New York, October 7, 2009 - ALAS and The Earth Institute at Columbia University gather, for the first time in the History of Latin America, the most important experts in early childhood from international organizations such as the World Bank, The Interamerican Development Bank, The Organization of American States, UNICEF, the World Food Program and the Pan American Health Organization, among others, and delegates from Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Panama and Paraguay, to join efforts to design the basis of a hemispheric alliance in favor of the regions early childhood.