After two years of work, the European Commission’s Early Childhood Education and Care Working Group is organizing an online launch event Early Childhood Education and Care in Europe: a focus on inclusion and staff professionalization on 3 March 2021. During the launch, two important reports for the field will be introduced: – the Toolkit for inclusive early childhood education and care and – …
As the COVID-19 pandemic lingers and activities continue to occur in online spaces, TOY for Inclusion is taking advantage of this movement online to showcase some of the most influential and crucial voices of the TOY for Inclusion project. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve shared updates on the work of partners involved in the …
The TOY for Inclusion consortium has released the project’s Impact Evaluation and Policy Recommendations.Using a qualitative methodology for data collection and analysis, this report evaluates the impact of the TOY to Share, Play to Care project (a project which built on the work of TOY for Inclusion). The Executive Summary of the TOY to Share, …
This month, the TOY for Inclusion project titled TOY to Share, Play to Care, co-funded by the European Commission and the Open Society Foundations, will come to a close. This project built and expanded on prior work, which introduced the TOY for Inclusion approach. TOY for Inclusion moves away from the belief that some children and …
After a powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck central Croatia on December 29th, members of the TOY from Inclusion team in Sisak are still feeling the impact. The earthquake happened about 15 km from Sisak, a town that hosts one of the TOY Play Hubs. During the earthquake, seven people died, one of which was a 12-year-old girl. …
As the COVID-19 pandemic lingers and activities continue to occur in online spaces, TOY for Inclusion is taking advantage of this movement online to showcase some of the most influential and crucial voices of the TOY for Inclusion project. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve shared updates on the work of partners involved in the …
The quality of life of Roma and Travellers is below average in Western European countries. Recent large-scale survey by the European Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) confirmed this information. One-third of Roma cannot meet their basic needs which inevitably has a negative impact on young children’s health, development and well-being. Roma adults’ life expectancy is …