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Playing at home is also learning

Two months without school and preschool. Two months without learning? Not at all, because playing is learning! Parents tell through pictures what their children learn at home by playing. Check the poster and click on the pictures to discover the stories behind them! or visit the website of our partner ISSA

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START | A good start for all

Some children attend childcare before going to pre-primary school, others do not and leave home to start directly in school. This, in itself, doesn’t really matter that much: beginning their school career is a major step for every young child. Either way, the transition to school settings should be well taken care of. Warm and inclusive transition How can basic provision work together towards s...

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Yesss!! A new website!

Why? We want to show and tell you so many things. Filled with materials While you explore our themes and areas of work, our projects and our publications, we have one advice: click around as much as possible. It is on the detail pages that you will find reports and manuals. There you can watch films and download articles and presentations. The English part shows our international projects and p...

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INTESYS | Inspiration from integrated systems in Europe

In the INTESYS project we looked into integrated working and strong partnerships and how this can improve the accessibility of ECEC provision, especially for vulnerable families. Partners in 5 European countries VBJK did research into integrated work in collaboration with European partners from Portugal, Italy, Slovenia and the Netherlands. The results of this research can be consulted here: htt...

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UNICEF | Quality of pre-primary schools in the Balkans

VBJK is an ECEC consultant for Unicef in the Balkan region. We share our expertise in Early Childhood Education and Care with middle income countries, such as Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo and Montenegro. Quality criteria of the EQF During our work visits, VBJK supports partners to translate and implement the EQF quality criteria into the national context. We also cooperate on several repo...

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UNESCO | Workforce Survey

The Sustainable Developmental Goals follow-up on the previous Millennium Goals, which are worldwide agreements on major issues like reduction of poverty, fight against famine, promotion of gender equality, protection of the environment, use of natural energy resources, equal access to health care, sustainability of cities and communities and so forth. A global view on ECEC professionals Among t...

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CoRe | Core competences to work with young children

CoRe stands for Competences Requirements in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC). In other words: what is needed on the competence level to deliver high quality work in services for young children (0-6y). The research consists of an in depth literature review, a survey in 17 European countries and case studies in 7 of those. The Flemish case describes the city of Ghent Pedagogical Guidance C...

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QualFDC | Enhancing Quality in Family Day Care

QualFDC is an Erasmus+ KA2 peer learning project that focuses on family care in Ireland, Denmark and Flanders (Belgium). For this purpose, VBJK has a collaboration with Vlaams Welzijnsverbond in Flanders. The aim of the project is mainly on strengthening the competence of family care.There is a strong focus on learning, teaching and training activities (LTTAs) with 4-day study visits:in Flanders,...

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TOY for inclusion of Roma

In general inclusive childcare centres work hard to reach out for the social mix that is common in their neighbourhood. Extra efforts for Romani families are needed. In this project several childcare centres, Playcentres and Centres for Children & Parents will experiment with intergenerational and inclusive activities. TOY for Roma families The official name of this international project is...

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Summer school

In the summer of 2017, the Central European University in Budapest will organise a summer school on ‘The role of Early childhood development in promoting Equity and Social Inclusion’. VBJK is in charge of developing the programme and inviting the international experts as keynote speakers. The course will have about 25 participants who will also be challenged to get involved in discussions. You ca...

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