News

ISSA member Step by Step Moldova (SbSM) has announced the start of a new project: Schools Ready for Children, with the financial support of the Pestalozzi Children’s Foundation. The project aims at improving the access, attendance and progress…

We are happy to introduce three new member organizations that joined ISSA recently: VVOB – Education for Development (Belgium), Dreamland Primary School (Romania) and Know How Center (Serbia).  VVOB – Education for Development is a Flemish…

The KAA Gent Foundation uses football as a way to connect children, families, and the neighbourhood. Professionals in early childhood education and care, family support services, and preschool education similarly work together on a daily basis with…

We are happy to announce that the Romani Early Years Network (REYN) has just expanded to two new countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina and Bulgaria! In Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), the news has been shared by the three founding organizations of REYN…

Today we are proud to launch our new website! We hope you will like it as much as we do.   The platform is easier to use and fully responsive on smartphones and tablets. It also offers new functions that will better feature the ISSA member…

The deadline for this vacancy has passed. The International Step by Step Association (ISSA) is a vibrant international network that connects professionals and non-profit organizations working in the field of early childhood development.…

The Early Childhood Workforce Initiative (ECWI) released two reports that shed critical insights on how policymakers and others can better support the child care workers, preschool teachers, teacher assistants, social workers, community health…

Early Moments Matter for every child, UNICEF’s global report on early childhood development, shows that the period from conception to the start of school opens a critical and singular window of opportunity to shape the development of a child’s brain…

Registration is openen now for the 2018 ReadyNation Global Business Summit on Early Childhood. This summit will convene hundreds of business leaders from around the world in New York City at the Grand Hyatt Hotel on November 1-2…

June 1, 2018As many ISSA members in Eastern Europe celebrate Children’s Day today, the reality of funding limitations for programs that support young children underscores the festivities. Funding cuts

Read message from Liana Ghent, ISSA's Executive Director.

A well-known proverb states that if you want to go quickly, you should go alone, but if you want to go far, then go together.   ISSA, as a network, strives to go far. We strengthen the connections among our members so that they can learn from…

High-quality education and care depends heavily on a qualified and satisfied workforce. As part of ISSA's commitment to strengthening the early year’s workforce, extra attention has been placed on providing professional development…

INTESYS is a 3-year, Forward Looking Cooperation Project co-funded by the European Commission's Erasmus+ Programme. The project focuses on piloting new approaches to Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) systems in Europe with a view to ensuring…

An international workshop and meeting on the segregated education of Roma children will be hosted in Budapest January 25th- 26th. The event will include discussion about the impact of segregation in schools and facilitate the exchange of…

In 2017, 10 insightful Peer Learning Activities took place. These sessions were organized by 24 ISSA member organizations, either as applicants or co-applicants.   The PLAs covered a wide range of topics. Some focused on Quality in Early…

Zorica Trikic, ISSA's Senior Programme Manager attended the presentation of the report called Let Children be Children: Lessons from the Field on the Protection and Integration of Refugee and Migrant Children in Europe which…

Thirty years ago, the ISSA member organization Nederlands Jeugdinstituut (Netherlands Youth Institute) developed various family-oriented programs to stimulate play and pre-school activities. This anniversary was celebrated with an…

ISSA member Ukrainian Step by Step Foundation organised a 1 day conference for REYN members as a Peer Learning Activity (PLA) in cooperation with Romanipen (Serbia) and Wide Open School (Slovakia) in Kiev. The 52 participants represented…

Launched in 2016, ECDAN is a global network of countries, institutions, organizations, specialists, and funders committed to ensuring that all children from birth to 5 years of age, in all circumstances, reach their developmental potential. …

Q: It was great to have you at the ISSA Conference in Ghent, Mehnaz. Can you please share some take-aways from the conference? A: 'I took part in last year's ISSA conference in Lithuania. Already there I could see that the success of the ISSA…

The video "When Mom is near you" has been created by ISSA member organization IRODA, Parents of children with autism initiatives and project-partners. The project is supported by OSF, UK- "Expanding the ECI services through the parents…

On November 20-21, ISSA members Sardes (the Netherlands) and the Neohumanist Education European Network (Romania) organised a Peer Learning Activity in Utrecht about the role of yoga and meditation techniques in young children’s…

For the second time, the Step by Step Foundation - Macedonia organized the "Speech4Teach-Inspiration for Education" event, as part of the USAID "Readers are Leaders" Project. On November 1 in Skopje, more than 250 participants (teachers,…