Scaling partnerships: Case studies

We have commissioned an ongoing series of case studies on our partnerships exploring ways to take services for babies, toddlers and caregivers to scale.

Princeton University: Learning & Adapting Urban95

Our case studies with Princeton University look at implementing Urban95 from a municipal leadership perspective in various cities around the world.

A solid start for every child: The Netherlands integrates medical and social care, 2009−2022

Seizing opportunities, strengthening synergies: Lima frames a collective strategy to advance early childhood development, 2019–2021

Bridging the divide: Coalition building for early childhood development in Istanbul, 2016–2020

Reducing inequality by focusing on the very young: Boa Vista, Brazil, deepens its investment in early childhood development, 2009–2016

City hall embraces early childhood development: reaching an underserved population in Tel Aviv, 2016-2019

Reconstructing a city in the interests of its children: Tirana, Albania, 2015-2019

Governing from a child’s perspective: Recife, Brazil, works to become family friendly, 2017–2019

RAND Europe: Successful advocacy initiatives

Our partnership with RAND has produced a series of case studies on successful advocacy initiatives for the early years. See this Lessons Map for a matrix describing common themes and elements across all five cases for achieving impact at scale, despite different contexts.

Supporting parental behavioural change: Multichannel and cross-sector campaigns in Israel

Advocacy efforts in Brazil to extend the recognition of children’s rights in early childhood

Ending the use of physical and emotional violence against children and adolescents in Peru

Working to support policy change through an advocacy coalition in Israel

Efforts to support the extension of birth leave in the Netherlands

Harvard Kennedy School: Scaling early childhood programmes

In addition, case studies developed by the Harvard Kennedy School for our executive education course in scaling early childhood programmes, designed to stimulate learning and discussion, are now publicly available (free registration required). They cover four Foundation partnerships:

Mothers of Rotterdam: scaling a social services programme in the Netherlands

Criança Feliz: Brazil’s ambitious early childhood programme

By design: the thinking behind Uruguay Crece Contigo – Planners mull ambitious early childhood model in Chile

By design: the thinking behind Uruguay Crece Contigo – Betting on the power of personal connection

Cuna Más: Peru’s early childhood programme struggles to maintain quality as it scales up – B-CAS-018

Cuna Más: Peru’s home visiting programme evolves into a comprehensive early childhood development strategy