During a three-day workshop in Amman, Jordan, from 16 March to 18 March, nearly 100 policymakers, economists, child development experts, dialogue practitioners, and youth met to explore ways that investment in early childhood development, often referred to as “ECD,” can help build and sustain peace, particularly in conflict zones. The workshop, organized in partnership with the International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID) and the UNICEF Jordan Office, and held under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah, is the seventh in a series of nine workshops hosted by the Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally, an initiative of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.