Dimension of solutions	Policy options	Proxy indicators for monitoring
Policy making considerations	Paying attention to the context of the country in formulating policies	Is there strategic plan on ECD based on context of the country in the national level
	Increasing flexibility in national policies for children and families to address regional problems, needs and existing inequities	Is there strategic plan on ECD in the sub national level based on context of the regional problems
	Adhering to the standards of a child-friendly city in the design of urban spaces	Is there any policy on the standards of a child-friendly city in the design of urban spaces
	Amending and developing protective laws with executive guarantees in different areas including sexual abuse, trafficking, psychological abuse, neglect of children and etc.	Rate of child abuse (By different types of abuse)
Promote Early Learning	Establishing training courses of parenting and family and service providers’ empowerment	Rate of training courses of parenting and family annually
	Providing free and available education services with high quality to children in early years	The amount of free educational services provided to children
	Promoting advocacy from influential people in the field of children and child-friendly media and groups	Number of institutions and organizations about child support and child-friendly groups
Integrated Interventions	Creating coherence and integration between the policies of the various sectors involved in ECD	Number of ECD policies that have been formulated cross-sectorally
	Utilizing the capacity of NGOs and the private sector in policy making and implementation	Number of private institutions and NGOs in policy making and implementation of ECD
	Establishing an institution or body at a high level to coordinate and monitor the affairs of children such as the Children’s Commission in the Islamic Consultative Assembly or the Ministry of Children	Is there an institution at the highest level to coordinate and monitor children’s affairs?
	Visiting homes to screen, identify, evaluate, and track the children at high risk and improper conditions and take remedy actions depending on the identified problem, such as counseling with parents, parenting education, helping parents to quit addiction, financial aids, introduction them to the welfare organization and etc.	Number of screenings performed to identify, assess and track children at risk and adverse conditions
	Requiring health attachments for macro policies and programs in various fields with emphasis on the health of pregnant mothers and children	Are there health attachments to policies and programs on the health of pregnant mothers and children
Promote financial supports in national level	Developing a universal service package for children and families	Is there any social services package for children and families?
	Prioritizing children in the welfare umbrella and paying attention to children in support of low-income families	How many budget allocated to children in the welfare umbrella
	Allocating a certain share of the country’s GDP to children under 8 years of age.	Children under 8 years of age expenditure as GDP(%)
	Providing subsidies or tax exemptions to child care providers	The percentage of subsidies or tax exemptions to child care providers (%)