Baseline Survey Tools
The Baseline Survey Tools have been developed in order to establish a frame of reference for evaluating the impact of the RCC intervention as well as aid in fine-tuning the intervention strategy. The strategy emphasizes participatory monitoring by bringing the government and SMC/PTSMCs on board. Hence, at the end, the impact of the program can be assessed and the main reasons for success or failures can be highlighted.

The development of the Baseline Tools was a highly collaborative process in the RCC Program. The five forms in the Baseline Survey were developed in an attempt to encompass the comprehensiveness of ECD. The forms include a Family Profile Form, Community Profile Form, Child Assessment Form, Classroom Observation Form and School Survey Form. All forms have been translated into Urdu and Sindhi.

These tools are the first of their kind in Pakistan and will be very useful and valuable resource materials for ECD interventions anywhere in the world.

ECD Website
The ECD website creates awareness regarding the concept of Early Childhood Development and the RCC Program and creates an interface between the Pakistani-based ECD initiatives and inter- national programs.

The website will serve as a forum for information sharing and exchange of ECD related experiences for international NGOs, social development agencies and like-minded organizations all over the world. It will strive to create interactive networks with agencies working in the field of ECD and will serve as a basis to share knowledge and research findings in this vast area. By mobilizing technical and financial resources, this website will function as a voice for ECD on the same lines as the Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development. Keeping in view the short duration of the RCC program, it is aimed that the ECD website will continue to function and grow not only to strengthen Pakistan’s ECD linkages but also for opening an international gateway to future funding opportunities for the program’s sustainability and replicability. http://www.ecdpak.com

Early Childhood Development- A Resource Book
The ECD Resource Book is a repertoire of all the ECD related activities undertaken so far by any agency within or outside RCC program. This initiative was undertaken due to the lack of information regarding the availability of already existing ECD material and resources which results in duplication of efforts and consequently in wa- stage of financial, technical and human resources.

This effort will be instrumental in promoting better info- rmation sharing amongst all agencies. Also it will provide all RCC partners with an opportunity to develop better linkages with other ECD providers in Pakistan so that every agency’s ideas and efforts are shared across the country, rather than to be functioning in isolation.

Any form of cohesive effort in terms of better utilization of already existing material is invariably going to reduce the pre- liminary groundwork for any research-based initiatives in terms of ECD.The ECD Resource Book will also be shared electronically at the federal and provincial as well as the local government levels for them to be able to take inf- ormed decisions regarding classroom learning material and teaching aids to be supplied to all government schools.