BU-IED and Plan Bangladesh have renewed their current cooperation agreement up to January 2010 in order to support the work of the Early Childhood Development Resource Centre (ECDRC) at BU-IED. Under the agreement, Plan Bangladesh will provide US$ 600,000 (Tk. 4 crores) to develop and implement post-graduate courses and short training, undertake research, prepare learning materials, and carry out policy advocacy for promoting early childhood development. BU-IED is collaborating with the Open Society Institute of the Soros Foundation to develop the academic courses in ECD.