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Tab 1. Getting Started
The guide begins with basic information that program managers might like to have at their fingertips to get started, even before beginning project identification. What are key concepts in early childhood care and development? What are the arguments for investing in this area? What principles should be kept firmly in mind? What other organizations are likely to be supporting or carrying out ECCD work in a country, and what advice can they offer? What documents and references provide general information?

Tab 2. Diagnosing the Situation: Setting a Project Goal and Purposes
To hold informed discussions about ECCD programs that would be appropriate in a country, what should one know about social, economic, and political conditions? About government policies? About the status of children and their environment? About financial, human, and institutional resources? Who are the main actors and stakeholders? How can such information be obtained? Who should be involved in the analysis?

Tab 3. Choosing the Appropriate Model and Handling Key Operational Issues
How should the population that will participate in and benefit from the project be defined and delimited? How should decisions be made about which general program approaches and specific model (or models) to emphasize and support? How does one select the administrative and executing institutions, choose practitioners, organize training, deliver the service on site, and arrange supervision, monitoring, and evaluation?

Tab 4. Attending to Major Cross-Cutting Issues
How should equity, quality, scale, participation, and institutional collaboration be defined, and how should they be sought—all at once?

Tab 5. Estimating Costs and Effects
How should costs and benefits be estimated? Where will the resources for the project come from? Who will bear the costs, and who will receive the benefits?

Tab 6. Monitoring, Evaluation, and the Logical Framework
How can program managers use the Logical Framework (Logframe) not only in preparing and presenting a project proposal but also in setting up monitoring and evaluation?

Tab 7. Directory
What organizations might be contacted for advice and information?

Tab 8. References
What references can be consulted for information on general and specific topics?