Started on 14 May 2019, Tanoto Foundation has a partnership with Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Regional Centre for Early Childhood Care and Education and Parenting (SEAMEO CECCEP). Through this partnership, Tanoto Foundation will provide contribution of personnel to support the SEAMEO CECCEP Technical Advisory Group. This will contribute to continuous capacity improvement of both organisations and enrich the ECD development in Indonesia and South East Asia.

Meanwhile, EAMEO CECCEP will facilitate Tanoto Foundation in buidling cooperation with university partners of SEAMEO CECCEP across the region for research and development on early childhood care, education and parenting.

In March 2019, Tanoto Foundation officially became an institutional member of Asia-Pacific Regional Network for Early Childhood (ARNEC). ARNEC is a network established to build strong partnerships across sectors and different disciplines, organisations, agencies and institutions in the Asia-Pacific region to advance the agenda on and investment in Early Childhood. The institutional membership is valid for two years upon signing of the agreement (renewable upon mutual agreement).

Tanoto Foundation gets opportunity to join the institutional member’s networking event at the ARNEC conference, collaborate on joint activities (i.e. research, advocacy, documentation, capacity building) and showcase and share our ECD program practices with the network.

Tanoto Foundation has collaborated with Hasanuddin University encourages the students to under take research that directly adresss community needs. Individuals or groups of students at the participating universities are encouraged to submit innovation and applied research proposals.