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“BUEN COMIENZO” PROGRAM: INTEGRATED SERVICE FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD
A City That Helps Boys and Girls Grow Before They Are Born
Medellin – Colombia
Outline
1. Medellin: Characterization and context
2. Boys and Girls in the national and local setting
3. Medellin: A model to serve infants
4. Overview of the “Buen Comienzo” Program
5. About the boys and girls served by “Buen Comienzo”
6. Service modes
Outline
7. Program settings
8. Top Quality day care centers
9. The educational model of “Buen Comienzo”
10. Qualification of educational agents
11. Mobilization component
12. Integrated service policy for infants
13. Monitoring and evaluation system
Location: Northwest of Colombia, 409 km. from Bogota D.C.
Medellin is in the middle of the Aburra Valley and crossed by the
Medellin River from South to North.
Capital of the Department of Antioquia.
Limits with the municipalities of Bello, Copacabana, Girardota,
Barbosa, Itagui, Envigado, La Estrella, Caldas and Sabaneta
Population: 2,249,073. Plus the other municipalities, adds up to
3,312,165.
Meters above sea level: 1,479
Average temperature: 24°C
The City is set on 38,034 hectares, comprised of:
10,677 ha of urban soil (28%)
468 ha of urban expansion soil (1%)
26.887 ha of rural soil (71%)
Context
• Main Activities: Manufacturing industry (43,6%), Services (39,7%) and
Trade (7%)
• Corporate Density: 25 businesses per 1,000 inhabitants (second after
Bogota)
• GDP per capita: US$3,794
• 8% of the domestic GDP
• Public utilities coverage:
– Electric energy: 98.8%
– Water system: 97.3%
– Telephone communication: 91%
• Average years of education of the population age 15 and older: 10 years
• Child mortality rate per 1,000 born alive: 11,6
Context
• Medellin was founded in 1675 by Miguel de Aguinaga
• Early on, the city was an agricultural and cattle-raising trade center tied to
the booming coffee production economy
• Transformed into a manufacturing industrial center during the late XIX
century, particularly in the textile – garment manufacturing sector
• During the mid-XX century, Medellin diversifies its activity towards the trade
and services sectors
• Today, Medellin is an important financial center of Colombia, gathering the
main industries in the sector of food, construction materials, and large
surface trade
• The City has defined the following economic development strategic clusters:
– Electric energy
– Textile – Garment manufacturing – Design and Fashion
– Construction
– Tourism, trade shows and conventions
– Health care
Brief Background
Background of Services Provided to
Early Childhood in Colombia
1968: Incorporation of the ICBF – Colombian Institute of Family
Welfare.
1989: Colombia signs the international Convention on the Rights
of the Child adopted by United Nations.
1991: Through Act 12, the Colombian Congress approves the
Convention. Since then, boys and girls are recognized as social
subjects and citizens with rights in democratic contexts. These
guidelines are introduced in the Colombian Constitution of 1991.
Background of Services Provided to
Early Childhood in Colombia
2006: The Code of Infants and Youth is issued, involving a system of
rights and guarantees.
2007: Implementation of the National Public Policy for Early Childhood.
2011: Initiation of the Presidential program “De Cero a Siempre” (From
Zero to Forever)
Program Background
Since the previous Administration (2004- 2007), Medellin
understood the need to provide an integrated service to Early
Childhood.
Hence, in the year 2004 and through Agreement 14, “Buen
Comienzo” is launched as a strategic project of the Development
Plan, to promote the integrated, diverse and inclusive
development of boys and girls under 6.
Medellin – A Model for Serving Early Childhood
The current Administration of Alonso
Salazar Jaramillo made a significant
leap in the 2008-2011 Development
Plan through “Medellin is Solidary and
Competitive”.
Thanks to the increased public and
private investment used to expand and
improve the services that ensure the
development of early childhood, today
Medellin is a model worth following in
Colombia and in the world.
Our Bet on Early Childhood
Boys and Girls:
•Active subjects and leaders of their
own development; participative,
autonomous, with an exploring and
investigative spirit.
•Enjoy good health and nutrition.
•Respect themselves, others and their
environment.
•Trust others and eager to learn.
Our Bet on Early Childhood
Families:
Responsible of the
development of boys and
girls, assuming their
educational role.
Our Bet on Early Childhood
A City:
•That reads and interprets the needs
of boys and girls, transforming the
setting and culture with their
participation.
•That recognizes and promotes
playing and expressive languages for
communication and interaction.
•Open to recognize and highlight its
boys and girls.
Program Objective
To promote the integrated,
diverse and inclusive
development of boys and girls,
from birth to age 5, within an
inter-disciplinary perspective of
the vital cycle, protecting their
rights and with inter-institutional
engagement.
With “Buen Comienzo”, boys and girls can play,
learn, feel and grow healthy
Service Categories of the “Buen Comienzo” Program
• Life and Survival
• Protection
• Development and Initial
Education
• Participation
Activity Criteria
Early engagement to institutional services
Progress in improving the quality of services provided
Concurrent financing
Family and State coresponsibility
Management Priorities
Equal access to integrated services from birth
Service integrating inter-institutional offers
Creation of educational and development settings
Training educational agents
Initial Education Creates Sense for
Integrated Service
What does Integrated Service mean to us?
A set of coordinated activities that intend to meet the essential
needs to preserve life, such as those relative to human
development and learning, in accordance with the constant and
variable characteristics, needs and interests of boys and girls.
Inter-institutional and inter-sector alliances
led by the Mayor’s Office of Medellin
With its
Secretariats of
Education,
Social Welfare
and Health.
Mayor’s Office
of Medelin
Decentralized
Entities
National
Government
Entities
Social and
Community
Entities
51 allies
distributed
throughout every
commune of
Medellin
Business
Entities
2008-2011 Budget of the “Buen Comienzo” Program
During the past 4 years, Medellin has invested
$348,000 million pesos in the Integrated
Service of its boys and girls.
2008-2011 Budget of the “Buen Comienzo” Program Figures in Colombian Pesos
Entity / Year
2008
2009
2010
2011
Contributions Secretariat of
Education 24.527,43 47.781,19 84.391,11 110.855,22
Contributions Secretariat of
Social Welfare 736,25 12.670,97 20.227,21 24.043,20
Contributions Health Secretariat - 600,00 950,00 1.000,00
Private Secretariat - - 520,00 -
Inder (Sports) - - 3.107,47 -
Association Agreements - 850,02 14.872,20 -
International Cooperation - - 903,84 -
Total
25.263,68
61.902,18
124.971,83
135.898,42
Recognitions We Are Proud Of
Honor Habitat Award granted by the United
Nations to the city of Medellin for
implementing strategies to overcome poverty
(“Buen Comienzo”, “Medellín Solidaria” and
the Quality of Life Survey).
Recognition of the Ministry of Education of
Colombia for implementing social mobility
strategies and inter-sector engagement in
favor of initial education.
2010-01
Cupos contratados de Niños y Niñas
desde el nacimiento hasta los 12 meses
8.015-90 %
How many boys and girls are there in Medellin?
205,652 boys and girls ages 0 to 6
71% (146,006) is less than 5 years old
Of these, 94,728 boys and girls are levels 1, 2
and 3 of SISBEN
29% (59,646) is 5 and 6 years old
55.047 boys and girls are levels 1,
2 and 3 of SISBEN
The Boys and Girls Served by the Program
Of the 94,728 boys and girls in the lowest social and economic
range of the population, “Buen Comienzo” has set out to serve
82,305 focusing on those that need it the most. This indicates a
90% coverage of levels 1 and 2 of Sisben.
Selection Criteria
•Priority access to level 1 and 2 of Sisben.
The System for Beneficiary Selection is the
focus tool used to identify the potential
beneficiaries of social programs based on
their social and economic situation.
• Experiencing displacement.
Service Modes
“Once Upon A
Time”
Family setting
Family,
institutional and
community
setting
Engagement
with the
school
Birth to age 1
Family setting
1 - 2 years old
2 - 4 years old
2 - 4 years old
Family Setting- Once Upon A Time 0 - 1 year old
The boys and girls begin, with their families, the cycle of assistance
and service to enhance how to raise them and guide them on their
growth and development process.
Benefits Plan: Family educational meetings for two hours a week,
home visits, and nutritional complement containing calcium, iron, folic
acid, zinc and B complex.
Population served in the year 2011: 8,015
• Spaces furnished particularly for the integrated service of
boys and girls, and to promote childhood development from
birth until they are one year old.
• Participation of the family, community, professionals,
educational and healthcare agents.
Childhood Development Halls
After “Once Upon a Time”, the integrated service involving care,
nutrition and education expands to children up to 4 years old. This
may be extended to children up to 5 years old in rural areas or if
needed.
The Family Setting focuses on developing competencies for life
thanks to the assistance provided by educational agents providing
basic furnishings in the rural and urban areas of the City.
Population served in the year 2011: 7,255
Family Setting
From 1 to 4 Years Old
In this mode, boys and girls receive integrated services through
educational experiences, affection, nutrition and healthcare, which
pivotal for the physical, social, cognitive, psychological and emotional
development during Early Childhood.
8-hour Day Care Centers, 5 Days-A-Week Day Care Centers,
Educational & Recreational Halls, and Homes for Children, are part
of the Institutional Setting provided from Monday to Friday.
Population served in the year 2011: 32,398
Institutional Setting 2 - 5 Years Old
Each Day Care Center provides its services to boys and girls 8 hours
a day, 5 days a week. Educational assistance is given for the
development of their educational activities using recreational, active
and participative methodologies to enhance the development of their
skills.
Boys and girls receive a daily calory contribution of 80% at these
centers.
Population served in the year 2011: 22,302
8-Hour Day Care Centers
Similar to the 8-hour centers, these day care centers provide healthy
and safe settings where boys and girls receive, 5 days a week, the
care of experts in childhood, nutrition and initial education, where the
kids explore and discover the world.
Boys and girls there receive a daily calory contribution of 27%.
Population served in the year 2011: 2,450
5 Days-A-Week Day Care Centers
These halls provide services 5 hours a day, 5 days a week. Here,
boys and girls carry out recreational and educational activities, and
receive educational assistance.
Population served in the year 2011: 1,230
Educational & Recreational Halls
These homes are operated by the ICBF (Colombian Institute of
Family Welfare) in alliance with the “Buen Comienzo” program. Here,
the Integrated Service of boys and girls is qualified, and the role of
the educational agents of these homes is enhanced.
Population served in the year 2011: 6,416
Homes for Children
Through settings created and furnished in neighborhoods, known as
Back-up Educational Units or UPA’s, the Community Homes of
Family Welfare access an educational and integrated service process
that contributes to improve and complement the services provided.
Population served in the year 2011: 28,912
Community Setting 2 - 5 Years Old
The City’s Community Mothers play an important role at “Buen
Comienzo”. Although many are single mothers with low income, they
have a great sense of performing social activities, cooperation and
human qualities.
These women, identified as being engaged with early childhood,
undergo learning experiences with the “Buen Comienzo” program
and the ICBF (Colombian Institute of Family Welfare), seeking the
well-being of the most vulnerable boys and girls of the City.
Community Mothers:
Engaged with Early Childhood
10%
9% 27%
3%
1% 8%
35%
6%
1%
Service Modes
Había una Vez
Entorno Familiar
Centros Infantiles 8 horas
Centros Infantiles 5 horas
Ludotekas
Hogares Infantiles
Entorno Comunitario
Jardines Propios
Fami
Habia unaVez-
gestantes
Habia unaVez< de un
año
CentrosInfantiles 5H
HogaresInfantiles Ludotecas
CentrosInfantiles 8H Entorno
Familiar 601 EntornoComunitario Presupuesto
participativo JardinesInfantiles TOTAL
2,000 3,000 500
5,500
5,290 5,167
381 2,730 3,456
17,024
8,729 5,421
1,030 4,401 842 3,120
411
23,954
4,291 4,571 2,870 6,441
1,130 11,391
4,950 2,873
136 420
39,073 8,000 8,015 2,695 6,441
1,130
19,935
8,449 5,108
420
60,193
8,000 7,215 1,536 3,740
611
18,115
11,565
24,953
4,735
80,470
2.006 2.007 2008* 2.009 2010 contratados 2.011
2006 – 2011 Coverage per Modes:
“Buen Comienzo” 2006 - 2011
Quality – Pertinent for the Service
Quality relative to a condition and
attribute of every activity made with the
boys/girls with “pertinence and sense”,
according to the characteristics of the
vital cycle, needs and diversity of boys
and girls, social, cultural and territorial
contexts, and challenges to develop the
City.
“Buen Comienzo” currently has 721 facilities strategically distributed
throughout every commune of Medellin, particularly those which are
most vulnerable.
Of the 329 neighborhoods of Medellin, the program has facilities in
155 neighborhoods, that is, a 61% coverage in the urban area and a
78% coverage in the rural area.
Number of facilities
and neighborhoods
of the program
Service Distribution per Territories
-
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
7,191 6,988
6,321
5,736 5,732 5,723
4,176 4,089
3,440
3,062 2,951
2,718
1,746
1,087 1,022 975
490 258 235 169 107
Residential Communes Benefitting from “Buen Comienzo” in 2010
The architecture of these facilities is aesthetically attractive, safe and
clean, with ample and organized spaces where boys and girls can
play, learn and practice sports.
These facilities are equipped with multiple items where the boys and
girls can play, boost their imagination and express their creativity.
Top Quality Day Care Centers
Each center will serve 300 boys and girls focusing on their rights,
vital cycle, gender equality, and social inclusion perspectives.
These Day Care Centers improve the quality of life of boys and girls
descreasing the differences stemming in the family and sociocultural
setting, the drop-out rates, and ensuring their successful transition to
the school system.
Top Quality Day Care Centers
Emotional Experience
1
2
3
Individual + Collective/Group
The world through our senses
Spatial Experience
The module as an element of expression of
the child’s world
Materials where the space is like a stage
The Garden turns into a story The module’s assembly as an education tool
Design Concepts Used for Spaces for Children
Spatial Experience
Design Concepts for Spaces for Children
The toy lived as a spatial experience
Module assembled as an educational tool -
Day Care Centers as Nodes that Join
Centros Infantiles
UPA
Hogares Comunitarios
Hogar Infantil
JARDÍN INFANTIL
• A sound and healthy life.
• Means to spontaneously communicate and express their feelings
and desires.
• Trust in themselves and enthusiasm to learn on their own.
• Chance to play and dream.
• Create new meanings of their lives.
• Learn autonomously.
• Grow with equal opportunities without differences based on sex,
race, different capabilities or cultural variety.
What is Expected when Boys and Girls Attend the
“Buen Comienzo” Day Care Center?
“BUEN COMIENZO” DAY CARE CENTER CASTILLA/PEDREGAL
Status: In Operation PROJECT COST $ 3.535.000.000 pesos ff which $480 M is contributed by MEN OPERATION COST IN AGREEMENT UP TO 2012 $ 3.689 million pesos
Calle 99 No 72B - 58 Neighborhood: Pedregal - Commune 5
Cooperation ICBF COMFAMA GENERALITAT VALENCIA
We provide the City a space dignified, loved and valued by the community.
Status: In Operation PROJECT COST $ 2.849.000.000 pesos OPERATION COST IN AGREEMENT UP TO 2012 $ 3.291 million pesos
“BUEN COMIENZO” DAY CARE CENTER AURES
Carrera 96A No 77E-15 (101) Barrio Aures No 2 – Commune 7
Cooperation ICBF Fundación Carulla Fondo Catalán
Spaces that enable community integration
Status: Under Construction PROJECT COST $4.191.000.000 pesos OPERATION COST IN AGREEMENT UP TO 2012 $ 3.385 million pesos
“BUEN COMIENZO” DAY CARE CENTER SAN ANTONIO DE PRADO
Calle 3 – Carrera 2BE Neighborhood: El Limonar 1 – Commune 80
Cooperation ICBF COOMULSAP Generalitat Valencia
Environment-friendly spaces.
“BUEN COMIENZO” DAY CARE CENTER PAJARITO LA HUERTA
Carrera 97 No 69C-50 Neighborhood: Pajarito La Huerta - Commune 60
Status: Under Construction PROJECT COST $ 4.287 million pesos OPERATION COST IN AGREEMENT UP TO 2012 $ 4.287.000.000 pesos
Cooperation ICBF Changes in the collective
imagination about Early Childhood.
“BUEN COMIENZO” DAY CARE CENTER DOCE DE OCTUBRE / SANTANDER
Carrera 76 No 104D - 01 Neighborhood: Santander - Commune 6
Status: Under Construction PROJECT COST $ 3.949.000.000 pesos OPERATION COST IN AGREEMENT UP TO 2012 $ 3.041 million pesos
Cooperation ICBF Fundación Carulla
We create direct and indirect jobs that contribute to improve the living conditions of the population in the most vulnerable sectors of the City.
“BUEN COMIENZO” DAY CARE CENTER PAJARITO LA AURORA
Unidad de Gestión IV Pajarito La Aurora - Commune 60
Status: Under Construction PROJECT COST $ 4.517.000.000 pesos OPERATION COST IN AGREEMENT UP TO 2012 $ 3.095 million pesos
Cooperation ICBF COMFAMA Generalitat Valencia
A model worth copying in other regions of Colombia and of the world.
“BUEN COMIENZO” DAY CARE CENTER MONTECARLO
Carrera 36 – Calle 85 Neighborhood Las Granjas - Commune 3
PROJECT COST $ 3.504.000.000 pesos OPERATION COST IN AGREEMENT UP TO 2012 $ 2.281 million pesos
A successful experience of inter-institutional engagement to reach common goals.
Barrio Villatina “BUEN COMIENZO” DAY CARE CENTER CARPINELO
Carrera 23 – Calle 99A Neighborhood: Carpinelo – Commune 1
PROJECT COST $ 4.270.000.000 pesos OPERATION COST IN AGREEMENT UP TO 2012 $ 1.884 million pesos
“BUEN COMIENZO” DAY CARE CENTER EL PINAL
Calle 57 – Carrera 27 Neighborhood: El Pinal – Commune 8
PROJECT COST $ 3.693.000.000 pesos OPERATION COST IN AGREEMENT UP TO 2012 $ 1.884 million pesos
“BUEN COMIENZO “ DAY CARE CENTER CALAZANIA
PROJECT COST $ 3.998.000.000 pesos OPERATION COST IN AGREEMENT UP TO 2012 $ 1.741 million pesos
Calle 57 – Carrera 85D Neighborhood Altos de Calazania –Commune 13
PROJECT COST $ 5.646.000.000 pesos OPERATION COST IN AGREEMENT UP TO 2012 $ 1.183 million pesos
Barrio Villatina “BUEN COMIENZO” DAY CARE CENTER LAS ESTANCIAS
Calle 52 – Carrera 11 Neighborhood: Villatina – Commune 8
VALOR TOTAL OBRA $3.234 millones VALOR OPERACIÓN
Barrio Villatina “BUEN COMIENZO” DAY CARE CENTER SANTO DOMINGO SAVIO
Carrera 28E – Calle 108B Santo Domingo Savio No 2. – Commune 1
PROJECT COST $ 4.997.000.000 pesos OPERATION COST IN AGREEMENT UP TO 2012 $ 1.884 million pesos
Barrio Villatina “BUEN COMIENZO” DAY CARE CENTER ALTAVISTA
Carrera 83 – Calle 27 Neighborhood: Altavista – Zafra – Commune 16
VALOR TOTAL OBRA $3.234 millones VALOR OPERACIÓN
PROJECT COST $ 4.250.000.000 pesos OPERATION COST IN AGREEMENT UP TO 2012 $ 1.884 million pesos
Barrio Villatina “BUEN COMIENZO” DAY CARE CENTER MORAVIA
Calle 81F – Carrera 54C Neighborhood: Moravia – Commune 4
PROJECT COST $ 5.236.000.000 pesos OPERATION COST IN AGREEMENT UP TO 2012 $ 1.884 million pesos
These settings include the categories of space regarding
materials and physical aspects, and setting which refers to
stimuli stemming from the amount, quality and harmonious
distribution of shapes, lights, colors, smells, sounds and
textures.
Learning Settings
Development Halls – A Setting Rich in Stimulus
• Boys and girls feel challenged by
the wealth of stimulus and the
variety of proposals.
• These settings incorporate things
to see, use, organize, and
experiment what they are and
how they work.
Educational Mediation
• An educational agent
interacts directly, closely and
affectionately with the boys
and girls.
• Establish bonds by looking
at each other, smiling and
other expressions of
affection.
• Address boys and girls in a
low voice and with clear
words.
A City Worried About Training
of its Educational Agents
• 1,170 agents trained in 10-month courses
• 5,600 agents in Educational Labs
• 3,100 agents attend update events
• 200 Community Mothers
• 6,100 agents in Conversation Teams during the “Buen
Comienzo” Fair
Mobilization Component -
“Buen Comienzo” Fair
The third version of the “Buen Comienzo” Fair expanded the participation
and qualification of educational agents, adults and the community at large.
Mobilization Component -
Walks of Joy (“Caminos de Alegría”)
Tours made with boys and girls as well as their families as well as the
community and city authorities, in areas displaying violence, to seek a
peaceful transit towards the program’s facilities.
The Integrated Service for Early Childhood Policy
A system in which effective and timely
responses are given to the obligations
and challenges set forth by the City’s
boys and girls, based on engaging
activities with public, private and
community resources.
This policy shall be presented to the
City in April, 2011.
Scope of the Integrated Services for Early Childhood
Public Policy
New Bill
Regulates the Service provided
Defines coordination levels: Territorial, operating, technical and strategic
(joint effort of COMPSE and the Early Childhood Team)
Establish public, private and community financing mechanisms
Expand cores and strategies of activities under the Integrated Protection
focus, and manages an Integrated Service Plan for Early Childhood (or
PAI)
Define evaluation mechanisms
Construction Process of the
Early Childhood Public Policy
• 10 Sessions with communities
• 5 Theme teams
• 300 persons
Public Consultation
• Validation
• Feedback
Mission of Experts
• Presentation
• Approval
Legal Matters and Implementation
Structure of the Integrated Service for
Early Childhood Public Policy
Boy and Girl
Family
Community
Players responsible
Objective, Pillars, Guarantees and
Focus
Integrated Service for Early Childhood
System
Quality Assurance Management
Integrated Service for Early Childhood System
SAIPI Local Administration
National Inter-sector Commission
Families, Boys/Girls and
Community
Public-Private Entities Allied
Service Provider Entities
Quality Assurance for the
Integrated Service for Early Childhood
• Regulation and financing framework.
• Disclosure
• Record of public and public offerors
• Technical assistance
• Certification
• Creation of standards, and progressive
application mechanisms, verifiable
• Conceptual frameworks, and
feasibility and sustainability analysis
Recruitment Definition of
Quality Conditions
Institutionali-zation and
Socialization Implementation
“Buen Comienzo” Program:
Evaluation and Monitoring
Objective:
To validate the impacts of services provided by the program
establishing a monitoring system that guarantees higher
quality standards.
Variables to be Evaluated:
• Non-experimental: Anthropometric, Childhood development,
health, emotion scales, among others.
• Evaluation method: Statistical contrasts, field work,
observation, experimental and non-experimental tests.
“Buen Comienzo” Program:
Evaluation and Monitoring
Monitoring
• Optimize oversight, surveillance and control methods
• Establish economic instruments for quality assurance.
• Constant follow-up of target variables.
Phases of the Evaluation Proposal
• Experimental: Covers day care centers and the “Once Upon A Time”
strategy. It is a longitudinal study which starts evaluating pregnant
mothers and later on their children. Partial results would be given in
the year 2012; final results in 2013.
• Non-experimental: Covers the remaining modes. Results are given in
the years 2011, 2012 and 2013.