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Worldwide Representation

Members of the Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) are a voice for children's rights and can be a driving force to generate change throughout the world. ACEI's UN representatives have prepared a curriculum guide, including links to UN sites that will help you internationalize your curricula.

Affiliation with the United Nations:

  • as a nongovernmental organization (NGO), ACEI has consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council and the United Nations Children's Fund

  • actively supports the NGO Committee on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Working Group on the Girl Child, and the Working Group on Education

  • actively supports Child Rights Education for Professionals (CRED-PRO), an international initiative, endorsed by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, to develop educational programs on the human rights of children for professionals working with and for children to improve the development and quality of life of children.

Childhood Education - International Focus Issue

  • Special edition of ACEI's official journal
  • Published annually
  • Provides a forum for those throughout the world who work with children
  • Members are notified of current educational practices in countries outside the USA

Joint Publications

ACEI has entered joint publishing agreements with the Organisation Mondiale pour l'Education Prescolaire (OMEP), also known as the World Organization for Early Childhood Education

Summer World Conferences

In addition to the Annual International Conference & Exhibition held in North America, ACEI sponsors world conferences to generate a greater sense of unity in education within the global community. Past World Conferences were held in Taiwan, Australia/New Zealand, Finland, Hungary, and Germany.
Revised February 2005

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