On 14 June, Rome (Centro Congressi Auditorium della Tecnica, viale Umberto Tupini 65) will host the event Nurseries and Early Childhood Education Services in Italy: the picture of supply and the effect of the pandemic, organised...

On the website of the Guarantor Authority for Childhood and Adolescence (Agia), the study and proposal document "Droping out in Italy: a multifactorial analysis" is online. This publication reports the results of a survey on the...

5 June is World Environment Day, a very important occasion to reflect on a topic that concerns everyone and prompts more and more young and very young people to make a positive commitment to try to reverse the trend of man-made...

Sport plays a fundamental role in our lives, beginning in childhood. Its beneficial effects are not limited to health, but also cover other aspects, such as social integration and inclusion. The National Day of Sport celebrated on 5...

The Covid-19 pandemic also had a strong impact on people's cultural lives. This is demonstrated by the reduction in the number of visitors to museums highlighted by the data of the Observatory #Conibambini, published on the website of...

The cultural and educational sectors have been...

The initial data from the survey "Children and young people: behaviour, attitudes, and future projects", carried out in 2021 by the National Institute of Statistics with the support of the Ministry of Education, are available...

The MiWorld Young Film Festival (MiWY), a film festival for schools entirely dedicated to intercultural education and knowledge of societies and cultures from Africa, Asia and Latin America, makes its return again this...

World Book and Copyright Day is celebrated on 23 April. The celebration provides an occasion to reflect on the importance of reading – a fundamental activity for all that must be promoted and supported from childhood...

Are children really learning? (Are children really learning?) is the new report by Unicef that explores the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the related school closures on children in 32 low- and middle-income countries...

The Intercultural Guidelines document is online on the Ministry of Education website. Ideas and proposals for the inclusion of pupils from migrant backgrounds, prepared by the National Observatory for the Integration of Foreign...

The National Day for the Promotion of Reading is held on 24 March. It was established by Presidential Decree of 15 July 2009 to raise awareness of the importance of reading among all citizens, especially the younger generations....

Bologna Children’s Book Fair, international book fair for children and teenagers, is back with a full calendar of initiatives kicking off today, 21 March, in the halls of BolognaFiere. The event programme includes meetings,...

The report The effect of the pandemic on childhood education services in Italy, prepared by a research group of the National Institute of Statistics and the Governance & Social Innovation Centre of the Ca...

Today, 8 February, we celebrate Safer Internet Day 2022, the World Day for Safer Internet established by the European Commission to make girls and boys reflect on how to consciously use the web and the active role they can play by using...

The closure of schools due to the pandemic had a huge impact on children's learning, but also on their mental health and other aspects of their lives. The recent report The state of the global education crisis - produced...

Secure internet access. Protection against online abuse, exploitation and violence against children
Digital technologies are an integral part of children's lives, as instruments for communication and relationships...

Distance learning and integrated digital education in times of pandemic: main legal provisions and division of competences between State and Regions

The health emergency caused by Covid-19 has impacted the...

Education - which many children are often denied, especially in the poorest countries - is fundamental, not only for the growth of individuals, but also for the development of society as a whole, because it is the most effective tool...

The national conference entitled Educazione Zerosei, took place on 18 January at the Istituto degli Innocenti in Florence. Rights, quality and accessibility in the integrated system, organised by the historic Florentine...

The network of educational opportunities: investing in facilities for children and teenagers

The supplement to issue number 3/2021 of the Bibliographic Review consists of literature under the title, ...

The right to education in times of pandemic: a legal framework
The right to education is one of the fundamental rights and was formally recognised for the first time in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,...

The central role of literacy in a changing world: perspectives and priorities. A legal framework

"International Literacy Day", established by UNESCO on 17 November 1965, is celebrated on 8 September each year....

Planning, designing and managing for quality in the integrated system

The Handbook of childcare services, promoted by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers - Department for Family Policies and carried out...

Children's rights in the digital environment

Committee on the Rights of the Child, General Comment no. 25, CRC/C/GC/25 of 2 March 2021, Children's rights in relation to the digital environment

During its...

The supplement to the 2/2020 issue of the Rassegna bibliografica consists of a reading path entitled Digital natives: the touch generation and social media, by Federico Pieri - an expert in social policies,...

Planning, designing and managing for quality in the integrated system

Ten years after the start of the monitoring activities of early childhood education services promoted by the Presidency of the Council of...

Planning, designing and managing for quality in the integrated system

The Handbook of Early Childhood Education Services, now in its third edition, is the result of the efforts of a multi-professional technical...

Planning, designing and managing for quality in the integrated system

The updating of the Manual, in this second edition, is part of the implementation of monitoring activities for the purpose of assessing the...

Planning, designing and managing for quality in the integrated system

The first edition of the Handbook of Early Childhood Education Services is intended to be a useful tool to accompany and support the work of...