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Marking International Roma Day with the CHAVORE Quest

This year, we are marking the day with the launch of the CHAVORE Quest, an interactive, multilingual experience available in five CHAVORE languages. The Quest introduces a new way of supporting children’s mental health, well-being, and inclusion inviting users to explore, reflect, and learn through a more playful and participatory format.

Newly opened Play Hub in Croatia

November 15, 2019

The new TOY for Inclusion Play Hub is located in Orehovica and is one of two in Croatia. The second one is active in Sisak. We are very excited about the opening of a new Play Hub in Orehovica! Orehovica is a municipality with 2.685…

The power of group reflection for ECEC practitioners: the latest ICDI publication

November 14, 2019

Everything that happens in ECEC settings has to do with social and emotional well-being. But practitioners are not always aware of its interconnection with all aspects of young children’s lives. Because of this, it is not always easy for them…

Empowering Romani Women in Hungary

November 4, 2019

One of the REYN objectives is to increase diversity in the workforce. In this blog, Partners Hungary Foundation, host of REYN Hungary, reports on how they coached five Romani women to become a caregiver in six months. This is the first of a…

New TOY for Inclusion Play Hub in Rome!

October 29, 2019

It’s like a coffer that opens and reveals its content made of books, toys and puppets. It will drive to the most peripheral areas of the Rome where children and their families are less reached by early childhood services. The Local Action Team (LAT…

REYN Reconnected and Strategized on the Future Actions

October 24, 2019

There is a lack of quality in early childhood services for Romani children in Europe. This is what Roma and non-Roma professionals have echoed at the Romani Early Years Network (REYN) Strategic meeting in Zagreb, Croatia last week. Over 50…

ISSA Member Hestia Early Learning Centre Opens Elementary School with Region Approach in the Netherlands

October 16, 2019

ISSA member Hestia Early Learning Centre from the Netherlands runs several bilingual day cares in Amsterdam and Amstelveen. When their first bilingual day care was opened, a little boy who did not understand any English or Dutch attended the day…

Meet ISSA New Member: Centre of Early Childhood Intervention Voinicel

October 7, 2019

The young mother Oxana from Moldova eagerly waited for her first child, and her husband even chose the name for the baby girl – Elena. The heartbreaking news came unexpectedly after birth. Regardless of the results of prenatal examinations, Oxana’s…

NEWS - Pre-Conference Workshop on Video-Feedback Intervention with Leiden University

October 4, 2019

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

ISSA Endorses Position Statement on Advancing Equity in Early Childhood Education

September 18, 2019

Early childhood education settings offer important contexts for children’s learning. They should be environments in which children learn that they are valued by others; learn how to treat others with fairness and respect, and learn how to embrace…

Announcing the Program and Keynote Speakers of International Conference Equality and Inclusion

September 17, 2019

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…

EDUCAS Shares Findings of Focus Groups in Lithuania

September 16, 2019

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…

How do parents and staff view ECEC spaces in Italy

September 9, 2019

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…

EDUCAS Project shows the promise of a holistic approach in ECEC

September 2, 2019

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…

Meet ISSA New Member: Mary Immaculate College in Ireland

August 29, 2019

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…

Meet ISSA New Member: Early Childhood Development Association of Malta

August 12, 2019

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…

Conference in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Building Community – Power of Human Connection

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…

Insights from the Eurydice 2019: Key Data Report on Early Childhood Education and Care

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,…

EDUCAS Project Focus Groups show Collaboration between Families and Staff is Key

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…

Invitation: Equality and Inclusion Conference in the Netherlands in November

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 Welcomes Three New Members

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…

START Project on Supporting Educational Transitions Presents Results

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…

REYN's message at the ISSA conference: #diversitycounts

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…

ISSA Conference Welcomes more Exciting Speakers

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…

Step by Step Primary and Secondary School Celebrates Children’s Day with a Special Visitor

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…