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23 décembre, 2020

DECLARATION from the Virtual OMEP World Assembly on November 28, 2020 THE ROLE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION DURING THE PANDEMIC

On November 28, OMEP members celebrated democracy, analyzed our work for 2020 and began to organize 2021. Presidents/Representatives of 50 countries from the 5 regions participated. From the World Executive Committee: Mercedes Mayol Lassalle, World President; Eunhye Park, Past-President; Nyamikeh Kyiamah, Regional VP Africa; Udomluck Kulapichitr, Regional VP Asia Pacific; Ingrid Engdahl, Regional VP Europe; Desirée Lopez De Maturana Luna, Regional VP Latin America; Christian[…]

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6 novembre, 2020

Post Covid-19 Education: Extraordinary Session of the Global Meeting on Education 2020

Post Covid-19 Education: Extraordinary Session of the Global Meeting on Education 2020 Mercedes Mayol Lassalle (OMEP World President), Lisbeth Gouin (OMEP Representative in UNESCO Paris) and Ingrid Engdhal (OMEP Vice President for Europe) have represented OMEP in the extraordinary session of the Global Meeting on Education 2020 ( GEM 2020), convened by UNESCO with the aim of providing a space for discussion on the situation of education worldwide, considering the new post[…]

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6 novembre, 2020

Human Right to Education: horizons and meanings in the post-pandemic Mercedes Mayol Lassalle

Human Right to Education: horizons and meanings in the post-pandemicMercedes Mayol LassalleMercedes Mayol Lassalle gave a discourse at the XI Assembly of CLADE, here is a brief report of her presentation:In its more than 70 years of existence, OMEP has become a world reference in the defense of the human rights of children from birth to 8 years. OMEP's work has focused on education as a right and a tool for the achievement of other rights: integral development, citizenship, well-being and dignit[…]

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3 octobre, 2020

OMEP´s Virtual World Assembly 2020

OMEP´s Virtual World Assembly 2020 The World Executive Committee (EXCO) has gathered on September 15th through Zoom in order to discuss some administrative issues, including the procedures and date for the 2020 Virtual Assembly. During the first part of the meeting, the members discussed the situation of the pandemic in their countries and regions in relation to early childhood education and care. The big picture shows that some countries are in[…]

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3 octobre, 2020

Interview with Mercedes Mayol Lassalle by the Argentine Society of Early Childhood (SAPI)

Interview with Mercedes Mayol Lassalle by the Argentine Society of Early Childhood (SAPI) The OMEP World President has been invited to the virtual interview "new challenges in initial education", carried out by SAPI on September 8, 2020 through Facebook Live. This talk addressed the situation of childhood a priori the pandemic and how multiple problems that came from before have been exacerbated by COVID-19 and by the measures that have been taken in response t[…]

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3 octobre, 2020

“Shaping Peace Together” International Day of Peace, UN Secretary-General's Message

“Shaping Peace Together” International Day of Peace, UN Secretary-General's Message Antonio Gutiérrez, Secretary General of the UN, has shared a message for the International Day of Peace, in which he remembers and calls for the cease-fire promulgated in the month of March, taking into account that every day it is more urgent to unite to work together for peace. “In these days of physical distancing, we may not be able to stand next to one […]

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3 octobre, 2020

OMEP present at the Conversation "Early Childhood Education: Crisis and Challenges"

OMEP present at the Conversation "Early Childhood Education: Crisis and Challenges" The webinar "Early Childhood Education: Crisis and Challenges" (in Spanish), was broadcast live on September 3rd by Facebook, under the slogan The rights of children are not in quarantine! The Grupo Impulsor de la Educación Inicial in charge of the webinar, invited Mercedes Mayol Lassalle -World President of OMEP- along with other experts to: discuss the[…]

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3 octobre, 2020

OMEP ADHERED to the Statement in Commemoration of the 75 th Anniversary of the United Nations, UN Headquarters, New York

OMEP ADHERED to the Statement in Commemoration of the 75 th Anniversary of the United Nations, UN Headquarters, New York The statement Beyond the Human Rights Rhetoric on “Leaving No One Behind:” Integrating the Elimination of Systemic Racism, and Racial and Ethnic Discrimination into the Implementation of the SDGs was offered by Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) on September 2st 2020. The aim of it was to present some recommendations to address and […]

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3 octobre, 2020

OMEP’s Webinar in Spanish "Early childhood Education: the role of educators in times of pandemic"

OMEP’s Webinar in Spanish "Early childhood Education: the role of educators in times of pandemic" The 11th of September 2020, OMEP has developed it´s Webinar in Spanish through Zoom and broadcasted live on Youtube. This one-hour seminar was led by Prof. Mercedes Mayol Lassalle- OMEP’s World President and the panellists were Dr. Raul Mercer and Desirée Lopez de Maturana For watching the Webinar: https://www.youtube.com/omepworldtv

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3 octobre, 2020

OMEP belongs to the advisory group "Early childhood and sustainable development, towards a comprehensive care strategy" of the Fund for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG Fund) of the United Nations in Argentina

OMEP belongs to the advisory group "Early childhood and sustainable development, towards a comprehensive care strategy" of the Fund for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG Fund) of the United Nations in Argentina On August 24th , 2020, the first meeting of the Advisory Council of the Program "Early childhood and sustainable development, towards a comprehensive care strategy" of the Fund for the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations was held, chaired by Fabiola Y[…]

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