As countries work toward smarter, child-centered governance, integrating multi-sector data into a unified decision stream is no longer optional; it’s essential. The goal is clear: timely, reliable insights on early childhood development (ECD) that enable leaders to act early and allocate resources where they matter most.
Over a focused, week-long technical sprint, government teams and partners aligned indicator definitions, harmonized organizational units, and connected the national ECD Scorecard to the government’s central visualization platform through a secure integration layer. When authentication models conflicted, the architecture was strengthened, ensuring data sharing without compromising platform integrity or security.
Operational progress is tangible:
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Live data pipelines now connect health, social welfare, and civil registration systems.
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Disability and education subsystems are configured for validation.
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Early dashboards are already surfacing data quality gaps, driving joint field reviews and corrective action.
The operating model emphasizes sustainability and accountability: existing systems of record remain authoritative; the integration layer enables two-way data flows; and routine review huddles translate dashboards into coordinated policy decisions. Security, access control, and user capacity building (SOPs, guides, and training) are embedded from the start to ensure long-term resilience.
Way Forward: Complete end-to-end validation, conduct user acceptance testing, and publish the unified national ECD dashboard and scorecard. Finalizing population data access will unlock denominator-based analytics, allowing leaders to target interventions by coverage and equity. With that final step, the ECD Scorecard will move from pilot to policy, ensuring every child from birth to age eight is visible in the data, supported by systems, and prioritized in national planning.