The ISSA Network Advantage - Prioritizing young children's development in emergencies
In emergencies, the amount of investment in ECD is scarce and very fragmented. More than half of humanitarian and refugee response plans focus on immediate needs while neglecting the overall development, learning and well-being of the youngest children and their caregivers.
Step by Step Moldova provides quality non-formal ECEC services for Ukrainian children
ISSA Member Step by Step Moldova reflects on the changing needs of Ukrainian refugee children and complex challenges of implementing a psychosocial support initiative.
Psychological First Aid Training in Romania: Creating a Climate of Safety and Support
Twelve training sessions in Psychological First Aid for 450 early childhood development practitioners were organized and delivered by the Centrul Step by Step in Romania.
Supporting local governments to build comprehensive early childhood services – experience from Slovenia
Recently, six ISSA Members joined a Primokiz training in Romania. The Step by Step Center for Quality in Education shares the network benefit of this workshop.
Four additional ISSA Member organizations receive training on the Primokiz approach
In February 2023, ISSA trainers and teams from countries already implementing the Primokiz approach provided a training to four additional ISSA Member organizations on the Primokiz methodology.
Amazon, ISSA, and Save the Children partner to distribute story books in Ukrainian
In partnership with Save the Children and Amazon, the International Step by Step Association will distribute 195,000 copies of three children’s story books in Ukrainian, from ISSA’s Reading Corner series.
Webinar: Enabling responsive early childhood strategies: the Primokiz Approach for Local Governments
The Primokiz approach has proved to be a successful vehicle for building a sustainable infrastructure of cross-sector capacity at the local level, backed-up by political support and funding able to shape and implement early childhood strategies and plans rooted in the needs of the communities.
