This case study is based on the Early Childhood Development Complexes of For Our Children Foundation (FoC), Bulgaria, that provided several different socially integrated services...
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Published in: 2023 Organization(s): For Our Children Foundation Country: Bulgaria Language: English Contact: Ayça Alaylı, aalayli@issa.nl |
This paper focuses on maternal andperinatal healthcare – the period from pregnancy to the first year after birth. A mother’s own physical and mental health and wellbeing can affect a child’s physical and cognitive development. Adversity during pregnancy and the first years of life can... Published in: 2022 Language: English Contact: Dr. Mihaela Ionescu, mionescu@issa.nl; Francesca Colombo, fcolombo@issa.nl |
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) services for children under six years of age play a fundamental role in laying strong foundations for lifelong learning and wellbeing, especially in the first three years of life. Quality ECEC services can make an extraordinary difference in children’s... Published in: 2022 Language: English Contact: Dr. Mihaela Ionescu, mionescu@issa.nl; Francesca Colombo, fcolombo@issa.nl |
The Child Guarantee is an opportunity to increase public investment in early childhood development services and support, with both domestic resources and EU funding. It is an opportunity to develop comprehensive, integrated, cross-department policies and strategies that support families and... Published in: 2022 Language: English Contact: Dr. Mihaela Ionescu, mionescu@issa.nl; Francesca Colombo, fcolombo@issa.nl |
First Years First Priority Campaign Country Profiles share data collected by national campaign coordinators in Bulgaria, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, and Spain. Each Profile provides a snapshot of the current state of ECD within the country and includes sections... Published in: 2021 Country: Bulgaria, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain Language: English Contact: Dr. Mihaela Ionescu (mionescu@issa.nl), Francesca Colombo (fcolombo@issa.nl) |
The Gender Transformative Parenting Training Resource Package for frontline workers from different sectors was created in partnership with UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (ECARO). The package provides evidence-based information, recommendations, and training... Published in: 2023 Organization(s): UNICEF, ISSA Country: Global Language: English Contact: Zorica Trikic, ztrikic@issa.nl; Ayca Alayli, aalayli@issa.nl |
InTrans project aims to support professionals through action at the policy, advocacy and training levels to ensure that all children and families experience warm and inclusive transitional practice in ECEC and school. This project initiated the debate on curricula alignment of different... Published in: 2023 Language: English Contact: Katrien van Laere, katrien.van.laere@vbjk.be |
Play for Inclusion - A handbook for non-formal services supporting young refugee children and families The Play for Inclusion Handbook provides information on play, learning, and development in the... Published in: 2022 Organization(s): ICDI Country: Not country specific Language: Slovak, English Contact: Giulia Cortellesi, giulia@icdi.nl |
Toolkit on inclusive community-based ECEC This toolkit on inclusive community-based ECEC is designed for practitioners in non-formal educational settings who work with children 0-8 years old and are interested in... Published in: 2023 Organization(s): ICDI Country: Not country specific Language: Slovak, English, Hungarian Contact: Giulia Cortellesi, giulia@icdi.nl |
Therapeutic Stories: "The Princess Doll", "Robbie the Space Explorer", "The song of the Nightingales" This collection of therapeutic stories was developed to help Ukrainian children that have been displaced by the war deal with the disruptions they... Published in: 2022 Organization(s): Neohumanist Education Association Country: Romania Language: Russian, Ukrainian, English Contact: Didi A. Devapriya, didi@amurtel.ro |
"Let's Play" Activity Cards - Play-based activities for healing and learning The "Let’s Play" Activity Cards contain play-based activities developed to stimulate and support children whose play has been affected by the war in Ukraine. The content... Published in: 2022 Organization(s): ISSA Language: Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Czech, English, Hungarian Contact: Aljosa Rudas, arudas@issa.nl; Zorica Trikic, ztrikic@issa.nl |
ECD activity cards Children’s right to play, leisure and education is threatened during and after emergency situations. Many young children living in refugee homes arrive in their host country after a dangerous journey, and potentially traumatic experiences. Life has... Published in: 2022 Organization(s): ISSA, UNICEF Language: German, Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, English Contact: Zorica Trikic, ztrikic@issa.nl |
The "European Qualification Framework of Diversity Ambassador in ECEC environments” has been developed with the aim to improve ECEC HR management, to profile critical knowledge, skills and attitudes required to respond to individual and group needs of children from different backgrounds and with... Published in: 2022 Organization(s): Diversity+ Language: Slovak, Bulgarian, Czech, English, Italian Contact: Zorica Trikic, ztrikic@issa.nl |
Parenting on the Move (PoM) has been developed to help parents create an environment of resilience, well-being, and education for kindergarten and school age children during situations of migration and refugeehood. PoM offers psychosocial support, education, and entertainment, as well as... Published in: 2022 Organization(s): CIP-Center for Interactive Pedagogy, Save the Children North West Balkans Language: Arabic, English, Farsi Contact: Milena Mihajlović, milena@cipcentar.org |
Under the initiative Preschool Online Learning Community, CIP-Center for Interactive Pedagogy partnered with... Published in: 2022 Country: Serbia Language: Serbian, English Contact: Milena Mihajlović, milena@cipcentar.org |
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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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