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Published in:
2022

Organization(s):
ISSA

Language:
English

Contact:
info@issa.nl

The Foundational training on psychological first aid (PFA) and trauma-Informed practices for young children and their caregivers fills a critical knowledge and skills gap in the early childhood workforce capacity, which surfaced due to the current humanitarian crisis created by the war…

Published in:
2022

Organization(s):
ISSA

Language:
Bulgarian, Czech, English, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Ukrainian

Contact:
Aljosa Rudas, arudas@issa.nl; Zorica Trikic, ztrikic@issa.nl

ECEC, education, refugees

"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…

Published in:
2022

Organization(s):
Diversity+

Language:
Slovak, Bulgarian, Czech, English, Italian

Contact:
Zorica Trikic, ztrikic@issa.nl

ECEC, workforce, Diversity +

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):
VBJK, Step by Step Centre for Quality in Education

Language:
English

Contact:
Katrien van Laere, katrien.van.laere@vbjk.be

ECEC, education

The ultimate goal of the InTrans project is to ensure that all children and families — especially the most vulnerable — benefit from warm and…

Published in:
2022

Organization(s):

Language:
Ukrainian, English

Contact:
Eva Izsak, eizsak@issa.nl

education, Ukraine, displacement

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:
2020

Organization(s):

Language:
English

Contact:
Eva Izsak, eizsak@issa.nl

refugees, diversity, European Union

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:
2022

Organization(s):

Language:
Slovak, Dutch, Czech, English, Italian

Contact:
Zorica Trikic, ztrikic@issa.nl

early childhood services, diversity, workforce, European Union

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

Organization(s):

Language:
Portuguese, English

Contact:
Tatiana Moura, t.moura@promundoglobal.org

child health, gender, fathers

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…

Published in:
2021

Organization(s):
For Our Children Foundation

Language:
Bulgarian, English

Contact:
Dimitar Ivanchev, d.ivanchev@detebg.org

early childhood care and education, workforce, healthcare, social protection, Bulgaria

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 …

Published in:
2021

Organization(s):
Step by Step Educational Program

Language:
Romanian

Contact:
Cornelia Cincilei, ccincilei@gmail.com

Moldova, children 3-5, children 5-8

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.


Chapter one – From the Diversity of Teachers’ Practices -…

Published in:
2021

Organization(s):
VBJK, Center for Innovative Education, University of Parma, ISSA

Language:
Dutch, English, Italian

Contact:
Nima Sharmahd, nima.sharmahd@vbjk.be

ECEC, quality, Belgium, Italy, Lithuania, children 0-6, ECEC spaces, educare

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,…

Published in:
2021

Organization(s):
EDUCAS team

Language:
English

Contact:
Nima Sharmahd, nima.sharmahd@vbjk.be

ECEC, quality, early childhood policy, ECEC spaces, educare

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):
Center for Innovative Education

Language:
English

Contact:
Regina Sabaliauskiene, regina@uic.lt

ECEC, quality, Lithuania, children 0-6, ECEC spaces, educare

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):
University of Parma

Language:
English

Contact:
Sara Berti, sara.berti@unipr.it

ECEC, quality, Italy, children 0-6, ECEC spaces, educare

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):
VBJK

Language:
English

Contact:
Nima Sharmahd, nima.sharmahd@vbjk.be

ECEC, quality, Belgium, children 0-6, ECEC spaces, educare

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…

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