Decree No. 0985 of 2012 constitutes the TABLE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD, CHILDHOOD, ADOLESCENCE and STRENGTHENING OF THE FAMILY (MIAFF), the largest scenario of intersectorality created by the Social Policy Council and amended by Decree 0254 of 2016. It is structured as the specialized table in which subjects, orientations, management, tables and committees related to children, youth and the strengthening of the family must converge. This committee currently coordinates and manages the policy on children and youth within the framework of the objectives set out in the ministerial development plan. In Colombia, significant progress has been made in the promulgation of laws, procedural standards and tools, plans, programmes and institutional projects to promote and protect early childhood rights. CONPES for early childhood, the initial education policy guidelines of the Ministry of National Education and the National Health Plan, which set priorities for early childhood. In the area of early childhood education, Colombia has had several discussions and experiences that have led the State to engage at the national and international levels in initial education that recognizes that learning begins at birth; that the family, the community and institutions are the actors and those responsible, and that the environment is crucial for this to become a reality (Jomtien, 1990). Act No. 1295 2009 regulates the comprehensive care of children under 6 years of age in SISBEN levels 1, 2 and 3. Object. Gradually contribute to the improvement of the quality of life of pregnant women and children under six classified in SISBEN levels 1, 2 and 3, through an inter-institutional articulation that commits the State to guarantee their rights to food, adequate nutrition, initial training and comprehensive health care. Decree No.

04 of 7 July 2014, by which Córdoba pursues a policy on early childhood, childhood and adolescence established by this decree and emanating from the Departmental Assembly, in the exercise of the legislative and specific powers conferred by Article 338 of the National Constitution, the general objective of which is to guarantee the right to happiness of children and young people, and the right to have and implement the LIFE project based on inclusion, equity and integral human development. Decree 2233, the kindergarten regulated by the education sector of the MEN, offered by public and private schools and comprising three classes: pre-kindergarten (3-4 years), kindergarten (4-5 years) and transition (5-6 years), the latter class is the only compulsory since the political constitution of 1991. Article 3 of Law No. 136 of 1994, which contains provisions on the modernization of the organization and functioning of municipalities, stipulates that they must address, inter alia, unmet leisure needs, with particular emphasis on children. Decree No. 4875 establishing the Intersectoral Commission for the Integral Protection of Early Childhood (AIPI) and the Special Commission for Monitoring the Comprehensive Protection of Early Childhood. Resolution 5929, “Administrative technical guidelines for means, actions and models of care aimed at restoring the rights of children and young people with disabilities over the age of 18 whose rights are threatened, not observed and violated”, as amended by Resolution 707 of 28 February 2011 and added by Resolution 2850 of 2012. Bogotá: the Ministry and the ICBF. Law 1804 of 2016 “From zero to forever” guarantees respect for children`s rights in early childhood. It defines a long-term public policy that guides the country in terms of technical and financial sustainability, universalization of care and strengthening of territories. It also guarantees the relevance and quality of comprehensive early childhood care, raises awareness and mobilizes Colombian society as a whole to transform the ideas and forms of relationships with the youngest children, and makes visible and strengthens the family as a fundamental actor in early childhood development. The United Nations General Assembly declared in 1980 that for human beings, “after nutrition, health, education, housing, work and social security, leisure must be considered a basic need for their development”.

Article 204 of the Children and Youth Code, which deserves to be highlighted and expressly provides that the President, governors and mayors are responsible for public order concerning children and young people; This responsibility cannot be delegated; that its non-compliance constitutes a ground for misconduct and is therefore punishable by dismissal, punishment and exclusion from public service for 15 years and that it implies public responsibility.