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Nine methodological centers will be established in 2021 in different locations in the Czech Republic. These centers will be based nearby schools that are working with Step by Step program in different regions. The centers will become methodological…

Author: Didi Ananda Devapriya, President of Neohumanist Education Association, Romania In 2017, when I received an email invitation from ISSA to a fundraising session with Bernard Ross, Director, =mc consulting, it literally felt like a sign from…

Inspired by the results from the focus groups organized with parents and professionals within the EDUCAS project, the Lithuanian team (UIC Center for Innovative Education and ECEC Centers,1 Vaikystes Sodas and Aukštelkės mokykla-daugiafunkcis…

With an estimated 250 million children younger than 5 years in low- and middle-income countries at risk of not reaching their developmental potential, there is an urgent need to increase multisectoral coverage of quality programming that…

After 2 years of work, the European Commission’s Early Childhood Education and Care Working Group, in which the ISSA network was represented and made contributions, organizes an online launch event Early Childhood Education and Care…

We are happy to see our article introducing ISSA and its focus on equity included in the latest edition of the Children in Europe Today magazine – Issue 3, including the French version, Enfants d’Europe aujourd’hui, published by ISSA Member, Le…

It is with great sadness that we share this news. Our beloved friend and colleague, Radmila Rangelov Jusovic, Director of the Center for Educational Initiatives Step by Step from Bosnia & Herzegovina, passed away on February 13th. We welcome…

Within the EDUCAS project, Belgium’s project partners VBJK (Centre for Innovation in the Early Years) and the two Flemish Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) centers involved, de Tandem and Hippo’s Hof, have put in practice two methods related…

EDUCAS project was presented to a broad international audience during the ISSA Connects Week in December 2020. The session gained the attention of 87 people from around the world. Participants included a wide range of professionals such as…

The TOY for Inclusion consortium has released the project’s Impact Evaluation and Policy Recommendations.Using a qualitative methodology for data collection and analysis, this report evaluates the impact of the TOY to Share, Play to Care…

The world has been facing a completely new way of life in the past year. The COVID-19 pandemic influenced the personal and professional lives of everyone, including families and professionals from the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) field…

Today, the Early Childhood Workforce Initiative (ECWI) publishes a brief entitled Supporting the Workforce: Parenting Programs Adapt to COVID-19.  The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has upended families’…

This month, the TOY for Inclusion project titled TOY to Share, Play to Care, co-funded by the European Commission and the Open Society Foundations, will come to a close. This project built and expanded on prior work, which introduced the TOY…

The high quality, inclusive Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) is an essential foundation for children’s successful lifelong health, learning, social integration, and personal development. It can also help close the achievement gap for…

The first months and years of life lay the foundations for children’s physical, social and emotional development. Eurochild and the International Step by Step Association, in partnership with the European Public Health Alliance and the Roma…

This report was commissioned to Network Impact, with support from the Open Society Foundations’ Early Childhood Program and Porticus. With case studies from each network, it shows how ISSA and the networks on other continents leverage their network…

We interviewed Christopher Goodman, Program Manager at Jacobs Foundation, about their partnership with ISSA and our member organization in Romania – the Step by Ste Center for Education and Professional Development. He reflected on the…

A world where male caregivers engage in positive, nurturing and gender-equitable parenting that supports the development of young children under three years of age – this is a vision that ISSA, CES/University of Coimbra and Promundo Portugal share.…

With great sadness we are saying goodbye to our colleague Tatjana Pavlovski, one of the pioneers and founding members of the Step by Step network and ISSA. Tanja was a dreamer and a visionary. She contributed to the early years field on the national…

Building Bridges - Bridging the Gap Supporting wellbeing, learning, development and integration of young refugee and migrant children is a guidebook which aims to assist and inform the work of kindergarten teachers engaged in kindergartens in…

EDUCAS Project aims to create Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) environments that support children’s development in a holistic way, taking into account the diverse perspectives of people involved in the process. So far, teachers and families…

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many unprecedented challenges for grassroots organizations and the communities they serve, especially those living in vulnerable and adverse context. The shock caused by this crisis is incomparable in terms of speed…

The Early Childhood Workforce Initiative launches the brand new User's Guide for the Home Visiting Workforce Needs Assessment Tool today. The Tool supports policymakers responsible for policy planning and personnel management of ECD…

As the COVID-19 pandemic lingers and activities continue to occur in online spaces, TOY for Inclusion is taking advantage of this movement online to showcase some of the most influential and crucial voices of the TOY for Inclusion project. Since the…