Creating Early Childhood Education

Project Goal

To create a high-quality, safe, and inclusive learning environment for young children, while strengthening the capacity of local communities to deliver accessible, diverse, and modern early childhood education services in line with international standards.

The project provides comprehensive support to early childhood education facilities, local authorities, educators, and parents.

Core Strategic Directions:

1. Professional Development for Educators and Trainers. Training preschool teachers, trainers, and other specialists in modern early childhood education approaches, inclusion, social-emotional learning (SEL), alternative learning models, and parent engagement. Training-of-trainers (ToT), provision of learning materials, and mentorship support for educators.
2. Assessment and Quality Improvement in Early Childhood Education. Using international quality assessment tools, particularly ECERS-3, as well as supporting preschool facilities in self-assessment, identifying needs, and planning quality improvements.
3. Upgrading and Modernizing the Educational Environment. Equipping early learning centers with modern furniture, equipment, toys, and educational materials. Creating safe and inclusive spaces that foster children’s cognitive, social, and emotional development. 
4. Parent and Community Engagement. Educating and supporting parents, assessing community needs, and developing alternative early childhood education formats to expand children’s access to early learning services. 
5. Exploring and Developing Alternative Early Childhood Education Formats. Researching the needs of Roma families, including through in-depth interviews, providing training for parents, raising awareness about the importance of early childhood development, and developing alternative early learning formats.