The InTrans project ultimate goal is to ensure that all children and families — especially the most vulnerable — benefit from warm and inclusive transitional...
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Published in: 2022 Organization(s): VBJK, Step by Step Centre for Quality in Education Country: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Slovenia Language: English Contact: Katrien van Laere (katrien.van.laere@vbjk.be) |
The ultimate goal of the InTrans project is to ensure that all children and families — especially the most vulnerable — benefit from warm and inclusive... Published in: 2022 Organization(s): VBJK, Step by Step Centre for Quality in Education Country: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Slovenia Language: English Contact: Katrien van Laere (katrien.van.laere@vbjk.be) |
The ultimate goal of the InTrans project is to ensure that all children and families — especially the most vulnerable — benefit from warm and inclusive... Published in: 2022 Organization(s): VBJK, Step by Step Centre for Quality in Education Country: Belgium, Finland, Italy, Slovenia Language: English Contact: Katrien van Laere (katrien.van.laere@vbjk.be) |
This report explores how ‘core capacities’ – or cornerstones of more familiar concepts, such as life skills and competences – develop over the early part of the life course, and how they contribute to children’s personal well-being and development. The project builds on the existing... Published in: 2021 Organization(s): The Learning for Well-being Foundation Language: English Contact: Shanti George (shanti.research@gmail.com) |
The Learning for Well-being Foundation, the European Council of Steiner Waldorf Education (ECSWE) and the Hungarian Waldorf Federation, in an Erasmus+ project collected stories from classrooms and schools across Europe demonstrating alternatives to the exam factory. Twenty inspiring practices... Published in: 2021 Country: European Union, Hungary Language: English Contact: Eva Izsak (eizsak@issa.nl) |
The project "Let's Learn without Borders" was created by the Ukrainian Institute of Education Development (UIED) in response to the current crisis in Ukraine. Due to the Russian invasion, thousands of families with children have had to stay in shelters for a long time or move to neighboring... Published in: 2022 Country: Ukraine, Europe Language: Ukrainian Contact: Eva Izsak (eizsak@issa.nl) |
Children’s education must go on! A new online platform is supporting families and children affected by the war in Ukraine to easily access distance learning. The “Ukrainian Online Schedule” by the ... Published in: 2022 Country: Ukraine Language: Ukrainian, English Contact: Eva Izsak (eizsak@issa.nl) |
This is the Toolbox of the Erasmus+ project Multilingual early childhood education and care for young refugee children. In this project (2016-2019) the consortium made an inventory of the existing services, activities and programmes for young children from refugee and asylum-seeking families in... Published in: 2020 Country: European Union Language: English Contact: Eva Izsak (eizsak@issa.nl) |
With the aim to support ECEC settings, leaders and professionals to identify and overcome these challenges, the Diversity+ project has launched the Diversity+ Charter: a... Published in: 2022 Country: European Union Language: Slovak, Dutch, Czech, English, Italian Contact: Zorica Trikic, ztrikic@issa.nl |
PARENT manual provides insights and guidelines to engage men in nurturing care and transformations. It tackles the issue by reaching out and involving frontline workers from sectors such as health and social service as well as new fathers or fathers to be. The manual addresses engaging... Published in: 2022 Country: Portugal Language: Portuguese, English Contact: Tatiana Moura, t.moura@promundoglobal.org |
The topic of people working directly with children and families in the health, education and social work stands out when looking for sustainable solutions to challenges faced in early childhood care and education. This topic is even more important in Bulgaria given the... Published in: 2021 Organization(s): For Our Children Foundation Country: Bulgaria Language: Bulgarian, English Contact: Dimitar Ivanchev, d.ivanchev@detebg.org |
Reflective teachers for quality education is a book reflecting the Step by Step Moldova NGO experience in promoting transformative democratic, child/earner-centered education. The book has three chapters.
Published in: 2021 Organization(s): Step by Step Educational Program Country: Moldova Language: Romanian Contact: Cornelia Cincilei, ccincilei@gmail.com |
EDUCAS Toolbox aims to support coordinators, coaches, trainers, professionals that seek to stimulate professional development paths with ECEC staff with the aim to create child and friendly learning spaces in ECEC centres. The Toolbox includes pedagogical approaches, methods and tools... Published in: 2021 Organization(s): VBJK, Center for Innovative Education, University of Parma, ISSA Country: Belgium, Italy, Lithuania Language: Dutch, English, Italian Contact: Nima Sharmahd, nima.sharmahd@vbjk.be |
Educating and caring for young children is a big responsibility, challenge and commitment. The POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS for strengthening the importance of SPACE and EDUCARE approach in early childhood systems aim at providing a comprehensive set of recommendations for policymakers on EU... Published in: 2021 Organization(s): EDUCAS team Country: Belgium, Lithuania and Italy Language: English Contact: Nima Sharmahd, nima.sharmahd@vbjk.be |
Throughout the three years of the EDUCAS project, partners in Belgium (FL), Italy and Lithuania have undertaken a thorough examination of existing visions and methods related to organizing ECEC environments in... Published in: 2021 Organization(s): Center for Innovative Education Country: Lithuania Language: English Contact: Regina Sabaliauskiene, regina@uic.lt |
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Welcome to ISSA Knowledge Hub!
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The materials aim to develop preventive skills of hygiene, behaviors of healthy lifestyle and awareness raising regarding COVID-19 for early childhood educators. The goal is to establish healthy lifestyle routines through age-appropriate thematic studies that can be incorporated in play time and... Published in: 2020 Organization(s): Step by step Benevolent Foundation, Armenia; UNICEF Country: Armenia Language: Armenian Contact: Marine Mkrtchyan, Ashkhen Gyurjyan |
This presentation shows how one early childhood educator managed to cope with the new method of teaching – online learning with Year 2 students. She explains how to make online learning a meaningful journey for her young students and their parents. It served as an example of good practice to... Published in: 2020 Organization(s): Early Childhood Development Association (ECDAM) Country: Malta Language: English Contact: Chantelle Xuereb |
The Trust for Social Achievement Foundation – Bulgaria has been engaged since the onset of the pandemic in Bulgaria in searching for appropriate mechanisms to support the learning process for disadvantaged children, particularly those who face challenges to participate in the online distance... Organization(s): Trust for Social Achievement, Worldwide Orphans – Bulgaria (providing the emergency kits) Network of implementing NGOs at local level – “Znanie”-Lovech, Club of NGOs-Turgovishte, Health and Social Development Foundation – Sofia, New Road Assn.- Hayredin Country: Bulgaria Language: Bulgarian Contact: Linka Toneva, ltoneva@tsa-bulgaria.org |
Baytna Hubs is an initiative between Refugee Trauma Initiative (RTI) and Help Refugees, supported by Open Society Foundation, to scale up a specialist Early Childhood Development (ECD), called Baytna, which has been developed within the context of the Greek refugee crisis. Published in: 2020 Organization(s): RTI, Perichoresis, Elix, Athens Comic Library, Irida Women’s Centre, Open Cultural Centre Country: Greece Language: English Contact: Evelyn Wilcox |
Responding to the COVID-19 crisis in Serbia, the Group for Children and Youth INDIGO, developed a noteworthy practice aiming at providing on-line learning support to Roma children enrolled in grades I to IV at the “Sreten Mladenovic Mika” Primary School. The learning support is provided three... Organization(s): Group for children and youth INDIGO, “Sreten Mladenovic Mika” Primary School, Nis, Serbia Country: Serbia Language: Serbian Contact: Tamara Simonovic, indigo@indigo.org.rs |
The intervention “Building of an Early Childhood Intervention system in Ukraine” is based on the strategy that was developed for building four good ECI practices in four pilot regions and combines lobbying and advocacy at the regional and national level. The experience gained during the four... Organization(s): Stichting SOFT tulip, National Association of People with Disabilities of Ukraine, Charitable Foundation Early Intervention Center of Kharkiv, Dzherelo Day Care and Rehabilitation Center of Lviv, Path of Life Center for Complex Rehabilitation of Uzhgorod Country: the Netherlands Language: Ukrainian Contact: Eric Bloemkolk, eric.bloemkolk@softtulip.nl |
During the COVID-19 pandemic, food deprivation of households with young children has emerged as a priority among priorities. Organization(s): Associazione 21 luglio; many individuals, organizations and institutions collaborated to implement all the activities in this systemic approach Country: Italy Language: Italian, Roma Contact: Francesca Petrucci, educazione@21luglio.org |
We used the method of “Social accountability and Legal Empowerment", with the to empower the Roma community, to learn their rights in the Social and Health domains. In Macedonia, Governmental prevention programs for reproductive and child health are offered. In those programs, it is also... Organization(s): NGO "KHAM" Delcevo, main donor is Open Society Foundation, partners are local governments and health centres from three municipalities Country: Macedonia Language: Macedonian Contact: Zoran Bikovski, z_bikovski@yahoo.com |
An Early Childhood Educator shows how one can video tape themselves and then create a YouTube video which students can watch at home at their convenience. The practice has helped other educators who were unable to use platforms like Zoom and still wanted to create a video of themselves teaching... Organization(s): Early Childhood Development Association Malta (ECDAM) Country: Malta Language: English Contact: Juanita Sultana |
Our social services are providing food material support to children and their families who have been affected by the global pandemic and its mitigation measures. Such an event, like the pandemic, may disrupt parenting practices and family routines and thus affect child health and development. By... Organization(s): For Our Children Foundation, Bulgarian Food Bank Country: Bulgaria Language: Bulgarian Contact: Desislava Ilieva |
The COVID-19 pandemic and its mitigation measures have created an extra burden for grass-roots organizations and the communities they serve. Although ensuring sustainability of their programmatic work and finding innovative ways to meet the diverse needs of the families and children, especially... Published in: 2020 Organization(s): ISSA Country: the Netherlands Language: English Contact: Eva Izsak, eizsak@issa.nl |
With the project “ZAMISLICE” (CHILDEAS – Tiny Little Thoughts), ISSA member from Slovenia, Mala Ulica wished to acquaint all new parents with the importance of early interactions. They provided parents with a pendant that can also serve as a pram mobile – a small, but important gadget that... Published in: 2017 Organization(s): Association Mala ulica - Center for children and families in Ljubljana, Slovenia Country: Slovenia Language: Slovenian Contact: Eva Strmljan Kreslin, evaskreslin@malaulica.si |
A number of childcare facilities (children under 3 years of age) of the City of Ghent incorporated sustainability and ‘green principles’ in their pedagogical vision and daily practice, engaging children, parents, community and the care team. Each of our childcare centers works... Published in: 2017 Organization(s): Child Care Unit, City of Ghent, Belgium Country: Belgium Language: Dutch Contact: Evelyne Pauwels, diko.pb@stad.gent |
University based in-service training in early childhood education (ECE) is an in-service programme for early childhood educators accredited by Ilia State University. In this program educators of children three to six year are trained in evidence based contemporary ECE practice. Courses include... Organization(s): Center for Preschool and Inclusive Education, Ilia State University, Georgia Country: Georgia Language: English Contact: Khatuna Dolidze, khatuna.dolidze.1@iliauni.edu.ge |
Supporting Development of Early Inclusive Education in Tbilisi Kindergartens is a project aiming to support development of early childhood inclusive education: 1) by empowering mainstream kindergarten teachers and specialists working in kindergartens through modelling, practicing and sharing... Organization(s): Center for Preschool and Inclusive Education, Ilia State University, Georgia Country: Georgia Language: English Contact: Khatuna Dolidze, khatuna.dolidze.1@iliauni.edu.ge |
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