{"id":3162676,"date":"2021-02-18T09:17:21","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T09:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webalkans.eu\/first-years-first-priority-campaign-a-fair-start-for-every-child-in-europe\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T15:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:16:07","slug":"first-years-first-priority-campaign-a-fair-start-for-every-child-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webalkans.eu\/en\/first-years-first-priority-campaign-a-fair-start-for-every-child-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"First Years First Priority campaign: a fair start for every child in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All children deserve a fair start in their life. Poverty, discrimination, disability should not stand in the way of children&#8217;s educational, physical, emotional and social growth. These are the core messages of the First Years First Priority Europe-wide campaign, co-led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurochild.org\/\">E<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurochild.org\/\">urochild<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.issa.nl\/\">International Step by Step Association<\/a> (ISSA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The campaign will run in nine countries across Europe (Bulgaria, Hungary, France, Finland, Ireland, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Romania) under the leadership of national coordinators that will facilitate the establishment of expanded coalitions of national partners campaigning together to improve national efforts to support early childhood development\u00a0(ECD).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The campaign is co-funded by the European Union<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.romaeducationfund.org\/first-years-first-priority-campaign-a-fair-start-for-every-child-in-europe\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All children deserve a fair start in their life. 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