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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.

"Supporting Families for Young Child Wellbeing" workshop in Georgia

August 10, 2017

Between June 5th and 8th 2017, ISSA's senior programme manager Zorica Trikic was in Georgia. She attended the Inclusive Education and Early Childhood Intervention Initiative Annual Networking Workshop that was held in Tbilisi, Georgia. Present…

Summerschool and conference in Russia

August 10, 2017

Russian ISSA member Biological and Social Foundations of Inclusion Center, in cooperation with ISSA member Soobschestvo hosted a 10 day international conference and summer school in June. The seminar with the title "Early Intervention for Children…

Step by Step Armenia to deliver alternative preschool education to young children

August 10, 2017

ISSA member Step by Step Benevolent Foundation Armenia, UNICEF Armenia, Tumanyan consolidated community of Lori region and the Finance Officers Association signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Government in Vandzor, Armenia. The MoU,…

START meeting in Ghent, Belgium

August 10, 2017

ISSA member Step by Step Centre for Quality in Education from Slovenia is leading the consortium START. The project START aims to improve practices supporting children facing transitions from one educational setting to another (starting from…

Seminar-training on early childhood development in Tajikistan

August 10, 2017

The Belarusian Parents’ and Teachers’ League “Krok za Krokam” and the Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation (Tajikistan) organized a seminar-training “Let’s Say YES Together to Our Children” between May 30th and June 1st 2017. The event was…

Romani Early Years Network REYN launches website

August 10, 2017

Any child, wherever he or she is from, deserves quality education starting at birth. The Romani Early Years Network (REYN), which is coordinated by ISSA, is launching a new website to keep echoing this message.Today 80% of Roma are at risk of…

Peer Learning Activity: ensuring safe spaces for young children in families and communities

August 10, 2017

Last week, ISSA member International Child Development Initiatives (ICDI) hosted a Peer Learning Activity to discuss child rearing practices and the availability and implementation of child and family services in the Balkan region of Europe. Over…

Online: ISSA's Annual Report 2016

August 10, 2017

We are happy to announce that ISSA's Annual Report 2016 is online. We hope you enjoy reading about our progress, our strategy, the new member organizations that joined the network and our financial status. Have a look at our successes, our…

National Quality Monitor Child Care in the Netherlands

August 10, 2017

From 2017 on, Utrecht University and ISSA member Sardes will yearly assess the quality of child care services in the Netherlands. The project is commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs, under the name of Landelijke Kwaliteitsmonitor…

Member in Focus: Improving quality education and care for children requires action on many fronts

August 10, 2017

ISSA member For Our Children Foundation is leading efforts to create a national early childhood strategy in Bulgaria. The foundation has been active in Bulgaria for 25 years now, which makes it one of the oldest civil society organizations. They are…

ISSA welcomes three new member organizations

August 10, 2017

We are proud to introduce three new member organizations that joined ISSA recently: Kind en Gezin in Belgium, EADAP in Greece and Mala Ulica in Slovenia. Kind en Gezin (Child and Family) is an governmental agency that works actively in the 'Public…

ISSA hosts ISOTIS meeting on fairness in education

August 10, 2017

ISSA hosted a ISOTIS meeting with almost 50 experts from around the world. Watch this video where Professor Edward Melhuish, one of the leading members of ISOTIS, explains the focus of the meeting. Oxford Professor Melhuish is an expert in the ECED…

ECWI's first country study released

August 10, 2017

The Early Childhood Workforce Initiative (ECWI), hosted by ISSA and R4D (Results for Development), is a global effort to support practitioners in the field of ECD. Under ECWI, a series of country studies will examine ways to strengthen and scale up…

‘Buna zua! Kum ješć?’ REYN Croatia presents the course for teaching the basics of Beyash language to adults

August 10, 2017

The Romani Early Years Network Croatia offered a course of Beyash language to its members - primarily to educators and other professionals working with Roma children. The course is taught by Romani assistants, Biljana Horvat and Elvis Kralj,…

The Ukrainian Step by Step Foundation and UNICEF deliver training benefitting children in war zones

The Ukrainian Step by Step Foundation (USSF) and UNICEF present the results of their project “Kindergarten – environment friendly to a child”. Over 2500 pedagogues working with children in war zones were trained. War and crisis, led to the…

ISSA member Associazione 21 Luglio writes about how Italy is failing the lives of Roma people

We received a blog post written by ISSA member Associazione 21 Luglio about the tragic death of three Roma sisters in Rome, Italy. Associazione 21 Luglio works daily with Roma people in the Italian capital. Carlo Stasolla, president of Associazione…

Training practitioners and health workers in Serbia

ISSA's Senior Program Manager, Zorica Trikic delivered a training for trainers in Belgrade, Serbia on May 9th-11th, 2017. The seminar was organized in partnership with the Association for Public Health Serbia, the Institute for Public Health…

SOFT Tulip achieves major breakthrough for early intervention in Ukraine

This month’s Member in Focus is Eric Bloemkolk, Director of SOFT Tulip Foundation. SOFT Tulip is a small organization with a huge network. This network includes seven major service providers and 25,000 people. They’ve offered their training services…

Six REYN members at World Forum Foundation event in New Zealand

Since 2004, the World Forum Foundation has been supporting emerging leaders through the Global Leaders for Young Children program. Nearly two hundred emerging leaders from 61 countries have participated so far in the program developing their skills…

In Serbia it’s time to focus on preschool education, the Minister of Education says

The international conference “Key dimensions of the quality development in Early Childhood Education and Care - The Preschool Curriculum Framework” was held in Belgrade on May 23rd. At the opening ceremony, the Minister of Education, science and…

A school for parents in Latvia

ISSA member the Centre for Education Initiatives in Latvia, offers courses on how to become a great parent. Nowadays parents have become more active, motivated and willing to engage in the children's upbringing not only intuitively, but at a semi-…

Macedonian campaign raises awareness about equal access to education for Roma children and parents

Step by Step Foundation for Educational and Cultural Initiatives of Macedonia is organizing an online initiative under a nationwide campaign raising awareness about the importance of equal access to education for Roma children and parents. This…

AFLATOUN conference on early childhood education in the Ukraine

ISSA member AFLATOUN started their early years programme Aflatot to strengthen the early childhood education in Ukraine. The focus on Early Childhood Education in the Ukraine has been growing and improving over the last few years, thanks to the…

Parwaan Pakistan is gearing up youth social entrepreneurship and early childhood care and education

26/04/2017- Parwaan National Centre of Excellence on Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) organized an open house event ‘Parwaan Ka Karawaan’ to celebrate the success of its flagship youth social entrepreneurship and early childhood care and…