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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 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 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…

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,…

Ukraine is in the process of reforms, including education reform. One of the steps in this process is the development of new educational standards for primary schools. Ukrainian Step by Step Foundation organized 'training-for-trainers' days on July…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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-…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

ISSA Member, Center for Education and Professional Development (CEPD) was represented by Radu Enache, former Managing Director and Administrator of Hewlett Packard Romania, at the Roundtable on Investing in the Early Years: Identifying Synergies and…

ISSA member, Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences "Biological and Social Foundations of Inclusion" center, is a research and education center based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. They are organizing a flagship event on early…

Children’s vibrant curiosity about the world around them becomes evident – in their exploring fingers and rapt gaze – even before they can speak. Once the words begin to come, questions and observations tumble out at a tempo that adults find hard to…

ISSA’s Executive Director Liana Ghent spoke at the Global Philanthropy Forum Conference in Washington DC last week. For the first time, this yearly event featured a strand on the child. Ms. Ghent, spoke during the working group, A Healthy Start: The…