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,…
21-07-2025
74% of fathers believe they share caregiving equally with their partners. Only 51% of mothers agree.
This discrepancy sits at the heart of the State of Southern European Fathers 2024 report, launched on June 4 during a webinar hosted by…
15-07-2025
A Mother from Italy Shares Her Perspective from Inside the TOY for Participation Project
When I first came across the term child participation, I felt a tangle of emotions: curiosity, confusion, even a little shame, alongside an…
01-07-2025
Stepping Into a New Era for Early Childhood
Join a Locally Rooted, Regionally Connected and Globally Relevant Movement
In September, ISSA will launch an early childhood institute — a vibrant destination where early…
