Table 2 Determining stakeholders and their potential roles by documents reviews and interviews, and their mean scores in IECD policy in terms of power, interest and position by the designed checklist
From: Integrated early childhood development policy in Iran: a stakeholder analysis
Stakeholders | Potential roles | Power | Interest | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
The Ministry of Health and Medical Education | Promoting children’s health through prevention, treatment and rehabilitation services | Medium-high | Medium-high | Medium-high |
The Social Welfare Organization | Supporting homeless and poor families, and providing various services for children, including kindergarten services, support and care for children with special needs, orphaned children and children with disabilities | Medium | Medium | Medium-high |
The Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor, and Social Welfare | Creating jobs, supporting the workforce including employed mothers, supporting and providing poor families with welfare services | High | Low- medium | Low- medium |
The Ministry of Education | Providing education for children according to the pattern of cultural, religious, social, political and human beliefs and values | Medium-high | Low- medium | Low- medium |
The Judicial System | Preparing judicial bills to protect children and the proper implementation of adopted laws related to children | Medium-high | Low- medium | Medium |
The Ministry of the Interior | Policy-making and monitoring the performance of the provinces in order to implement the approvals in IECD policy | High | Low- medium | Low- medium |
Non-governmental organizations | Participating in policy-making, and implementing voluntary affairs with cultural, charitable, environmental, humanitarian orientations for the development of children | Low- medium | High | High |
The Parliament | Enacting laws and monitoring the implementation of laws related to children | High | Low- medium | Medium |
Children’s Service Providers | Providing services to children in various fields including education, care and health | Low- medium | High | Medium-high |
Mass Media | Informing and raising public awareness about early childhood development | Low- medium | Low- medium | Low- medium |
the Planning and Budget Organization | Allocating budgets to the programs and continuous monitoring of the implementation of programs, their budgets, and their annual progress | High | Low- medium | Low- medium |
Universities, research centers and scientific association | Training of human resources related to children, conducting research in various fields related to children, and publishing obtained information for policy-making, and raising awareness in the community | Medium | Low- medium | Low- medium |
Families | Educating, nurturing, and providing necessary conditions for the optimal development of children | Low- medium | High | High |
International organizations | Policy-making and helping to realize the rights of children, and improving their living conditions around the world | High | High | Medium-high |
the Intellectual Development Center for Children and Adolescents | Involving in cultural works and products for children and adolescents | Low- medium | High | High |
High specialized councils | Policy-making, designing macro strategies in specialized areas, and promoting inter-sectoral collaboration | High | Low- medium | Low- medium |
The Ministry of Agriculture | Planning and policy-making to ensure food security of the community, and improving the quality of agricultural products | Low- medium | Low- medium | Low- medium |
The Environmental Protection Organization | Protecting the environment, ensuring the correct and continuous use of the environment, and providing the conditions for sustainable development of the community | Medium | Low- medium | Low- medium |
Religious institutions | Raising awareness, building the culture, and mobilizing material and spiritual resources of the community for ECD | High | Low- medium | Low- medium |
The Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade | Policy-making in the production of child-friendly products and licensing for businesses in the field of industry and commerce related to children | Low- medium | Low | Low |
Health Insurance Organization | Providing affordable insurance coverage for families and children | Medium-high | Low | Low |
The Ministry of Sport and Youth | Developing and promoting sports, physical activities and healthy recreation, and providing the necessary facilities and infrastructure in this regard | Low- medium | Low- medium | Medium |
The Ministry of Roads and Urban Development | Adaptation of urban space, housing and roads for children in accordance with international standards with due attention to the safety of children | Medium-high | Low | Low |
The Police Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran | Creating a safe environment for children’s development, and dealing with child abuse and other crimes | Low- medium | Low- medium | Low- medium |
the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology | Policy-making in the domain of children’s use of information technology | Medium | Low | Low |
Municipalities | Designing, planning and adapting urban environments and spaces for children | High | Low- medium | Medium-high |
The Relief Committee | Providing relief and support for poor individuals and families | Low- medium | Low- medium | Medium-high |
The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance | Participating in the economic and financial policies of the country, and allocating the necessary funds for current and development expenditures in cooperation with the Planning and Budget Organization. | Low- medium | Low- medium | Low- medium |
The Ministry of Science, Research and Technology | Development of required science and research in various fields related to children’s affairs | Medium | Low- medium | Low |
the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance | Promoting culture and public awareness in areas related qizto ECD | Medium-high | Low- medium | Low- medium |