Men in Early Childhood Education and Care

The initiative "Men in early childhood education and care" of the Ministry of family affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth with the aim to increase the proportion of male educaters in early childhood education centres, has also an exemplary quality in an international comparison in terms of content development, as well as it used financial volume . Who are the stakeholders in this initiative and which policies are behind the respective sub-projects of the Initiative: Coordination Unit "Men in early childhood education", ESF-model projects, and lateral entry program "Tandem research"? Different lectures will present the status quo of previous efforts, which have the ambition to raise the number of male educators in Germany as well as researches and practical projects from Denmark and Norway. Various key players in the field of early childhood education and care will present themselves in a market of opportunities to a national and international audience. To promote the exchange of technical knowledge and practical experience, the coordination office has invited international experts to the conference. As a part of the Open Space, participants can exchange inside and intensively examined in several aspects. The conference languages will be English and German. Simultaneous interpreting of the lectures will be offered.