Photo: UNICEF

Global Caregiver Forum

January 15-16, 2026

Developing a roadmap to scale up parenting programs to all families who need them worldwide

About the Forum

Background

Scientists agree that loving care that makes a child feel loved and secure is a prerequisite for healthy cognitive, emotional, and social development, and the single most important factor for good mental health throughout life. Raising children is perhaps the most important task we undertake, but babies don't come with an instruction manual.

Main Objective

To develop a roadmap for Universal caregiver programs to all who need them worldwide. This event will lay the groundwork for a global summit and a potential United Nations General Assembly resolution on caregiver support.

Evidence-Based

More than four hundred randomized controlled trials, collected in a systematic review led by the WHO in 2022, demonstrate that evidence-based caregiver programs increase nurturing care, reduce maltreatment, and improve parents' mental health outcomes.

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Event Location

Where are we?

CaixaForum Madrid, Auditorium

Address

Paseo del Prado, 36
28014 Madrid, Spain

In collaboration with: "la Caixa" Foundation, Global Initiative to Support Parents, Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, AECID, Spanish Cooperation, and The LEGO Foundation