OMEP Ireland held a very successful Conference in UCC on 26th/27th March 2010. The theme of the Conference was,‘Working for our Children’s Future’. The keynote address was given by Mr. David Coleman on Friday evening and the parallel sessions on Saturday provided a great variety of thought provoking presentations. See Conference section for more details and pictures… click here.

 

Ms Pat O’Connor has analysed the information from the Education for Sustainable Development project which OMEP Ireland undertook as part of the OMEP World project. We would like to thank Pat and all those who took part in the project for all their hard work. To read this very interesting report, please click here.

 

Childminding Ireland held a very successful week of activities to showcase their work. For further details see the latest edition of the OMEP Ireland Newsletter, click here or see www.childminding.ie

 

Dates for your Diary:
Annual General Meeting: The OMEP Ireland Annual General Meeting will take place in UCC on Thursday, September 30th, 2010.
Guest Lecturer Series of talks: After the Annual General Meeting, Mr. Fergus Finlay, Chairperson of Barnardos will give a talk entitled, ‘Early Years Education is Good Business’ as part of our Guest Lecturer Series of talks for 2009-2010. More details will be available nearer the date.

 

Please note that the proceedings of earlier conferences are now available on the website under Conference Proceedings in the Publications tab (click here)

 

OMEP Newsletter :

Please click here for the latest edition of the OMEP Ireland newsletter.

 

 

OMEP is an international, non-governmental and non-profit organisation concerned with all aspects of Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC). OMEP defends and promotes the rights of the child to education and care worldwide and supports activities which improve accessibility to high quality education and care. OMEP is currently established in over 60 countries and is represented at meetings of UNESCO, UNICEF and other international organisations with similar aims.

 

OMEP Ireland is a registered charity (Charity No. 14213) dedicated to working for children’s needs in Early Education and Care. The objective of OMEP Ireland is to use every possible means to promote the optimum conditions for the well being of all children, their development and happiness within their families, institutions and society. OMEP assists any undertaking to improve Early Childhood Education and supports scientific research that can influence these conditions.

 

The mission of OMEP Ireland is to raise awareness of the importance of early childhood experiences, both because every child has a right to a high quality childhood and because of the effect on children’s future life chances.

 

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