Scientif ic Cooperation
Brazilian Center for Early Childhood Development The Brazilian Center for Early Childhood Development (Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisa Aplicada à Primeira Infância - CPAPI) is a major research center that grew out of the NCPI Scientific Committee. Housed at Insper and supported by the São Paulo State Research Foundation (FAPESP), the Maria Cecília Souto Vidigal Foundation, the Bernard van Leer Foundation and Porticus, the center aims to foster equal opportunities for children aged 0 to 6 years by generating relevant scientific knowledge and evidence on ECD in Brazil and transferring learnings, technologies and data to policymakers and governments throughout the country.
CPAPI was launched in 2021 and has an anticipated timeline of 10 years for its initial stage of funding and partnerships. CPAPI’s research agenda is developed by an interdisciplinary group of 6 primary investigators and 12 associate researchers. CPAPI’s Brazil-based researchers also draw ideas and advice from an international scientific advisory committee composed of five global experts: Aisha Yousafzai (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health) Charles Nelson (Harvard Medical School and Harvard Graduate School of Education) Dana McCoy (Harvard Graduate School of Education) Flavio Cunha (Rice University) Marcia Castro (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)
Left to right, top to bottom: Aisha Yousafzai, Claudio Haddad, Marcia Castro, Naercio Menezes Filho, Jack Shonkoff, Mariana Luz, Luiz Eugênio Mello, Dana McCoy, Sylvio Canuto, Marcos Lisboa, Flavio Cunha and Roberta Ricardes at the Brazilian Center for Early Childhood Development launch event
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VIDEO: BRAZILIAN CENTER FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT LAUNCH EVENT
