Delivering on the European Education Area: Inclusive, high-quality early childhood education and care

Posted date: 09 Mar 2021

European Commissioner Mariya Gabriel presents outputs of the Working Group on Early Childhood Education and Care.

Today, at the event ‘Early Childhood Education and Care in Europe: A focus on inclusion and staff professionalization’, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, Mariya Gabriel, presented outputs of the Working Group on Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), namely:

* a toolkit for inclusive early childhood education and care

* a report on how to recruit, train and motivate well-qualified ECEC staff

The documents are the results of two years of cooperation within the European Commission Working Group, which gathered representatives from:

* national Ministries responsible for ECEC systems in 35 countries

* eight European organisations

* European Agencies and international organisations

The toolkit was announced as a deliverable in the Commission Communication on achieving the European Education Area by 2025 and represents an important step towards realising the vision of the Commission and European Union (EU) Member States.

Reference Link: https://ec.europa.eu/education/news/inclusive-high-quality-early-childhood-education-and-care_en

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