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With great sadness we share the news that on September 27th, 2020, ISSA lost a precious member of the network, Lola Ibragimovna Babaeva, coordinator of the Early Childhood Development Program at the Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation in…

Online event: Dream to grow: How to make Europe's Labor markets a place for allCo-hosted by: Romani Early Years Network (REYN) and ERGO NetworkWhen: 7 October 2020, 14:00 - 16:00 The program of the event and more information can be found here.…

Two months without school and preschool. Two months without learning? Not at all, because playing is learning! During the COVID-19 virus lockdown, we all heard and read many things about children and families. Like schools and preschools, families…

The Early Childhood Workforce Initiative is launching the Home Visiting Workforce Needs Assessment Tool in six languages. The Tool was recently updated and translated into Arabic, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish after two pilots…

Evidence shows that educators and teachers are the key drivers of quality education. When they are qualified, well trained and supported, and enjoy adequate working conditions, they are able to provide children with quality learning experiences that…

The support that parents and other caregivers need to provide nurturing care in the first years of life is now recognized as essential by the international agencies such as the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and the World Bank. In fact,…

A state of emergency because of COVID-19 was declared in Serbia in March of 2020. At the beginning of May, the prevention and protection measures were relaxed and the Government of Serbia organised the parliamentary elections. However, at the…

Recently early childhood education was included in the National Defense Strategy of Romania for 2020-2024 as a part of the presidential program Educated Romania. President Klaus Iohannis noted that the strategy was drawn up against the background of…

For Our Children Foundation (FOC) is looking for an independent consultant in Bulgaria to conduct an evaluation of the effectiveness and sustainability of FOC’s services for families and children and to draw lessons and recommendations for improving…

A state of emergency because of COVID-19 was declared in Serbia in March of 2020. At the beginning of May, the prevention and protection measures were relaxed and the Government of Serbia organised the parliamentary elections. However, at the…

“Bridge Back to School” - an autism-friendly learning resource for summer 2020 was developed by the ISSA member Mary Immaculate College, together with AsIAm and SuperValu. This resource has been developed to support autistic students…

“At this moment there are three possible scenarios for a non-profit organization:1) come out strengthened - but few will do it;2) find itself in crisis and risk closing;3) find itself in crisis and having to rethink about itself, its mechanisms of…

In March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic led to a strict lockdown in Greece, playful and in-person interactions suddenly came to a halt at the Baytna program - an early childhood program developed by Refugee Trauma Initiative (RTI) for refugee…

Due to concerns of safety related to COVID-19, and continuously changing measures and restrictions, ISSA postponed ISSA Conference 2020 to 2021. Many of you value our in-person conference as a unique platform to listen to the world’s…

Luis Manuel Pinto is director of Programs and Learning at ISSA Member Learning for Wellbeing Foundation in the Netherlands. His organization brings together people from all ages to work as partners, considering all aspects of the human being as part…

After many years of experience in the country, ISSA Member Step by Step Albania has encountered an unprecedented situation after the lockdown due to COVID-19 outbreak was announced. Focused on the professional development of teachers, the…

While the COVID-19 has impacted the activities of the EDUCAS project, partners have found ways to adjust their work.   EDUCAS aims to create early childhood education and care (ECEC) environments that support children’s…

With the COVID-19 crisis affecting the entire world and bringing so much uncertainty about the future, there has never been a greater need for NGOs to secure the funds they need for their work. But where to get the funds? And how do you get to…

Anyone involved in early years is keen to encourage others to behave more responsibly, socially, and positively. This can range from encouraging fathers to be more involved in parenting, to encouraging hygiene among children in coronavirus times,…

The ISSA Network continues to grow in 2020, we are proud to introduce three new ISSA Members organizations.   The Early Childhood Research Centre (ECRC) is an interdisciplinary research centre, led by Professor Mathias Urban, Desmond Chair of…

Time to re-think our societies and economies  The current crisis offers almost limitless opportunities to reimagine the future of our societies and economies by learning the lessons of the past. We believe our long-term prosperity and…

Throughout the ISSA Network, Members have been working hard to respond effectively in these uncertain times of the Covid-19 pandemic. In Bulgaria, two ISSA Members have joined forces in order to continue the provision of early education and parent…

In the last decade, transitions of children across the home environment, early childhood education, and care (ECEC) and compulsory school education (CSE) has gained attention both in academic and in policy debates. Despite this, very few initiatives…

This year, International Families Day looks very different. We use today to thank them for being a source of support for one another, and the children in their lives.    Families are dealing with new norms during the current…