The Transatlantic Forum on Inclusive Early Years (TFIEY) is addressing how to support the early childhood development of children from migrant and low-income families.  The Forum brings together leading scientists, practitioners, civil society, business and political decision-makers from Europe and North America. Participants are exchanging newest research results, strategies, policies, innovations and best practices. 

The Transatlantic Forum on Inclusive Early Years (TFIEY), an initiative of 14 European and US foundations, such as: King Baudouin Foundation, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Jacobs Foundation, The Lego Foundation, Bernard van Leer Foundation, Universal Education Foundation, Compagnia di San Paolo, California Community Foundation, The Atlantic Philanthropies, One America, Thrive Washington, Fondazione Cariplo, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Foundation for Child Development, Migration Policy Institute e The VBJK, Centre for Innovation in the Early Years

Programme

9:00 – 9:30 Welcome

9:30 – 10:00 Opening Session

Stefan Schaeffers – King Baudouin Foundation

Luísa Valle – Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

10:00 – 11:00 Pathways to Professionalism in Early Childhood Education and Care

Jan Peeters, Centre for Innovation in the Early Years of the Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy at Ghent University, Belgium

11:00 – 11:45 Coffee-break

Posters presentation

11:45 – 13:00 Working with families and communities

Anne Harrop – Aga Khan Foundation

João Formosinho – Associação Criança

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch

14:30 – 15:45 Projects presentation

Playgroups for inclusion project

Liliana Marques, Clara Barata, Joana Alexandre, Lúcia Santos, Joana Freitas Luís, Alexandra Marques

INTESYS: Together – Supporting vulnerable children through integrated early childhood service

Mónica Mascarenhas, Assunção Folque, Ankie Vandekerckhove, Marzia Sica, Cinzia Canali, Jean Gordon, Mihaela Ionescu

15:45 – 17:00 TFIEY Recomendations: policies and challenges

Pedro Calado – High Commission for Migration 

Pedro Cunha – Direção-Geral da Educação

Teresa Vasconcelos – Lisbon School of Education

Moderação: Eugénia Costa Quaresma – The Portuguese Catholic Organisation for Migration 

17.00 – 17.15 Closing Session