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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.

ISSA shares thoughts on the refugee crisis

September 16, 2015
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,…

ISSA's Overview of 2014

September 7, 2015
Have a flip through ISSA's 2014 achievements

Apply for REYN Training. Building a Roma Living Library 14-15 September, 2015 - Milan, Italy

August 5, 2015
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…

ISSA has two new members

August 5, 2015
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…

Another 3 new members for our ever-expanding network

April 14, 2015
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…

Second Language Training with REYN

April 3, 2015
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…

Counting on Quality: Measuring and Improving Quality in Early Childhood Environments

March 31, 2015
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 welcomes five new members

March 19, 2015
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…

Free online course on resilience in children

February 10, 2015
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…

DECET conference: No Quality without Equality

February 3, 2015
The call for papers for the international DECET conference in collaboration with Newman University has been released. The conference will take place in Birmingham, UK, from Wednesday, 3rd to Friday 5th June, 2015. The conference theme addresses the…

Roundtable on quality early learning to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

November 27, 2014
Together with the Bernard van Leer Foundation and JES Rijnland, ISSA hosted a roundtable within the Children’s Rights Summit organized by UNICEF on November 20, 2014 in Leiden. Within the events organized by UNICEF, Leiden City Hall, Leiden…

ISSA welcomes two new members

November 6, 2014
Two more members – an organisation from Australia and an international organisation – have just joined the network, contributing to expanding ISSA’s presence in Europe and worldwide. After the incorporation of five new members a few months ago,…

International Conference to focus on transforming the future of Early Childhood Development

October 6, 2014
The event marks the 15th anniversary of the International Step by Step Association Hundreds of experts will gather in Budapest between 10-12 October, 2014 to discuss new ways forward in supporting children around the world reach their full…

To all teachers: thank you for your great efforts in providing quality education to the youngest children

October 5, 2014
Today throughout the world we celebrate Teachers’ Day and we honor those who make a change in the lives of children. Throughout 2013, more than 30.000 teachers from Europe and Central Asia have benefited from trainings organized by ISSA members.…

To all teachers: thank you for your great efforts in providing quality education to the youngest children

October 5, 2014
Today throughout the world we celebrate Teachers’ Day and we honor those who make a change in the lives of children. Throughout 2013, more than 30.000 teachers from Europe and Central Asia have benefited from trainings organized by ISSA members.…

International Consultation on Measuring and Improving Quality in Early Childhood Environments

September 10, 2014
From today until Friday, more than 35 participants from all over the world will meet in the Child Rights Home, in Leiden to discuss quality in early childhood environments. The meeting is hosted by ISSA, in partnership with the Bernard Van Leer…

NGO’s from different European countries will come together in an international conference on intergenerational learning

September 9, 2014
ISSA’s member ICDI, hosts the final TOY International Conference on intergenerational learning that will take place on the 28th October in Leiden Other three ISSA members, VBJK (Belgium), Comenius Foundation (Poland) and the Step by Step Centre for…

New training for 300 preschool teachers and experts in Moldova

August 21, 2014
The Step by Step organisation in Moldova organized a nine-day training delivered in three rounds (Module I in February, Module II in April, and Module III in August) with the aim to contribute to the reform of preschool education in the country,…

ISSA hosts two meetings of the Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development

July 21, 2014
From today until Friday July 25th agencies and regional networks from different parts of the world working in early childhood care and development will meet in Leiden under the umbrella of this inter-agency consortium. ISSA is proud to host two…

Several ISSA members release a new manual for intergenerational learning

July 16, 2014
The Dutch NGO ICDI, together with three other ISSA members, VBJK (Belgium), Comenius Foundation (Poland) and the Step by Step Centre for Quality Education (Slovenia) has published a new toolkit to help implement learning workshops involving…

ISSA endorses a UN appeal to prioritize early childhood development

June 19, 2014
The document "Early Childhood Development: The Foundation of Sustainable Human Development for 2015 and beyond” was presented at a side event during the 11th session of the UN’s Open Working Group. It is time to help policy and decision-makers…

ISSA welcomes five new members

June 12, 2014
Three more members from The Netherlands and two from Bulgaria have just joined the network, contributing to expanding ISSA’s presence across Europe. After the incorporation of 15 new members two months ago, ISSA is proud to welcome five more…

ISSA celebrates Children's Day

June 1, 2014
On this special date, when many of its members from Eastern Europe celebrate Children’s Day, ISSA takes the opportunity to stress how relevant play, exploration and well-being are for the development of each child. Every day should be celebrated as…

Civil society organisations call for children’s rights to be prioritized in EU asylum and migration policies

May 26, 2014
ISSA has joined the open letter sent to the European Council and signed by tens of NGO’s, children’s ombudspersons of Europe and the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. Every child should have its rights secured in the European…