This global compendium provides access to impactful public policies, innovative programmes and field-tested innovations in early childhood care and education (ECCE). These practices were shared during and following the World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education organized by UNESCO in 2022 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, to invigorate global commitments to ECCE from countries

The ideas and opinions expressed in the contributions are those of the authors; they are not necessarily those of UNESCO and do not commit the Organization.