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Anke, you have developed trainings, tools and methodologies for the Early Childhood Development field for some time. What is so different or new about the 5 Steps to Quality Training that it needs our attention? ‘It is an interesting question…

Though intimate partner violence and violence against children share a number of common causes, many responses to intimate partner violence and violence against children are siloed – with different programs informed by separate data. A compelling…

In Europe and North America, the arrival of heightened numbers of refugees and asylum seekers in recent years has challenged the ability of governments and service providers to both meet initial reception needs and provide effective long-term…

Leiden – 8 May 2018 – For the first time, ISSA is offering the European Quality Framework as a training. Last year ISSA organized a very successful Peer Learning Activity about the Framework for their member organizations. Following all positive…

Ukrainian Step by Step Foundation seeks a consultant for transition models for one of its programs. The focus of the assignment will be to help ascertain a shift from a system of childhood intervention, to inclusive early education. ProgramThe OSF-…

In the past years, ISSA supported two member driven Peer Learning Activities based on the European Quality Framework. Now ISSA offers a first time training on the subject. What triggered the decision? ‘There are several reasons: we believe that…

Playing, reading and drawing is highly beneficial for the development of young children. In a lovely video produced within the TOY for Inclusion project, we see learning activities organized in Ghent, Belgium, by ISSA member the …

Take note of this great news brought to ISSA by the UNICEF Education Team! An estimated 600 million children & adolescents are not learning to read sufficiently. To help overcome this, the Global Digital Library aims to make learning to read…

Recently, ISSA’s Program Director, Mihaela Ionescu was interviewed by Primeros Pasos about the integrated services approach. The discussion emphasized the need for multi-sectoral, integrated interventions that enable nurturing environments…

A new publication from the OECD entitled "Teachers as Designers of Learning Environments: The Importance of Innovative Pedagogies" features the role of the ISSA, as a network, and of fours of its members with their national networks for cultivating…

In interaction with external parties about the caring and upbringing of young children, Dutch fathers often feel neglected. And it turns out that, in fact, they are. In the Netherlands, Sardes found that (public) services, such as child health…

These days Associazione 21 Luglio is creating new magical experiences for children and parents attending the “Scuolina” (little school), a BAMBINI AL CENTRO project. The “Scuolina” has been organizing several activities in the disadvantaged…

We are happy to see our Resource Modules for Home Visitors: Supporting Families for Nurturing Care featured on the ZERO TO THREE journal. ZERO TO THREE is a large US organization known internationally for their efforts and campaigns promoting babies…

Eunice Lumsden, Head of Early Years at the University of Northampton in the UK, has written a new book aimed at providing information to early childhood professionals on how to create safe, supportive environments for young children who have faced…

Photo Courtesy of the Child Care Unit, City of Ghent In response to the needs of vunerable families, the Child Care Unit of the City of Ghent has created an innovative solution—a POP UP childcare center. This childcare center can be moved and…

Girls are 1.5 times more likely than boys to be excluded from school, damaging their chances to succeed later in life. ISSA member organization, VVOB – education for development  has partnered with Forum for African Women…

Photos courtesy of For Our Children Foundation. Pictured (Left to Right): Ivanka Shalapatova, Deputy Minister of Education Denitsa Sacheva, Deputy Minister of Health Boyko Penkov, Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Policy Rositsa Dimitrova. Early…

The Open Society Foundations (OSFs) are offering a grant to support community-based organizations that use elements of the Nurturing Care Concept in their policy models. The aim is to improve pregnancy and birth outcomes, eliminate racial…

Today, ISSA launched a review of the Peer Learning Activities (PLAs) carried out with our member organizations last year. ISSA’s member organizations have diverse theoretical expertise in various areas of Early Childhood Development as well as…

What is the role of civil society to support policymakers and communities in implementing the Nurturing Care Framework in Europe and Central Asia? A recent webinar from ISSA urged participants to ask

As asylum seekers and refugees have arrived in significant numbers in Europe and North America in recent years, many countries have struggled to address the newcomers’ basic reception needs and provide effective integration services. Young children…

In this Member in Focus we interviewed the Director of Balkan Sunflowers Kosova (BSFK), Muhamet Arifi. Muhamet is part of the Ashkali community, an ethnic minority in Kosovo. After 25 years of work as a musician, a security guard in the OSCE Mission…

The Step by Step Centre for Quality Education together with Family Centre Mala Ulica ("Little Street"), both ISSA members in Slovenia, have developed and published a booklet for parents of children from zero to one year of age. It is…

ISSA member Open Academy Step by Step Croatia piloted an innovative project. The model was developed during the school year 2016/2017 in six selected schools in Croatia. In this project an innovative way of assessing children’s learning was…