Sweden

ICRI has worked with various government and NGO agencies in Sweden for more than 30 years. In the 1990s, ICRI received funding from the European Union to create a coordinated network of youth councils in Eastern and Western Europe. ICRI continues to provide training on youth development and child advocacy to these councils and to community-based organizations serving European youth.

Immigrant and Refugee Children & Early Childhood Education

In the summer of 2016, ICRI began working with early childhood programs in areas of high immigrant and refugee populations. ICRI is being asked to establish certain early childhood centers for immigrant children where home languages are utilized and include teachers from home countries.

PAST PROJECTS

CHILD DEVELOPMENT & POLICY

ICRI was requested by the Swedish Foreign Ministry to provide seminars and presentations to visiting groups of legislators from the United States and other countries. ICRI's leadership gave presentations to such groups as the leaders of the California State Assembly and Senate through a comparison of policy and legislation on early childhood education, teacher requirements, center and family daycare curricula, and new policies developed for special needs children.

 

 

OUTCOMES

  • 5,000 teachers have received training from ICRI on global best practices in early childhood development.

  • 300 youth have participated in youth activity programs designed to integrate immigrant and refugee children into Scandinavian society.