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20-11-2025
Across France, early childhood services face growing needs, uneven access, and increasing pressure on families and professionals. ISSA Member Ensemble pour la Petite Enfance (EPE) is responding with a clear direction: put quality,…
04-11-2025
Date: November 26, 2025 Time: 14.00 - 16.00 CET Platform: Zoom – Register here In recent years, ISSA members have responded to overlapping crises — from pandemics and displacement to natural disasters and armed conflicts — that have severely…
29-10-2025
Developed jointly by UNICEF ECARO and the International Step by Step Association (ISSA), the Supporting Families for Nurturing Care: Training Resource Package for Home Visiting Practices is now available on UNICEF’s…
22-10-2025
This global effort connects local voices to global action, with the goal of ensuring that every child has access to quality early childhood development, care, and preschool education — vital for holistic child development and lifelong…
20-10-2025
Last month, the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) gathered leaders from governments, UN agencies, international financing institutions, civil society, philanthropy, the private sector, and academia in New York. For the…
30-09-2025
 An Interview with ICDI on Reimagining Voice, Choice, and Democracy in the Early Years What does democracy look like for a toddler? That question sits at the heart of the new TOY for Participation Toolkit—a practical, thoughtful, and…
18-09-2025
Today, we are excited to unveil the brand identity for the ECOS Institute — Early Childhood, One System. ECOS is about connection. It’s where people, knowledge, and practice come together to strengthen early childhood systems so every young…
11-09-2025
This week a Training of Trainers course is being held in Zagreb, Croatia, as part of TOY4Participation, — a project funded by the European Commission and led by ICDI, focused on embedding meaningful child participation at the heart of early…
29-07-2025
The CHAVORE Initiative aims to ensure the mental and physical well-being of  every child, regardless of their background, from the very start. In communities where children face adversity, stigma, or exclusion, CHAVORE supports early childhood…
22-07-2025
The CHAVORE Initiative: Mental Well-being of Young Roma Children, funded by the European Commission Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV, works across Europe to promote the mental health and well-being of young children,…