Item 10

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Item 10

• A way forward
• Chairs reflection, conclusions and next steps

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Proposed theme for the next meeting
Themes Totals High Medium Low
Workforce supply, qualifications and development 37 10 3 1
Integration of education and care 34 9 2 3
Pedagogy for under three year olds 33 6 7 1
Funding and financing with links to other work carried out by OECD 31 5 7 2
National curriculum policy and frameworks 31 5 7 2
Increasing access to ECEC/ scaling up participation 29 6 4 3
Special education needs in early years - with links to other OECD work 28 4 6 4
Indigenous ECEC 20 3 2 7
Newly added
Data development and collection 5 1 1 0
Quality 3 1 0 0
Parent and community involvement 3 1 0 0
Self-development of ECEC for parents 3 1 0 0
Linking research to policy 3 1 0 0
Definition of pedagogy in ECEC 1 0 0 1
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• Conclusions
• The Network took note of
• The overview of the country responses and the
  findings of the European Commission and the
  UNESCO on integration of ECEC.
• The country presentations on the theme of the
  meeting from HUN, IRL, SWE, MEX, FIN, CHL, NZL,
  KOR, SCO, CZE, JAP.
• The revised project plan of the new quality
  project and discussants from AUS, DEU, KOR, NOR,
  POR, followed by constructive comments from
  countries.
• The revised template for the ECEC database and
  the OECD/DELSA planned Child Well-being database,
  followed by comments from countries.
• The UNESCO World Conference on ECEC in Moscow
  22-24 September 2010
• The Japan/OECD seminar to take place on 7-9 June
  2010

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• Conclusions (Cont)
• The Network agreed
• Quality project and ECEC database
• Provide written comments by the end of the year
  or early next year.
• Others
• The next network meeting will be financing early
  childhood education, with links with other OECD
  work to be held in Paris.
• The dates the next meeting (schedule June) will
  be confirmed in writing, considering the timeline
  of the questionnaire response.

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• Action Plan for Next Steps
• Secretariat
• Consult bureau members on the questionnaire for
  the next meeting
• Start the quality mapping exercise/literature
  reviews and present these at the next meeting.
• Network members
• Submit written comments by the end of the year/
  January.
• Comments on the revised project plan and revised
  template for the ECEC-database.
• Research available in your own language/ not been
  translated into English or French.
• Respond to the questionnaire for the next meeting

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Chairs reflection