ECCD page Building Partnerships between Government and Civil Society for the Provision of Basic Education . In most countries the development, management and funding of early childhood provision is the joint responsibility of the state, regional and local governments, the private sector, the community and parents.
Partnerships help maximize what both government and civil society have to offer.
Each of the groups within civil society has a role to play and they can be partnered with government for different purposes. Increasingly NGOs are partnering with government in the design and planning of programmes and in their evaluation as well as in the delivery of service structures to help achieve coverage in terms of basic education services. An example comes from Chile where NGOs sat together with government to evaluate children's programmes and to prepare a report on progress within Chile toward meeting the goals established by the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In some instances, they provide child care. While Singapore is a good example of what can be developed, at this point, unions' role in childcare has not been maximized, and their resources have, for the most part, not been tapped.