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Capacity Building: Bulgaria
2023 ECD QUAT crash course and adaptation for Trust for Social Achievement in Bulgaria This consultancy involved an introduction and alignment of the ECD QUAT to Bulgarian and European quality standards and comprised an online crash course for TSA staff and the adaptation of the QUAT handbook to the Bulgarian context. The consultancy provides expertise…
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Research: Africa
2023 – 2024 Compendium of African Initiatives to Support Parents & Caregivers ICDI researched and developed a Compendium of African Initiatives to Support Parents & Caregivers on behalf of the African Early Childhood Network (AfECN), WHO, UNICEF and Global Initiative to Support Parents (GISP). The Compendium is based on evidenced-based parenting programs presented at the…
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Preschool curriculum development and capacity building: Uzbekistan
2024 ICDI is developing a knowledge brief, curriculum materials and a training package about literacy, numeracy and socio-emotional skills for preschools with an emphasis on play-based learning, problem-solving, collaboration and developing and implementing training modules on the same. Inclusion of children with disabilities or developmental needs is being prioritized throughout. The Curriculum and Training Package…
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Curriculum development and capacity building: Uzbekistan
2022 – 2024 ICDI has developed and supported the implementation of a community-based early learning playgroup programme in Uzbekistan, in the frame of the project ‘Promoting Early Childhood Development’ for the Ministry of Education, with funding provided by the World Bank Group to support the Ministry of Preschool Education and School Education of the Republic…
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Uzbekistan Introduces a Play-Based Curriculum for Preschools
Early childhood education professionals in Uzbekistan are embracing a more playful approach to learning! From August 26 to 30, 2024, International Child Development Initiatives (ICDI) delivered an intensive 5-day training focused on socio-emotional skills, early literacy, and numeracy to 31 preschool methodologists (master trainers). These trainers will now pass on their knowledge to over 100,000…
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Visit to Enschede Play Hub and The Power of Play
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Capacity Building: Netherlands
ICDI provided lectures on the impact of war on the psychosocial well-being of children to students and local care professionals. The focus of these lectures was on the remarkable resilience of children and how this can be further strengthened. Client: Webster University and GGD Kennemerland. If you need more information, feel free to contact us: icdi@icdi.nl
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Capacity building: Honduras
2017 ICDI delivered training on suicide prevention and trauma to social workers of the organization NPA, which is offering child protection services to vulnerable children in Latin America, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Bolivia. Client: Wereld Ouders If you need more information, feel free to contact us: icdi@icdi.nl
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Capacity Building: Netherlands
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Capacity building: India
2022 ICDI developed and delivered a 2-day ‘Resilience of Children and Youth’ training in Bhubaneswar for Kinderpostzegels’ partner organisations based in India. The main goal of this training was to identify the features of children’s lives that can be nurtured or changed to help them develop competence and resilience when adversity occurs. Client: Kinderpostzegels If…
