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Marking International Roma Day with the CHAVORE Quest

April 14, 2026
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.

A national-level early literacy and numeracy study being conducted by Foundation Step by Step in Macedonia

May 24, 2016
In the period May 9-27, Foundation “Step by Step” – Macedonia is carrying out a national-level early literacy and numeracy study in all primary schools in the country. More than 8,000 second and third graders with Macedonian, Albanian and Turkish…

Public-private partnerships for early education, a chance for Romania's competitiveness

May 23, 2016
On May 20th, ISSA Member Step by Step Centre for Education and Professional Development,(CEDP) Bucharest, Romania hosted a powerfully successful one-day conference: "Public-private partnerships for early education, a chance for Romania's…

Special Student Price for 1st Early Childhood Action Conference

April 19, 2016
As earlier reported on ISSA News, the 1st Early Childhood Action Conference is taking place in Paris Conference, June 6- 7th. As part of a special promotion they have made 30 seats available at 100 Euros for motivated students in ECEC field.…

Millions Learning: Scaling Up Quality Education

April 18, 2016
This latest report from the Brooking Institute demonstrates how countries are grappling with how to scale quality education for their children and youth. Quality education is at the center of a nation’s progress, and it is also enshrined in the…

ISSA starts lining up conference Keynote Speakers

April 15, 2016
ISSA is excited and proud to announce two of the Keynote Speakers for ISSA Conference 2016 Early Childhood in Times of Rapid Change, was chosen as the title for the 2016 Annual Conference as a way of enabling the early childhood community of experts…

The World Bank's first Annual Spring Meeting to discuss ECD

April 11, 2016
The World Bank’s Annual Spring Meeting will for the 1st time, in its history since 1946, host a session on ECD. The Spring Meetings are a global forum where Ministers of Finance and Treasury gather to discuss key issues of global development. On…

Foundation “Step by Step” – Macedonia celebrated its 15th birthday!

April 5, 2016
ISSA Secretariat and members express their heartfelt congratulations to Step by Step Macedonia on the 15th anniversary of their foundation. Over the last 15 years Step by Step Macedonia have been creating programs to help children reach their full…

Career Opportunities with Bernard van Leer Foundation

April 5, 2016
Over the last half century, the Bernard van Leer Foundation (BvLF) has worked in more than 50 countries and invested over half a billion dollars toward our mission: to improve opportunities for young children (0-8) growing up with social and…

Peer Learning with ISSA

March 9, 2016
ISSA is a learning community powered by its members and every year we give our members an exclusive opportunity to learn from each other directly. ISSA's Peer Learning Activities are considered as high valued by the membership and 2015 was the most…

ISSA Conference 2016 - Early Childhood in Times of Rapid Change

March 4, 2016
Societies across the globe are experiencing rapid changes which affect children, their families and the practitioners working alongside them. Living as we do in a more interconnected and interdependent world, the stability of our economies and…

Vital NEW resources for REYN!

February 24, 2016
The segregation of Romani and Traveller children in schools and the prejudice inflicted on many Romani families across Europe has been brought sharply into focus over the last few years. Through ISSA's initiative, REYN - Romani Early Years Network,…

Integrated systems and multilingualism discussed in Italy

January 28, 2016
A consortium of Italian foundations, under the auspices of the Transatlantic Forum on Inclusive Early Years, united during the 3rd National Conference "Integrated systems and multilingualism" on January 27th 2016. Program Director, Mihaela Ionescu,…

Call for Chapters: Challenges Associated with Cross-Cultural and At-Risk Student Engagement

January 8, 2016
The editors are seeking papers describing teacher's daily work and the academic and social successes achieved with their students in challenging teaching and learning environments. "We are interested in papers that reflect practical strategies…

ISSA welcomes a new member

December 16, 2015
ISSA is happy to announce its newest member NGO KHAM DELCHEVO from Macedonia. NGO KHAM is a civic association which assists by informing, educating and influencing policies and the provision of services that help Roma people and other marginalized…

Reaching and Investing in Children at the Margins, Prague, 3-6 November

November 20, 2015
“Reaching and Investing in Children at the Margins” was the title of the event co-hosted by ISSA and the Open Society Foundations in partnership with the National Academy of Sciences’ Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally, in Prague,…

ISSA and UNICEF together training home visitors

November 19, 2015
CEE/CIS Regional Training of Master Trainers - Training Home Visitors to Support Families for Child Health, Development and Protection ISSA is pleased to report that in partnership with UNICEF Regional Office for CEE/CIS, two parallel, five-day “…

INTESYS – Together: Supporting vulnerable children through integrated early childhood services

November 19, 2015
In partnership with Universal Education Foundation (the Netherlands), Compagnia di San Paolo (Italy), Emanuela Zancan Foundation (Italy), Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Portugal), Aga Khan Foundation (Portugal), VBJK (Belgium) and Pedagogical…

New global initiative focuses on ther Early Childhood Workfoce

November 18, 2015
ISSA and the Results for Development Institute are happy announce this new global initiative focusing on the Early Childhood workforce. Strengthening the skills, preparation, training, and employment conditions of those who work with young children…

ISSA joins call for all children to be counted

November 18, 2015
ALL CHILDREN COUNT BUT NOT ALL CHILDREN ARE COUNTED An open letter to the UN Statistical Commission and Inter‐Agency Expert Group on SDG Indicators 53 signatory organisations as of 20 October 2015 The signatories of this document welcome…

ISSA joins Global Coalition Against Child Poverty

November 12, 2015
ISSA is proud to have become a member of the Global Coalition Against Child Poverty joining together with an array of likeminded organzations to keep this issue within the global agenda and the national development policies and priorities of many…

ISSA signs call for protection of children’s rights in EU’s migration policy

October 30, 2015
In a joint statement to European Heads of State, ISSA joins 58 leading organisations in the fields of human rights, child rights, health and social inclusion, including UNICEF, OHCHR to remind them that it is their responsibility and duty to respect…

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

October 16, 2015
October 17th marks International Day for the Eradication of Poverty and the central theme for 2015 is coming together to end poverty and discrimination. The United Nations are using this opportunity to highlight the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable…

ISSA salutes the world's teachers

October 5, 2015
On this international day celebrating the work of the world’s teachers, ISSA restates its commitment to strengthening early childhood development by launching a new initiative aimed at empowering the workforce in early years services. More details…

Example of Targets in the Sustainable Development Goals directly related to early childhood development

October 1, 2015
From Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than $1.25 a day (target 1.1) By 2030, reduce by at least half the…