SUSIEE programme: sustainability and intercultural education for 0-3 year olds
Our SUSIEE programme works towards sustainable intercultural education through the support of professionals working with children aged 0-3 years.
Why is intercultural education important from an early age?
Today, education and training institutions are increasingly challenged by the demands of an ever-changing reality. The different cultural and social backgrounds of children in nursery, kindergarten and school groups influence the relationships and dynamics within the group. The way we approach this issue as educators can set the direction for learning, understanding each other, and developing principles of coexistence based on tolerance and respect for one's fellow human beings. Educating our young generation and preparing them for life in a culturally diverse society requires equipping professionals working with children with the right skills from the earliest years of their lives. Diversity is a value, and learning about each other's diversity helps us to be understanding and tolerant of each other. The project will work to highlight and increase knowledge on intercultural education and sustainability issues that are missing in the training and practice of professionals working with 0-3 year olds. It also aims to support parents from other cultures, foreigners, migrants, etc. by providing practical information and knowledge on early childhood education, access to and familiarisation with childcare, intercultural linkages. The partners are Spanish and Italian NGOs, early childhood education institutions and higher education teacher trainers, while the national partner is the Józsefváros United Day Nurseries.
Who we work with, who we work for
- Migrant families (young children and their parents) from other countries and cultures
- Professionals working with 0-3 year olds and their training institutions, universities
- Educational institutions and universities training professionals in the 0-3 age group
- Institutions catering for 0-3 year olds
- institutions and organisations providing nursery education,
- policy-making authorities
This is what we do in the SUSIEE programme
- We support parents from other cultures, migrants or foreigners in the education of children aged 0-3 years old
- We support professionals working with 0-3 year olds collecting good practice from around the world on intercultural and sustainability education, training professionals, producing tools and manuals. Develop an application for professionals that will be a repository of good practices on the subject.
Duration of the project
2023.12.31. – 2025.12.31.
How can the world be a better place in a small way with the SUSIEE project?
- We are writing a theoretical handbook in which you can read the legislative environment in Hungary, Spain and Italy for the education of 0-3 year olds. collecting good practices (Italian, Spanish, Hungarian, European and trans-European) on intercultural education and sustainability for 0-3 year olds .
- We are writing a practical methodological manual for training and methodological support for early childhood carers. Content: activities for 0-3 year olds on intercultural education and sustainability.
- We are developing an application that will include: positive child-rearing methods, support for nursery school enrolment, support for the participation of families from migrant or foreign backgrounds in ECEC, methodological support for professionals
The professional partners involved in the project:
- UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAIS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA
- Consorcio Haurreskolak
- Associacio La Xixa Teatre
- CESIE
- Associazione di promozione sociale Naturalmente
- United Day Nurseries of Józsefváros
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Our e-mail address:
Ivett Kovács, kovacsi@partnershungary
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