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Describes its core principles of Family, Community, and Intersectoriality, its family-centered guidance model from pregnancy to age six, and its rollout through partnerships between state and local governments supported by UNESCO. 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PIM’s goal is to “provide guidance to families, based on their own culture and experiences, to allow them to promote their children’s holistic development from pregnancy to six years of age with emphasis on the first three years of life”. PIM has been implemented so far in over 200 towns in Rio Grande do Sul through partnerships between state and local governments with technical cooperation provided by the UNESCO Brasilia Office. This paper in addition to outlining the tenets of PIM also presents an updated overview of Brazilian early childhood in terms of education, health and social indicators. Scientific findings in the field of early childhood and results from other programs focusing on this crucial period of development are also discussed in this work.  \nThe Programa Primeira Infância Melhor (the Better Early Childhood Development Program) or  \n“PIM” started in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS) in April 2003. PIM’s main goal was to promote children’s holistic development in their early childhood years. PIM is one of the most important public policies currently implemented in the region. Headed by the State Department of Health, PIM serves as a coordinating conduit between three key outfits: the State Departments of Education, Culture, Justice and Social Development.  \nPIM was implemented through a partnership between state and local governments and is structured around three central tenets: Family, Community and Intersectoriality. The program’s goal is to “provide guidance to families, based on their own culture and experiences, to allow them to promote their children’s holistic development from pregnancy to six years of age with emphasis on the first three years of life”. Priority is usually given to areas with socially vulnerable and at-risk populations, a high number of children aged 0 to 6years and pregnant women, high rates of infant mortality and lack of early childhood care and education (ECCE) facilities.  \nAs of August 2008, PIM has been implemented in almost 50% of all towns in RS, reaching 45,750 families and 68,625 children. With the support and technical cooperation of the Brasilia Office of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), PIM operates with the aim of attaining the first goal of the World Declaration on Education forAll as outlined in the 2000 Dakar Framework for Action, namely “expanding and improving comprehensive early childhood care and education, especially for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children”(UNESCO, 2001) . The 2000 Dakar Framework for Action expresses the international community’s commitment to a broad-based strategy for ensuring that the basic learning needs of every child, youth and adult are met within a generation and sustained thereafter. In 2006, PIM officially became part of the State Policy for the Promotion and Development of Early Childhood in Rio Grande do Sul with the passing of State Law \\#12544 .  \n© 2009 Current Issues in Comparative Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Current Issues in Comparative Education, Vol. 11: 24-32.  \nThe Better Early Childhood Development Program  \nChild Protection Legislation and the Early Childhood Situation In Brazil  \nAccording to the National Household Survey (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, 2007), the estimated Brazilian population for 2006 was 187,228,000 . There were 14,210,000 children aged 0 to 4 years, accounting for 7.59% of the population. The estimated number of children aged 5 to 9 years was 16,73","cbCaimvLI6GY4Gnu","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimvLI6GY4Gnu","pdf",209246,"English","# Programa Primeira Infância Melhor (PIM) in Rio Grande do Sul\n## Objectives and implementation model\n## Three central tenets and target priorities\n# Early childhood indicators and program outcomes\n## Coverage and expansion as of 2008\n## Alignment with global education framework\n# Child protection legislation and early childhood situation in Brazil\n## Population and poverty context (2006)\n## Key challenges: rights, health, and protection factors","[{\"question\":\"What is the main goal of PIM?\",\"answer\":\"PIM aims to provide guidance to families based on their culture and experiences so they can promote children’s holistic development from pregnancy to six years of age, with emphasis on the first three years.\"},{\"question\":\"How is PIM implemented and who supports it?\",\"answer\":\"PIM is implemented through partnerships between state and local governments, with technical cooperation provided by the UNESCO Brasilia Office, and it is coordinated under the State Department of Health.\"},{\"question\":\"What child protection and social challenges does the paper highlight in Brazil?\",\"answer\":\"The paper emphasizes poverty and vulnerability among households with young children, along with challenges such as high infant mortality and malnutrition, insufficient enforcement of birth registration rights, and gaps in prenatal care and humanized delivery services.\"}]","The Better Early Childhood Development Program - An Innovative Brazilian Public Policy | PDF",1792090908,23]