 the challenge the challenge admin tue 1072020 1804 the challenge the itcnurban95 india challenge aims to incorporate a focus on early childhood development 05yearold children in the planning and management of indian cities the 3year initiative will support city agencies to develop pilot and scale solutions that enhance the health and quality of life of young children and their caregivers through 1 green public spaces 2 mobility for families and 3 neighbourhood planning and datadriven decisionmaking it will also build a platform for peertopeer learning and sharing best practices between cities objective of the challenge promote infanttoddlercaregiver itc centric approach among indian cities equip city managers and governments with the language and rationale of early childhood centric development to enable officials to apply it in their decision making catalyse cities to mainstream and implement solutions in longterm support scaling up the solutions by implementing policy interventions multiple pilot projects the city and measuring the impact and capacity building facilitate demonstration of itccentric solutions support selected city governments to adopt the principles in designing and implementing pilot projects for early childhood centric infrastructure improvement and services develop network of itc champions within cities support selected city governments to adopt the principles in designing and implementing pilot projects for early childhood centric infrastructure improvement and services collect and analyse data to develop use cases and best practices and to disseminate the same through capacity building activities solution categories for projects green public spaces transforming existing physical spaces into places for young children to play and explore nature and for their caregivers to meet and rest mobility for families making it possible for infant toddlers and their caregivers to walk or cycle to healthcare childcare a safe place to play and a source of healthy food neighbourhood planning datadriven decision making collecting neighbourhood level data on infants toddlers and their caregivers and using it to target resources and facilitate coordination effectively across sectors  