Online course: Science and Implementation of Public Policies on Early Childhood Development

Defending the use of evidence to formulate public policies and programs has recently gained momentum, reflecting the conviction that their results are more effective when they are based on scientific elements.

However, often in the implementation stage, political agents find it difficult to understand and adapt scientific evidence to everyday life. This context reinforces the importance of valuing the integration between the implementation science – which provides strategies and information to guide execution – to the perspective practice, which deals with the contextual adaptations needed for a public policy to be executed.

Thus, in 2020, the Núcleo Ciência Pela Infância (NCPI) launched the short-term online course “Ciência e Implementação de Políticas Públicas na Primeira Infância,” (Portuguese for, “Science and Implementation of Public Policies on Early Childhood Development”), in partnership with the CGPP – Centro de Gestão e Políticas Públicas (Portuguese for, Center for Management and Public Policy) from Insper.

This training is designed to value the integration between research, policy, and practice. To this end, the course presents components and methodology so that the participants can effectively improve the implementation of public policies based on evidence and focused on healthy early childhood development in their territories and spheres of activity.

HOW IT WORKS

The course lasts 7 weeks, and the content is divided into 5 modules:

Context and Collaboration

Challenges in Early Childhood and collaboration that must be considered when implementing public policies.

Evidence-Based

The importance of working with facts and data and the challenge of adapting to the local context focused on ensuring equality.

Innovation

Incorporating behavioral science elements (nudges) as leverage for implementation.

Implementation in Practice

Tools and methodologies that assist the manager in implementing and managing projects and policies. Implementation planning, agile management, negotiation, and adaptive leadership.

Monitoring and Improvement

The importance of an evaluation and monitoring system that identifies opportunities and corrects the course.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Public managers and leaders and civil society organizations that are involved in the implementation of public policies for early childhood development.

FACULTY

The course is conducted by Insper faculty members and other invited professionals, who are references in their areas of expertise on Early Childhood Topics.