The culmination of many years of work in defining and promoting quality pedagogy, ISSA’s Quality Resource Pack proposes a practice-research-policy blended approach to quality, enabled by various tools that can be used with practitioners, pre- and in-service trainers, supervisors, parents and poli
Prioritising the professionalisation of early childhood education and care staff
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.
Putting early childhood at the heart of the European Child Guarantee
The Child Guarantee is an opportunity to increase public investment in early childhood development services and support, with both domestic resources and EU funding.
First Years, First Priority Campaign Country Profiles
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.
First Years, First Priority Campaign coalition makes the case for an integrated early childhood system in Bulgaria
On behalf of the First Years, First Priority national campaign coalition, ISSA Member, For Our Children Foundation urged the Bulgarian government to focus on developing an integrated system for ECEC.
Supporting Families for Gender Transformative Parenting - Challenging the gender norms and gender inequalities to create a more equitable environment for all children to thrive
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).
ISSA contributes to European Commission’s proposal on revision of the Barcelona Targets
The proposed revision to the Barcelona targets aims to close the gender employment gap, while enhancing the social and cognitive development of children — particularly those in vulnerable situations or from disadvantaged backgrounds.
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
