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.
ISSA and War Child join forces in new partnership initiative
War Child has partnered with ISSA to provide funding that will be used by ISSA and our Member organizations to deliver crucial psychological first aid and psychosocial support to young children and families in the countries dealing most immediately with refugees and internally displaced persons.
Training of Trainers: Foundational training on psychological first aid and trauma-informed practices
As part of ISSA's Ukraine Response, the Secretariat held two Training of Trainers (ToT) online events for trainers and resource persons from ISSA Member organizations in Ukraine, Poland, Romania Moldova, Bulgaria, and Slovakia.
Survey: Public Perception Regarding Early Childhood Education in Romania
Parents in Romania are aware of the importance of education for a child’s development, however they associate the outcomes of education with discipline, conformism and school performance.
ISSA Fundraising Workshop Builds a Secure Future at the AMURTEL Family Home
In 2017, when I received an email invitation from ISSA to a fundraising session with Bernard Ross, Director, =mc consulting, it literally felt like a sign from the heavens.
