A weeklong workshop and consultations were organized at BU-IED for developing the content and course units for a professional development course at Master's level for planners, managers and specialists in early childhood development. The participants were from BU-IED, the Open Society Institute of the Soros Foundation in London, School of Public Health at Columbia University and several institutions and organizations from Bangladesh. BU-IED has entered into a partnership with the Open Society Institute for developing and implementing the academic programme. After further work on course design and with the approval of BU Academic Council and that of UGC, the course is expected to be offered by the end of 2007.