Session Information
MC SES 12, Early Childhood Education and Care: Promoting Quality for Individual, Social and Economic Benefits (FP7)
Council Invited Session
Contribution
The funding opportunities from the EU programme Socio-economic Sciences and the Humanities
The European Commission published in July 2012 the Work Programme and calls for proposals for the year 2013 related to the theme "Socio-economic Science and the Humanities". One of the topics included the call for proposals N. 2 refers to: "Early childhood education and care: promoting quality for individual, social and economic benefits".It will result in a collaborative research project (maximum EC contribution 2.5 M€) aiming at:
- Widening access to ECEC for disadvantaged children, and overcoming obstacles (including cultural) to participation in ECEC, as well as the advantages and impact of universal versus targeted provision with a particular focus on vulnerable groups;
- Optimising ECEC effectiveness – which aspects of quality matter the most in terms of making ECEC services efficient?
- Curriculum design for early childhood education and care;
- Professionalisation of staff; attracting, educating, up-skilling and retaining high quality staff; staff competences, including the ability to deal with diverse and special needs, early diagnosis/alert system for disorders, social or physical problems etc.;
- Assessing the impact (short-, medium- and long-term) of ECEC (and particularly ECEC quality) on all children including the disadvantaged; measuring outcomes, including non-cognitive outcomes, with special regard to their cognitive (including basic skills), social, emotional and cognitive development. This should also include meta-analysis of existing European longitudinal studies, as well as European cost-benefit analysis;
- Monitoring and quality assurance of ECEC, including governance structures and system accountability, and coordination and synergy with other policies;
- Funding ECEC, including the balance of public and private investment, system efficiency and quality and social equity – who is being served by the ECEC services;
- The development of innovative European indicators for children's well-being in ECEC.
The session will provide information on:
- the Work Programme and calls for proposals 2013 for the Theme Socio-economic Sciences and the Humanities in general
- the topic "Early childhood education and care: promoting quality for individual, social and economic benefits" in particular
- how to submit a proposal, the evaluation rules, how to find the information etc
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