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In past years, ISSA has focused its programs on access, equity and quality of early childhood services for children from 3 to 10 years of age. Building on the expertise of its members, over the next several years, ISSA plans to expand its programs towards early childhood services for the youngest children, birth to three years old, and their families, promoting high quality, equitable and holistic services. In this view, to obtain a broader understanding of the early childhood services in the ISSA regions, ISSA implemented a survey among its Full Members during March 2013, mapping the most important features of the early childhood systems in their countries which target children from birth to three years old and their families. This report provides a general picture on the strengths, weaknesses, and the gaps that exist in those systems through a wealth of information about relevant components of early childhood systems: legislation, types of services, management, administration and financing, professional staff, quality, access and inclusion. It identifies some common issues and challenges that many countries share when referring to various components of the systems, and also the most critical areas that would need more advocacy and substantial intervention in ISSA's Full Members' view. (author abstract)
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Reports & Papers
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Ukraine;
Turkey;
Tajikistan;
Slovakia;
Slovenia;
Russia;
Serbia;
Romania;
Poland;
Mongolia;
North Macedonia;
Madeira;
Moldova;
Latvia;
Lithuania;
Kazakhstan;
Hungary;
Haiti;
Croatia;
Georgia;
Estonia;
Czechia;
Belarus;
Bulgaria;
Bosnia & Herzegovina;
Azerbaijan;
Armenia;
Albania