Programme
Conference Language: The conference will be held in English language.
Real-time captioning during all plenary sessions and selected workshops will be provided. Other accessibility needs can be also accommodated, including Albanian Sign Language Interpretation, upon request and Albanian language for the local participant.
Conference Venue: Tirana International Hotel & Conference Center, Sheshi Skënderbej 8, Tirana 1001, Albania.
Thursday 8th June 2023
08:00 - 08:45 | Registrations Location: Foyer, Tirana International Hotel |
08:45 - 09:30 | Welcoming Remarks Moderator: Vasilka Dimoska De Jong, EASPD
Location: room Akernia |
09:30 - 10:00 | Keynote speeches: Moderator: Vasilka Dimoska De Jong, EASPD
Location: room Akernia |
10:00 - 11:30 | 1st Panel: ECI principles in practice Moderator: Irene Bertana, EASPD Setting the scene:
The principles in practice:
Location: room Akernia |
11:30 - 12:00 | Coffee Break Location: hotel lobby |
12:00 - 13:30 | 2nd Panel: Building and strengthening national ECI systems Moderator: Aleksandra Jovic, UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia Setting the scene:
Looking for solutions: Organisation and provision of ECI services across countries
Location: room Akernia |
13:30 - 14:30 | Lunch Break Location: La Pergola Restaurant, second floor of Tirana International Hotel |
14:30 - 16:00 | Workshops on policies and practices 1. ECI Situation analysis and lessons learnt from UNICEF in North Macedonia and Montenegro Moderator: Vera Rangelova, UNICEF ECARO
Location: room Akernia 2. The use of Person-Centred Technologies in ECI Moderator: Omor Ahmed, EASPD
Location: room Bogdani 3. Early identification of developmental difficulties in children Moderator: Aleksandra Jovic, UNICEF
Location: room Abret 4. Methodologies and findings on collecting good practices in family support Moderator: Lilith Alink, EASPD
Location: room Blu 5. Routine-based Intervention and home visiting Moderator: Eric Bloemkolk, SOFT Tulip
Location: room Onufri |
16:00 | End of Day 1 |
19:30 | Conference Dinner Location: room Akernia |
Friday 9th June 2023
09:30 - 11:00 | Workshops on policies and practices 6. Storytelling of family support: the experience of the ECDUR project Moderator: Rachel Vaughan, EASPD
Location: room Abret 7. Roadmaps to national ECI system building and ECI Greece project and its policy journey, the lesson learned Moderator: Timothy Ghilain
Location: room Akernia 8. Training parents: The Denver Mode and “Now and Next” Moderator: Fabiana Scarano, EASPD
Location: room Metropol 9. Parental and ECI professional burnout, definition and strategies for preventing it Moderator: Agapi Papadaki, Amimoni
Location: room Blu 10. The transition to ECEC: tools for the inclusion of children with disabilities
Location: room Bogdani |
11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee Break Location: hotel lobby |
11:30 - 13:00 | 3rd panel - ECI in the context of emergency and displacement Moderator: Vera Rangelova, UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia Setting the scene:
Looking for solutions: Adapting ECI in the context of emergency and displacement
Location: room Akernia |
13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break Location: La Pergola Restaurant, second floor of Tirana International Hotel |
14:00 - 14:45 | 4th panel - How to use existing policy and financial instruments to advance ECI in Europe Moderator: Thomas Bignal, EASPD ECI in the context of EU policies
Q&A Location: room Akernia |
14:45 - 15:30 | Final reflections: The way forward
Location: room Akernia |
15:30 - 16:00 | Concluding Remarks
Location: room Akernia |
16:00 | End of Day 2 |