A Movement Uniting Business and Early Childhood Leaders
The Center for Business Champions (CBC) leads a global movement grounded in a simple but powerful idea: when business and early childhood development lead together, communities — and economies — thrive.
An initiative of Childhood Education International, CBC translates across sectors what is too often misunderstood, turning insight into practical, locally driven action. Drawing on decades of real-world experience across diverse contexts, we equip business leaders, early childhood professionals, and civic partners with the tools, language, and connections needed to champion young children where they live and work.
CBC bridges sectors that too rarely collaborate — helping businesses invest with purpose, early childhood systems grow with intention, and children gain the strong foundations they deserve. This is not theory. It is practice, partnership, and progress grounded in evidence.
For business leaders, CBC offers data-driven workshops and strategic advising that connect early childhood investment to workforce productivity, economic growth, and long-term business value — translating purpose into measurable impact.
For early childhood leaders, CBC provides the how: tailored training, practical templates, and one-on-one advisory support to assess business readiness, design country-specific engagement strategies, and launch sustainable partnerships.
The Value of Learning Together
For Businesses:
Early childhood investment strengthens the workforce, supports families, and drives long-term economic resilience.
For Early Childhood Leaders:
Strategic business engagement unlocks new resources, partnerships, and pathways to scale impact.
For Communities:
When leaders act together, children and families thrive, local economies grow stronger, and the foundation is set for lasting opportunity across generations.
Designed for business leaders, our workshops and strategic advisory services provide a data-driven, compelling case for why investing in early childhood development (ECD) is a smart business decision. We help executives and employees understand how ECD directly connects to workforce productivity, talent development, economic growth, and brand reputation. We provide actionable insights on how companies can integrate ECD into their corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability (ESG) strategies, ensuring investments drive both social impact and long-term business value.
A high-impact, practical training designed to provide child development leaders with the tools to confidently engage businesses, advocate for investment in early childhood, and build sustainable partnerships. The program includes guidance, resources and templates for messaging, stakeholder outreach, business network launches and other tools that can help to position early childhood development as a smart business investment. Training sessions can be tailored to fit the specific circumstances of individual organizations, cities, countries, or regions.
Through individualized advisory engagements, CBC pairs child development organizations with expert advisors to assess business readiness, analyze local private-sector ecosystems, and map market and policy dynamics. Together, we design country-specific engagement strategies and tailored partnership roadmaps that move collaborations from initial outreach to sustained, mutually beneficial action—aligned with national priorities, business incentives, and long-term impact.
“CE International’s training course on building Brazil’s network of business champions was an invaluable experience for our staff. The comprehensive content was tailored to our situation, the designers were responsive to our input, and the speakers were engaging and informative. It has positioned us well to launch our network! We look forward to working with them in the future.”
Victor Graça, Superintendent, Fundação Abrinq
Explore Resources
CBC Resource Hub
Access our curated selection of resources to support your efforts in advancing early childhood development through business engagement, including our Holistic Framework for Corporate Support for Early Childhood Development.
Access the Resources Hub
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Business-ECD Partnerships Matter
Business leaders can dramatically increase attention to and resources for giving children a strong start in life. Learn how this promotes the wellbeing of future community members, employees, and workforce.
Learn More About Partnerships
Making the Case: Our Latest Webinar
On December 4, 2025 from 9:00am-11:00am EST, the Center for Business Champions hosted a free webinar to support country leaders in turning data into compelling arguments—and real action—for investing in early childhood and building child-friendly policies. Featuring speakers Sara Watson and Clive Belfield, the webinar shared key variables, model studies, and practical outreach strategies to provide participants with the knowledge and tools to feel more confident to engage business leaders and policy-makers.
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