On 17 and 18 October in Florence, Italy, the first partner meeting of F.R.I.E.N.D.E.S.K. Project was held.
During the meeting the partners presented their organizations and the most important project topics were discussed:
- Project Implementation
- Development of intellectual outputs
- Project Evaluation
- Project Impact and Dissemination
The main planning was connected with the first intellectual output: IO1 Comparative Studies on ECEC systems and Hub&Spoke Model Guidelines
The objective of the IO1 is to analyse the situation of children exclusion and the quality of ECEC systems at European, national and local level.
The IO1 study will include a comparative analysis explaining the different ECEC systems at national level and it will focus on a benchmarking about the qualitative indicators in the local contexts of involved partner countries.
It will take into account the following aspects:
Statistics data at European and National level;
Statistics data at local level;
Need and features of exclusion contexts;
Local Analysis: strength and weaknesses of ECEC local systems;
Main challenges of local ECEC systems about quality and admission;
The official educational policies at European/national/local level;
The official guidelines at a European/national/local level;
Monitoring and evaluation procedures implemented by ECEC systems;
Competences analysis for ECEC professionals
The IO1 implementation will be realised through:
- collecting of at least 2 national best practices and 2 local practices on ECEC systems by
questionnaires;
- collecting of information from professional experts involved in the ECEC services by surveys in
order to set a competence framework.
The innovative element is that F.R.I.E.N.D.E.S.K. will try to work on this qualitative gap. It will scale up its activities in order to cover the whole picture and allow a fluid exchange of innovative practices (European impact and transferability).
Stay tuned for more!
