Erasmus Qual Full Day Care
“Enhancing Quality in Family Day Care” is funded by the European Union under the Erasmus+
Programme Key Action 2: Partnerships for Cooperation and led by Early Childhood Ireland.
Three organisations are partnering on the implementation: Aarhus Universitet (Denmark), Vernieuwing In De Basisvoorzieningen Voor Jonge Kinderen – VBJK (Flanders, Belgium), and Vlaams Welzijnsverbond (Flanders, Belgium).
This project runs for 18 months, from 01 September 2022 to 29 February 2024.
The objectives of this Project are to:
- Identify and explore effective approaches to developing competent multi-level systems in FDC governance and quality management, enabling professionalisation and workforce development, and generating FDC recruitment and retention strategies, to strengthen FDC.
- Share the learning with target groups and stakeholders responsible for multi-level policymaking and VET infrastructures, to influence policy objectives and actions.
- Increase the capacity of partner organisations to advocate for effective policies and practices that enable high-quality FDC systems and services strategies and guidelines from municipalities remain inadequate to accommodate children and families from non-standard backgrounds – exclusion is widespread.
Project results will be achieved through Learning, Teaching and Training Activities (LTTA) in Ireland, Flanders, Belgium and Denmark.
A final report analysing project learning will be published and disseminated in 2024.
Contact Persons
Liz Kerrins
Director of Research
Early Childhood Ireland
lkerrins@earlychildhoodireland.ie
Aoife Horgan
Research Support Officer
Early Childhood Ireland
ahorgan@earlychildhoodireland.ie
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