Date: 21-07-2014

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

  • 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 meetings of the Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development, a well-known global consortium with more than thirty years of history in gathering and drawing strategies collectively, through the experience of many organisations and agencies from all over the world. From today and until Friday 25 July, representatives of six regional networks will meet in the Child Rights Home in Leiden, where ISSA’s offices are located, focusing on closer collaboration, peer learning and exchanges among the networks in different parts of the globe. The participants represent: the Arab Resource Collective (ARC), the Asia Pacific Regional Network for Early Childhood (ARNEC), the International Center for Education and Human Development (CINDE) in Latin America, the Early Child Development Working Group (ADEA) in Africa, CariChild from the Caribbean islands and the International Step by Step Association (ISSA) from Europe and Central Asia. The meeting of the regional networks will be followed by a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Consultative Group. ISSA is a vibrant network that connects professionals and non-profit organizations working in the field of early childhood development. Established in the Netherlands in 1999, ISSA’s community today stretches across the globe with its more than 50 members primarily located in Europe and Central Asia. Building upon the Step by Step Program initiated by the Open Society Foundations in 1994, ISSA aims to ensure equal access to quality care and education for all young children from birth to 10 years old. This mission is implemented through three main pillars of action: equal access for all children; promoting high-quality and professionalism in early years services and empowering parents and communities to be part of the children’s development and learning. For more information on the work of the Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development, please visit http://www.ecdgroup.com/ http://www.issa.nl/sites/default/files/ISSA%20hosts%20two%20meetings%20o...