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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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…