ECE Resources

Online ECE Community around the Globe:

http://www.childpolicyintl.org/ - The Clearinghouse on International Developments in Child, Youth and Family Policies.

The Clearinghouse provides cross-national, comparative information about the policies, programs, benefits and services available in the advanced industrialized countries to address child, youth, and family needs. Coverage focuses on 23 advanced industrialized countries. Expansion to other countries and other parts of the world is under way.

http://www.childrensresources.org/ - Children's Resources International, Inc . (CRI)

CRI is a non-profit educational and training organization whose mission is to promote democratic educational practices for children, their families, and their teachers around the world.

www.adeanet.org – Association for the Development of Education in Africa .

ADEA is a forum that strives to promote more effective partnerships between its two major constituencies-African ministries of education and training as well as their external technical and funding partners.

http://www.acei.org/ - Association for Childhood Education International ( ACEI )

ACEI promotes and supports in the global community the optimal education and development of children, from birth through early adolescence, and to influence the professional growth of educators and the efforts of others who are committed to the needs of children in a changing society.

www.ecdgroup.com - The Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development (CGECCD)

CGECCD is an inter-agency consortium with strong links to regional networks and a track record of advocacy and knowledge generation and dissemination at an international level. 

www.globalfundforchildren.org - The Global Fund for Children's

The mission of The Global Fund for Children's is to advance the dignity of children and youth around the world. GFC pursues its mission by making small grants to innovative community-based organizations working with some of the world's most vulnerable children and youth.

www.issa.nl - International Step by Step Association (ISSA)

ISSA is a membership organization that connects professionals and organizations working in the field of early childhood development and education. ISSA promotes equal access to quality education and care for all children, especially in the early years of their lives. Established in the Netherlands in 1999, ISSA's network today stretches across the globe from Central and Eastern Europe to Central Asia , Asia , and the Americas . While ISSA offers general membership and information-sharing to all interested individuals and organizations, ISSA's core members are the 29 nongovernmental organizations, located primarily in Central/Eastern Europe and Central Asia , that implement the Step by Step Program initiated by the Open Society Institute ( OSI ) in 1994.

www.omep-usnc.org – OMEP (World Organization for Early Childhood Education) is the only world-wide non-governmental organization (NGO) that focuses on young children, ages 0-8.

www.web.worldbank.org - World Bank Early Childhood Development

This website is a knowledge source designed to assist policy makers, program managers, and practitioners in their efforts to promote the healthy growth and integral development of young children.