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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…

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,…

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,…

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 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” 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,…

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 “…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

ISSA believes that diversity is a key feature of Europe. As a union of nations founded on the values of respect for human rights and dignity, liberty, equality and democracy the European goal should be to create a society which embraces cultural,…

Have a flip through ISSA's 2014 achievements

We are happy to announce that on September 14th and 15th, 2015 we are organizing a two day training on “Building a Roma Living Library” in Milan, Italy, as part of our capacity building program in cooperation with an ISSA member, ABCitta. After…

Over the last few weeks ISSA has added two new members to our burgeoning network which widens our influence across the globe. We now have our our first member from Pakistan, these two new members increase our membership to over 60 organisations. We…

Spring has arrived and brings 3 new members for our network. Our newest full member is Learning for Well-being Foundation from Amsterdam. UEF is at the origin of Learning for Well-Being approach that describes the journey of learning to realize…

Creating opportunities for success: Multilingual learning environments for Romani children. Second Language training with REYN June 8th – June 10th 2015 Leiden, the Netherlands “If you talk to a man in a language he understands that goes to his head…

Measuring and Improving Quality in Early Childhood Environments A group of experts on early childhood supported by ISSA, UNICEF, UNESCO and the Bernard van Leer Foundation, in partnership with the World Bank and the Brookings Institution met in…

ISSA is delighted to welcome five new members to our ever expanding learning community. Our newest members come from Italy, France, Luxembourg and Russia. ABCittà Social Cooperative are based in Milan, Italy. Formed by a group of professionals with…

ISSA members may be interested in this free of charge online study opportunity related to resilience in children offered on Coursera. Many professionals concerned with child resilience from around the world participated in 2014 (from more than 175…