History

The History of the International Research-to-Practice Conference „Early Childhood Care and Education“

Annual International Conference «Early Childhood Care and Education» was inspired by the first ever World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) organized by UNESCO in 2010 in Moscow. Since that time, the Conference is held annually.

Now it is one of the largest annual international conferences for exchange of ideas through interdisciplinary dialogues among practitioners, teachers, psychologists, policymakers in the sphere of child development and education.

Main aims of the Conference are: bringing the major issues of the early education and the prospects for further research in this field up for discussion, showcasing the latest studies in early education, enhancing collaboration and network cooperation.

The organizers of the ECCE Conference are Lomonosov Moscow State University and Moscow Academy of Preschool Education (MAPE). ECCE is supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, the World Bank.

International Conference «Early Childhood Care and Education» (ECCE) is held annually under the auspices of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO.

From year to year, the conference gathers more and more leading specialists from throughout Russia. International presence increases too: over the years of its existence, the number of participating countries has increased up to 35.

Every year the Directorate chooses one Partner Country of the Conference. This country becomes wide represented during the Conference, the delegates from the country give detailed reports on the situation in Preschool education in their country and share the experience in the field with the experts and scientific societies from other countries. We sincerely thank our past Partner-Countries: Germany (2013), Sweden (2015), China (2016), USA (2017).

Official languages of the conference are English and Russian. All events at the conference are provided with simultaneous interpreting.

It is a great opportunity for participants from all over the world to learn about current achievements of leading specialists in Russia – a motherland of many outstanding scholars, such as Lev Vygotsky, Alexander Zaporozhets and Daniil Elkonin.

Ecce 2017 outcomes:

Ecce 2016 outcomes: