Save the Date: Launch of ISSA's ECD in Emergencies Compendium
Date: November 26, 2025
Time: 14.00 - 16.00 CET
Platform: Zoom – Register here
In recent years, ISSA members have responded to overlapping crises — from pandemics and displacement to natural disasters and armed conflicts — that have severely impacted young children and families. These experiences underscored a key insight: while individual interventions like psychosocial support or educator training are essential, true resilience requires system-level preparedness.
The newly developed Compendium on Early Childhood Development (ECD) in Emergencies captures lessons learned from ISSA members’ responses and presents a framework built around five core components of system preparedness:
- Emergency Preparedness and Response Systems
- Resilient and Flexible Service Delivery
- Workforce Capacity and Well-being
- Integrated Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
- Governance, Coordination, and Accountability
Together, these components show how strengthening preparedness not only improves crisis response but also builds more equitable, sustainable ECD systems.
Purpose of the Event:
This webinar will mark the official launch of the Compendium on ECD in Emergencies. It will:
- Highlight the Compendium as a collective achievement of ISSA members.
- Showcase diverse member experiences in responding to crises.
- Encourage dialogue on chronic system weaknesses exposed by emergencies.
- Promote system-level thinking for sustainable, long-term preparedness.
- Celebrate and motivate members through shared learning and reflection.
What Participants Can Expect:
- Compendium insights: A closer look at the five components of ECD preparedness.
- Member stories: Real-world examples from various emergency contexts.
- Interactive discussion: Reflections on system strengths, gaps, and future priorities.
- Engagement: Polls and Q&A with participants.
- Key takeaways: How preparedness efforts strengthen ECD systems over time.
ISSA Members Featured:
- Ayça Alaylı – Program Manager, ISSA (Facilitator)
- Mihaela Ionescu – ISSA
- Eleonora Kulcar – Transcarpathian Regional Charitable Fund Blaho
- Gabriella Brent – AMNA Refugee Healing Network
- Robert Szczęsny – Comenius Foundation for Child Development
- Giulia Cortellesi – International Child Development Initiatives (ICDI)
- M. Koray Tanrısever – ASAM
- Betül Olgun – AÇEV
- Gerda Sula – Step by Step Albania
- Linka Toneva – Trust for Social Achievement
- Rositsa Bogalinska – Rise International
Join us to explore how we can move from isolated interventions toward sustainable, system-level preparedness — building stronger early childhood systems for all children.
🔗 Register here
