The standards outline agreed expectations for how ECI services should be designed and delivered, covering areas such as child‑ and family‑centred approaches, service coordination, professional competencies, and continuous quality improvement. They can be used to assess existing services, guide service development, and promote consistency across providers and regions. The standards are applicable across health, education, and social service settings.

The roadmap offers a structured overview of the elements required to develop or strengthen ECI systems, including governance, referral pathways, workforce development, service quality, and financing. Rather than prescribing a single model, it highlights common system building blocks and decision points that countries can adapt to their institutional and resource contexts. The steps are designed to support progressive development over time.

The roadmap offers a structured overview of the elements required to develop or strengthen ECI systems, including governance, referral pathways, workforce development, service quality, and financing. Rather than prescribing a single model, it highlights common system building blocks and decision points that countries can adapt to their institutional and resource contexts. The steps are designed to support progressive development over time.

The roadmap offers a structured overview of the elements required to develop or strengthen ECI systems, including governance, referral pathways, workforce development, service quality, and financing. Rather than prescribing a single model, it highlights common system building blocks and decision points that countries can adapt to their institutional and resource contexts. The steps are designed to support progressive development over time.

The roadmap offers a structured overview of the elements required to develop or strengthen ECI systems, including governance, referral pathways, workforce development, service quality, and financing. Rather than prescribing a single model, it highlights common system building blocks and decision points that countries can adapt to their institutional and resource contexts. The steps are designed to support progressive development over time.

The roadmap offers a structured overview of the elements required to develop or strengthen ECI systems, including governance, referral pathways, workforce development, service quality, and financing. Rather than prescribing a single model, it highlights common system building blocks and decision points that countries can adapt to their institutional and resource contexts. The steps are designed to support progressive development over time.

The brief synthesizes evidence on why early childhood intervention is an essential component of effective ECD systems, highlighting the consequences of delayed identification and fragmented service delivery. It presents key principles for system design, including inclusiveness, family‑centred approaches, cross‑sectoral coordination, and long‑term sustainability. The document focuses on policy levers rather than service models, making it applicable across diverse national contexts

The brief synthesizes evidence on why early childhood intervention is an essential component of effective ECD systems, highlighting the consequences of delayed identification and fragmented service delivery. It presents key principles for system design, including inclusiveness, family‑centred approaches, cross‑sectoral coordination, and long‑term sustainability. The document focuses on policy levers rather than service models, making it applicable across diverse national contexts

The guide outlines key concepts, research questions, and methodological steps for assessing early childhood intervention systems at national level. It supports the collection and analysis of qualitative and quantitative data across sectors such as health, education, and social services. Emphasis is placed on understanding governance structures, service availability, access, quality, workforce capacity, and coordination mechanisms. The guide is designed to ensure consistency, rigor, and comparability in national analyses, while allowing adaptation to country contexts.

The paper documents how early childhood intervention services in Croatia and Serbia have adopted family‑centred principles, including active caregiver involvement, coordination across sectors, and individualized support for children with developmental difficulties. It illustrates how services have been adapted within existing institutional systems rather than developed as stand‑alone programmes. The focus is on practical implementation within real policy and service contexts.