Aims

The principal aims of EECERA are:

to provide a relevant academic forum in Europe for the promotion, development and dissemination of high quality research into early childhood education;
to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between European researchers in this field and the wider early childhood community across the World;
to encourage the clear articulation and communication of the links between research, practice and policy;
to offer interaction, development and support to those interested in early childhood education;
to raise the visibility and status of European research in early childhood education throughout the World.

These aims are achieved through:

the staging of an Annual Conference and other forums and seminars for debate;
the publication of a refereed, academic research journal, at least four a year;
the establishment of a European network of researchers and the facilitation of collaboration and communication between them;
such other activities and publications that might facilitate the development of research, policy and practice in early childhood education.

A Brief History of EECERA