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New Council Recommendation on Pathways to School Success

In November 2022, Member States adopted a Council Recommendation on Pathways to School Success, aimed at promoting better educational outcomes and reducing early …

European Commission recommends investment in early childhood education and care in 2023

In November 2022, the European Semester Autumn Package was launched, comprising policies and guidelines for 2023. Within the Annual Sustainable Growth Survey, the …

Blog: The 15th European Platform for Roma Inclusion

Blog by Tomas de Jong, European Public Health Alliance Each year, the European Platform for Roma Inclusion is organised to bring together the …

Blog: Early childhood intervention can help children manage the unique challenges of growing up in 2022

Blog by Parents Plus a charity from Ireland delivering parenting and mental health programmes to professionals. Quality of parenting is the single most …

Campaign partners meet decision makers in Brussels to discuss how to fight poverty and social exclusion in early childhood

On 29 November 2022, the International Step by Step Association (ISSA) and Eurochild, co-leaders of the First Years, First Priority campaign held a …

Congress on the influence of neuroscience on early childhood care and education

The congress on the influence of neuroscience in the development and education of young children has been co-organised by UNESCO, Ensemble for Early …

Webinar Recording: 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 …

New initiative – Health Systems for Early Child Development

In 2021 UNICEF ECARO, WHO Regional Office for Europe, and the International Step by Step Association (ISSA) joined efforts to launch Health Systems …

REYN Early Childhood Research: new study shedding light on the situation of young Roma children in Europe

Just as data from our campaign indicated, there is a significant knowledge gap about the status of children under the age of six, particularly …