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Our three program goals for 2010 to 2015 - taking quality early learning to scale, reducing violence in young children's lives, and improving young children's physical environments - are focused on the following eight countries:
We are currently strategising how problems underlying our new goals will be approached at the country level. As goals and strategies become available they will be shared, and your feedback invited, using the above links.
We also pursue a regional approach within the European Union.
Previous strategic planning period (2006-2009)
During our last strategic planning period (2006 to 2009) we worked in 21 countries: Brazil, Colombia, the Caribbean, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, the Netherlands, Peru, Poland, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, the United States and Zimbabwe.
Until 2012, we will continue to work in the Caribbean, Mexico and South Africa on the issue areas defined by the previous period: Strengthening the care environment, Successful transitions from home to school, and Social inclusion and respect for diversity. We are still present in - but in the process of phasing out of - Colombia, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Kenya, Morocco, Poland, Thailand, the United States and Zimbabwe.