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How can our early education and family support systems be improved to give all children a head start in life? How can we support the professionals working in these systems? What are effective models of interagency collaboration and local governance…

The EDUCAS Consortium carried out a series of focus groups to better understand how both parents and staff perceive early childhood education and care (ECEC) spaces. These focus groups were made up of staff of ECEC centers as well as parents of…

The EDUCAS Consortium recently released the summary of five focus groups organized in Italy. Two focus groups were made up of parents and three included professionals. These focus groups will help the Consortium better understand ideas about early…

Interesting observations were highlighted during four focus groups carried out between the two centers in Belgium. The groups, organized under the EDUCAS Project, included early childhood education and care (ECEC) staff, as well as parents of the…

ISSA’s new member – Mary Immaculate College (MIC) is a University-level College of Education and the Liberal Arts, academically linked with the University of Limerick. Founded in 1898, the College is a multi-campus institution, with a student…

ISSA’s new member – a registered voluntary organization Early Childhood Development Association of Malta (ECDAM) – aims to strengthen the knowledge, skills and abilities of all those involved in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) and to…

Why is the sense of belonging to the community so important? How does it affect the well-being of children, their development and learning? These and the other questions will be answered during the conference Building Community – Power of Human…

Early childhood education and care (ECEC) is increasingly acknowledged as providing the foundations for lifelong learning and development. The second edition of Key Data on Early Childhood Education and Care in Europe that was published in July,…

How are early childhood education and care (ECEC) spaces perceived by parents and staff? How does this connect to their vision of education and care? Knowing the answers to these questions can help researchers find effective strategies for…

How can our (early) education and family support systems be improved to give all children a head start in life? How can we support the professionals working in these systems? What are effective models of interagency collaboration and local…

ISSA recently welcomed three new members from from Greece, Malta and Ireland. Refugee Trauma Initiative RTI Hellas from Greece provides vital psychosocial support to refugees experiencing trauma of war, torture and displacement. As part of their…

Nine universities and research or training organizations in cooperation with educational institutions were involved in the START project with ISSA being an associate partner of it. The project members came from Slovenia, Italy, Belgium and the…

Last week nine REYN National Networks Coordinators attended the #ISSAconference in Leiden. At the event we published a series of videos with the hashtag #DiversityCounts. WHAT THE NATIONAL COORDINATORS SAID Diversity in society and in services…

Under the theme Nurturing Environments, ISSA Conference 2019 participants will investigate how to best support young children in their development, in various settings where they live, play, grow and learn. Over the two days, more than 200…

On June 1, while many countries around the globe celebrated Children’s Day, Romania’s President, Klaus Iohannis, visited the Step by Step Primary and Secondary School in Bucharest. The President attended the opening of the Art Exhibit…

How would you organize neighborhoods, public spaces, parks, transportation and other early childhood services if you could see the city through the eyes of a child? In the video below, Michael Feigelson and his daughter Mila share their thoughts on…

In June, ISSA will bring together professionals from the early childhood development field to discuss nurturing home, service and community environments. The Conference, as well as several pre- and post- conference activities, will provide a…

Did you know the 2019 edition of Early Childhood Matters (ECM) will be launched at the ISSA Conference in June? Internationally-acclaimed early childhood expert Joan Lombardi, guest-editor of this year’s edition, will help mark the launch as…

Investment in the early years was recently promoted in Bucharest during an annual conference initiated four years ago by ISSA Member, Step by Step Center for Education and Professional Development (CEDP), Ready Nation Romania and UNICEF. This year,…

Just two weeks after its launch, results from the landmark State of the World’s Fathers 2019 will be presented for discussion at the ISSA Conference 2019. State of the World’s Fathers provides examples of best practices and recommendations for…

This year's ISSA Conference will bring you the most innovative approaches, tools and research from the early childhood development field. Take an in-depth look at what is being featured inside the strands, and access the…

Ahead of the exciting early years conference that this year will take place in Leiden on 17-20 June, we are sharing several events that are open to everyone for free. Join us and let’s learn together! Cities for the Youngest Residents – Practical…

Last January, Inventare Insieme (also Tau Center) in Palermo launched the Zisa Danisinni Generative Educating Communities’. It is a new project from ‘Con i Bambini - With the children’ under the Fund for Combating Child Educational Poverty. It is…

Do you want to learn more about the evidence-based, preventive intervention program Positive Parenting and Sensitive Discipline (VIPP-SD)? Do you want to practice giving video-feedback yourself under the supervision of two certified trainers? Then…