Early Childhood Information Barometer (Infobarómetro de la Primera Infancia)

This is a social communication tool directed at citizens and local government authorities that provides a very simple way to disseminate information about how children under the age of 5 in Peru are doing. The tool also allows monitoring of the State’s investment in this age group, as well as monitoring of whether or not the authorities are fulfilling commitments made to children in early childhood.

The Information Barometer (Infobarometer) includes information from the nation, regions, provinces, and districts on issues such as education, health, nutrition, identity, and the public budget. This virtual tool was launched in May 2011 by the advisory group Inversión en la Infancia (Investment in Childhood) with support from the Bernard van Leer Foundation, as a way to support citizen mobilisation in favour of early childhood in the country. The strategy seeks to create consciousness in both public and private institutions as well as among the population about the need to invest in children from 0 to 5 years old (known as early childhood) as a key poverty reduction strategy.