The Network upholds the mandate of the Education Policy Committee to assist countries to develop effective and efficient policies for education and learning to meet individual, social, cultural and economic objectives. The network aims to support the development of approaches and good practice in the field of early childhood education and care (ECEC) policy in participating countries by:
- Developing, sharing and disseminating information on experience, research and good practice of country experiences in the field;
- Serving as a clearing house of new policy research in the field and identifying new areas for fruitful policy research and analysis;
- Identifying data development needs and contributing to the development of methodology for developing such data;
- Organising workshops on selected policy themes; and
- Facilitating contacts among researchers, policy-makers and practitioners and among other international networks in related fields.
OECD ECEC Network Common Understandings on Early Learning and Development
Early Learning and Development: Common Understandings is based on policy and statements of practice in ECEC network jurisdictions. This report identifies some of the latest research on the importance of the early years, along with specific guiding ideas and questions derived from policy experience, practice and research to increase the quality of early childhood education and care policies, programmes and curricula.
The Starting Strong Network was hosted by Kind en Gezin (Belgium) for the period January 2007- April 2008. The Network's current Chair is Ms. Tove Mogstad Slinde (Norway).
Norway-OECD High-level Roundtable, Oslo, 23-34 January 2012
“Starting Strong: Implementing Policies for High Quality Early Childhood Education and Care”
- 15th Meeting: OECD, Paris, 2-3 June 2014
- To access documents from the 15th meeting onwards, please visit the ECEC Network Clearspace site
- 14th Meeting: Curriculum and Child Development, Wellington, New Zealand 10-11 December 2013
- 13th Meeting: Outcomes, OECD, Paris 17-18 June 2013
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12th Meeting: Workforce quality, OECD, Paris 17-18 December 2012
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11th Meeting:Data collection and monitoring, OECD, Paris 11-12 June 2012
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10th Meeting: Advancing Research in ECEC, Oslo, 25 January 2012
- 9th Meeting: Family and Community Engagement, OECD, Paris 4-5 July 2011
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8th Meeting: Standards, Curriculum and Pedagogy, OECD, Paris 6-7 December 2010
- 7th Meeting: Financing ECEC Services, OECD, Paris 21-22 June 2010
- 6th Meeting: Integration of Education and Care in ECEC, OECD, Paris 7-8 December 2009
- 5th Meeting: Workforce, Qualifications and Development, OECD, Paris, 11-12 May 2009
- 4th Meeting: Assessment and Evaluation of Learning and Well-Being, OECD, Paris, 30-31 October 2008
- 3rd Meeting: Bridges in Pre-school Education: Parental Involvement and Curriculum Development, Lisbon, Portugal, 2-3 April 2008
- 2nd Meeting: Beyond Regulation: Effective Quality Initiatives in Early Childhood Education and Care, Brussels, Belgium, 22-23 November 2007
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1st Meeting: Policy on Diversity and Social Inclusion in Early Childhood Education and Care - Brussels, Belgium, 20-21 June 2007
Contacts
Ms. Yuri Belfali (OECD, Head of Division)
Directorate for Education and Skills
Tel: +33 1 45 24 92 96
Yuri.BELFALI@oecd.org
Ms. Miho Taguma (OECD, Senior Policy Analyst)
Directorate for Education and Skills
Tel: +33 1 45 24 92 65
Miho.TAGUMA@oecd.org
Ms. Mernie Graziotin (OECD, Assistant)
Directorate for Education and Skills
Tel: +33 1 45 24 93 29
Mernie.GRAZIOTIN@oecd.org