About us - Our History
Start date: ISSA was registered as an international association in the Netherlands in 1999.
Stage of development as a network: performing and adapting – fully operational, implementing key activities based on multiyear strategy and annual work plans.
In 1994, the Open Society Foundations (OSF) launched the Step by Step Pro
A common quality framework for non-formal ECEC initiatives
Non-formal early childhood education and care (ECEC) spaces such as community playgroups, family centres, and play hubs offer rich play and learning experiences for young children, their families and community members. This is especially evident when non-formal ECEC complements informal and formal ECEC.
While there are several quality frameworks for formal ECEC provisions, at the national and European level (EU Quality Framework for ECEC, ISSA quality principles 0-3 and 3 to 10), there isn’t yet a common quality framework for non-formal initiatives.
Training | Applying a trauma - informed co-production of programs: Centring the lived experience
Title: Training | Applying a trauma - informed co-production of programs: Centring the lived experience Date: Monday, October 16, 2023 - 12:00 End date: Tuesday, October 17, 2023 - 15:00 Location: Online Register before: Sunday, October 15, 2023 - 17:30 Organised by: AMNA
Training | Applying a trauma - informed co-production of programs: Centring the lived experience
Co-production refers to collaborating with the communities we are working with to design services together. It sets the foundation of acknowledging people as experts-by-experience, not just as recipients of care. Co-production promotes deeper collective healing based on people’s needs and interests, through which you can empower people to strengthen their sense of power, dignity, and belonging.
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Training | Room full of stories: An introduction to working with stories and narratives
Title: Training | Room full of stories: An introduction to working with stories and narratives Date: Tuesday, September 26, 2023 - 12:00 End date: Wednesday, September 27, 2023 - 15:00 Location: Online Register before: Monday, September 25, 2023 - 17:00 Organised by: AMNA
Training | Room full of stories: An introduction to working with stories and narratives
In this training you will dive into the art of storytelling and learn how to use narrative therapy techniques to promote emotional awareness, expression, and healing.
Our training will teach you how to facilitate this transformative process safely, cultivating personal growth and community connection.
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Training | Working with severe forms of collective adversity
Title: Training | Working with severe forms of collective adversity Date: Thursday, September 21, 2023 - 15:30 End date: Thursday, September 21, 2023 - 17:30 Location: Online Register before: Thursday, September 21, 2023 - 14:30 Organised by: AMNA
Training | Working with severe forms of collective adversity
This training is designed for anyone who wants to learn about Severe Forms of Collective Adversity (SFCA), which include involuntary dislocation due to oppression, violence and inequalities or due to natural disasters and climate change.
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Supporting health and development of young children and parents affected by emergencies
Title: Supporting health and development of young children and parents affected by emergencies Date: Tuesday, October 03, 2023 - 10:00 End date: Tuesday, October 03, 2023 - 11:30 Location: Zoom Register before: Tuesday, October 03, 2023 - 09:30 Organised by: UNICEF ECARO, WHO Europe, ISSA
Supporting health and development of young children and parents affected by emergencies
On the 3rd of October 2023, join Health Systems for Early Child Development for a webinar discussing the effects of war and displacement on young Ukrainian children and the challenges related to provision of holistic support for health and development by primary health systems and practitioners in Ukraine and Czechia.
Nordic expert seminar on the economic significance of qualitative early childhood education
Title: Nordic expert seminar on the economic significance of qualitative early childhood education Date: Tuesday, October 03, 2023 - 09:00 End date: Tuesday, October 03, 2023 - 16:45 Location: Iceland & Online Register before: Friday, September 15, 2023 - 08:30 Organised by: Nordic Co-operation
The seminar provides a comprehensive exploration of Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) from economic, individual, family, and societal angles. Participants will examine its cost-effectiveness, individual benefits for children, positive impacts on families and communities, and its potential for promoting social equity. Through engaging discussions and expert insights, the seminar offers a well-rounded understanding of the multifaceted advantages of ECEC.
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Kinderrechtenhuis / Child Rights Home
Hooglandse Kerkgracht 17-R
312 HS Leiden - The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (0)71 516 1222
Virtual roundtable | Primary health care as a driver of health equity and well-being
Title: Virtual roundtable | Primary health care as a driver of health equity and well-being Date: Wednesday, September 27, 2023 - 12:00 End date: Wednesday, September 27, 2023 - 15:00 Location: Online Register before: Wednesday, September 27, 2023 - 11:30 Organised by: WHO Europe, UNICEF
Virtual roundtable | Primary health care (PHC) as a platform to advance health and disease program objectives
Thanks to the universal nature of PHC and its contact with almost every child, professionals significantly shape and support the building of nurturing environments by guiding parents and focusing on holistic child development and the social determinants of health that influence it in order to decrease disparities. Thus, PHC can be a strong equaliser of health and social outcomes.