The second course of the Postgraduate Certificate Program (ECD522: A Framework for Designing Early Childhood Program) has commenced on March 02, 2008. Prof. Dr. Jessica Ball (Victoria University, Canada) was the Principal Facilitator of the course. Ms. Farida Akhtar (Child Development Psychologist, Inner Force), Prof. M. Nazmul Haq (IER, Dhaka University), Dr. M. Quamrul Hassan (Pediatrician, Apollo Hospitals) and Dr. Golam Mostafa (Education team, UNICEF) joined as national resource persons and co-facilitators in the course. The course will end on April 24, 2008. It is a joint collaboration program of BRAC University, Open Society Institute UK and Columbia University.