Fulfilling each child's potential

We invest in the future of children by promoting good parenting and quality education.

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What We Do

We conduct experiments and help to scale up science-based solutions, with the goal of ensuring that all children have a good start in life and acquire the knowledge and skills they need to reach their full potential.

Early Childhood Development

Promoting good parenting practices

Pre-school and Primary Education

Getting children ready for school and supporting learning

Youth Training

Promoting the development of technical and life skills

Our Results

We achieve results through constant monitoring and rigorous evaluation of our projects.

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partners in the cocoa and chocolate industry
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Our Partners

We foster partnerships in an ecosystem that brings together the Ivorian government, companies in the cocoa and chocolate industry, philanthropic foundations, research partners and civil society organizations. Together, we are addressing the challenges of early childhood development and seeking to improve the quality of education.

Our News

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The positive impact of using mobile videos to promote good parenting practices

March 3, 2022

As part of the TRECC program and to support the Government of Côte d’Ivoire’s strategic objectives, the Jacobs and Bernard Van Leer Foundations have supported an innovative communication campaign for behavior campaign using mobile videos.

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    The impact of using community radio in Côte d’Ivoire to promote good parenting practices: Results and lessons learned

    February 16, 2022

    As part of their commitment to promote quality education and early childhood development in cocoa communities and to support the Government of Côte d’Ivoire’s strategic objectives, the Jacobs and Bernard van Leer Foundations commissioned an innovative media campaign through its TRECC program.
    The goal was to deploy a radio campaign to promote good parenting practices and raise awareness about the importance of exclusive breastfeeding of babies up to the age of six months.

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  • Family matters

    Family matters

    January 27, 2022

    The Families Make a Difference program aimed to train and sensitize over 11,000 parents and caregivers with children aged 0-5 years on the importance of their role in their children’s development and education. As the program comes to an end, we hear from parents how they responded to the training.

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    Laughter, learning and looking to the future

    December 10, 2021

    Sabina Vigani has been at the forefront of TRECC’s work since its inception in 2015. She leads the small team in Côte d’Ivoire who are driving the changes to make a profound impact on children’s learning and growth. To coincide with the release of the Transforming Education in Côte d’Ivoire: Reflections, Lessons, Next Steps report Sabina talks about her personal experience in Côte d’Ivoire.

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Research

We strongly believe that solutions must be based on scientific evidence. Accordingly, we support high-level research, studies and rigorous evaluations.

Latest Research
The OECD launched in Côte d'Ivoire a study to unpack the links between gender norms and educational outcomes.

The OECD launched in Côte d’Ivoire a study to unpack the links between gender norms and educational outcomes.

Laura Abadia and Pierre de Boisséson are respectively Policy Analyst and Economist at the OECD Development Centre. Their work consists in highlighting levels of social discrimination in institutions in order to better reduce it. This is made possible through the SIGI, a study which is the topic of this interview. They explain what the SIGI is, what it measures concretely, the results related to the study and its impact.

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Studies & Reports

Learn more about early childhood development and quality education

Transforming Education in Côte d'Ivoire: Reflections, Lessons Learned, Next Steps

Transforming Education in Côte d’Ivoire: Reflections, Lessons Learned, Next Steps

Auteur: TRECC
Année: 2021

To fullfill each child’s potential, TRECC has experimented with innovative partnership models and new funding mechanisms for early childhood development and quality education.

The report Transforming Education in Côte d’Ivoire: Reflections, Lessons Learned and Next Steps documents TRECC’s work from 2016 to 2021.

It outlines achievements springing from a unique partnership between the Government, industry, philanthropic organizations, NGOs, researchers, and social ventures.

2020 EDTECH ECOSYSTEM: GHANA AND CÔTE D’IVOIRE

This report unveils the challenges faced by those committed to fulfilling the promise of education as a key element for the development of their country, while also highlighting the investment opportunities that exist in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire.

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Investing in Early Childhood Development and Education for socioeconomic development in Côte d’Ivoire : an analysis with the iSDG model

This report entitled Investing in Early Childhood Development and Education for socioeconomic development in Côte d’Ivoire, analyses the importance of investments in early childhood development and quality of education on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) attainment and on key health, education and economic indicators described in l’Étude Nationale Prospective “Côte d’Ivoire 2040” (National Prospective Study – ENP).

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Full report – Qualitative research on key early childhood behaviors in Côte d’Ivoire

Auteur: Busara and Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs Année: 2020 Parenting programs aim to equip parents with…

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