Current Projects

Building Strong Family Day Care

‘Building Strong Family day care’ is financed by the European Social Fund (ESF). VBJK is the promoter of this project in cooperation with CEGO, the Centre for Experiential Education based in the University of Leuven (Belgium), as a project partner.

 

The project started in January 2011 and will be completed in December 2013.

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CoRe Study on Competence Requirements in Early Childhood Education and Care.

The CoRe project is a 14 months research project on ‘competences requirements of staff in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC)’ in Europe and is financed by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Education and Culture. The University of East London leads the project in a consortium with the University of Ghent, Department for Social Welfare Studies, with VBJK as a project  partner.

 

This project started in November 2009 and will be completed in April 2012

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DECET

DECET vzw (Diversity in Early Childhood Education and Training) brings together a network of European organisations and projects with common goals about valuing diversity in early childhood education and training.

 

This project started in October 1998

 

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Men in Childcare

From 2001 untill 2006 the project 'Men in Childcare' was setting up a European and Flemish network of male childcare workers, trainers and academics who looked together for solutions to make day and evening school courses more accessible to men.

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WANDA

‘WANDA’ is a transnational project financed by the European Social Fund (ESF). Artevelde University College Ghent leads the project in collaboration with VBJK as a project partner.

This project started in September 2010 and will be completed in August 2012.

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