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The volume starts with an exploration of the concept of capacity building and goes on to focus on two examples of capacity promotion for early childhood education, care and development (ECD). The First Nations Partnerships Program (FNPP), an innovative and successful post-secondary education program initiated in 1989 at the request of a large tribal council in northern Canada, led to 10 educational deliveries with diverse Indigenous communities over the subsequent two decades. The second program, launched in 1994 at the request of UNICEF headquarters, focuses on sub-Saharan Africa. While the program encompasses a range of capacity-promoting activities, the central vehicle for this ECD development work is the Early Childhood Development Virtual University (ECDVU), a program created in 2001 and now in transition to African universities.
This book describes approaches to capacity promotion that respond to the complexities and possibilities of communities—at local and country levels. These initiatives challenge established developmental narratives in ECD and international development, and in so doing provide alternative ways for scholars and practitioners in ECD, education, and the broad international development field to enhance capacities.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright, Dedication, About the Authors
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  1. Table of Contents
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  1. Acronyms and Abbreviations
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  1. Introduction
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  1. Chapter 1 - From Capacity Building to Capacity Promotion
  2. pp. 7-14
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  1. Chapter 2 - A Critique of Dominant Discourses in International ECD
  2. pp. 15-32
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  1. Chapter 3 - Promoting Capacity in ECD: Learning from Communities
  2. pp. 33-42
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  1. Chapter 4 - Promoting Capacity in ECD: From Communities to Countries
  2. pp. 43-54
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  1. Chapter 5 - The Early Childhood Development Virtual University (ECDVU)
  2. pp. 55-64
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  1. Chapter 6 - Exploring the Ripple Effects of the ECDVU
  2. pp. 65-78
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  1. Chapter 7 - Country Case Report - Tanzania
  2. pp. 79-92
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  1. Chapter 8 - Country Case Report - Malawi
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  1. Chapter 9 - Ways Forward
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