("FCG") initiated by Asociatia OvidiuRo ("OvR"), a small non-governmental organization. This paper explores how OvR used evidence from its pilot, global research, a quasi-experimental evaluation, collaboration with local authorities, and an intensive advocacy effort toward the legislative and executive branches of the national government to achieve the national scale-up of an early education initiative designed to create equal access in kindergarten among Roma and other impoverished, marginalized children.

Source: Frontiers in Public Health

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.591421

Authors: Maria Gheorghiu, Leslie Hawke, Joost de Laat, Cǎtǎlina-Alexandra Papari

Institution: Utrecht University

Language: English

Topic: Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Reduced inequalities, Partnerships for the goals, Quality education

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,950