While looking at the Step by Step Foundation website, I saw that they had an e-newsletter. As I look through some of their e-newsletter, I saw that they had an e-newsletter that talk about the well-being of children. The ISSA had launched an Online Databases of Human, Technical, and Institutional ECDE Resources in the CEE/CIS Region, the result of a partnership project between ISSA and UNICEF. The Databases provide rich information about policies, resources, and initiatives in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CEE/CIS), which guarantee and promote the rights of young children. In addition to providing details with respect to human, technical, and institutional resources in 26 countries of the region, these Databases also include information on relevant policies and legislative frameworks, as well as information on whether these resources are involved in or prepared for disaster risk reduction and emergency response.
The address of the website is www.issa.nl/issadatabases.html. User login name: issadatabases@issa.hu
Password: user01.
Password: user01.
ISSA Newsletter states across the region, a great deal needs to be done both in terms of designing comprehensive early childhood strategies and of ensuring their effective implementation, monitoring, and evaluation. This statement along is what made me think differently about the mindset of the economists, neurologist, and the politicians. Are they really looking out for our children, or are they just trying to save money?
The e-newsletter helped me to understand my question that I mention earlier. According to ISSA Newsletter, ISSA and UNICEF welcome the fact that more and more development partners and governments in the region are beginning to pay closer attention to holistic policies and programs for young children. Therefore, greater attention is being directed to child poverty and its implications for the young, as well as the uniquely intertwined health, development, and protection needs of infants and young children (ISSA, 2010).
The e-newsletter helped broaden my thinking by showing me that these databases are intended to be a critical source of information to address this gap and to enable efforts to promote coordination and cooperation among key ECD players.
Reference
Izsak, E. (2010, Summer). ISSA and UNICEF Launch Databases of Early Childhood Development and Education Human, Technical, and Institutional Resources in CEE/CIS Region. Retrieved January 28, 2012, from http://www.issa.nl/newsletter/10/summer/topic2.html
Erica,
ReplyDeleteI am happy to see that more attiention is being brought to childhood poverty; now that we know what the problem is, it is time for us as a country/policy makers to try and fix this problem, and the first step is to educate the families that we come in contact with and let them know that they can start by voting and letting their "voice" be heard.
Nicky
Erica,
ReplyDeleteYour question "Are they really looking out for our children, or are they just trying to save money?" Is a vital one. The research has shown that early childhood is the cost effective way to reduce government spending on many issues but we in the early childhood field need to protect young children and ensure the programming created will actually benefit them and not take away their childhood.