Starting Strong VI is a product of continued collaboration between the OECD Secretariat and the OECD Network on Early Childhood Education and Care. Participants provided country data, country‑specific policy information, feedback on drafts, among other contributions.
Participating countries and experts are listed below in alphabetical order.
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Country |
Name |
Organisation |
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Australia |
Craig Bennett |
Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority |
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Amanda Collins |
Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority |
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John Mason |
Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority |
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Belgium - Flanders |
Goedele Avau |
Flemish Government Education and Training Department |
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Bart Bruylandt |
Flemish Government Education and Training Department |
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Liesbeth Roels |
Flemish Government Education and Training Department |
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Marie-Hélène Sabbe |
Flemish Government Education and Training Department |
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Christele Van Nieuwenhuyzen |
Growing Up (formerly known as Kind en Gezin) |
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Chile |
Paula Guardia |
Ministry of Education, Undersecretary of Early Childhood Education |
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Bárbara Marchant |
Ministry of Education, Undersecretary of Early Childhood Education |
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Canada |
Tania Brudler , |
Children’s Services, Alberta |
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Danielle Dubé |
Ministère de la Famille, Québec |
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Nicole Gervais |
Canada (CMEC) representative to the OECD ECEC Network, New Brunswick |
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David Hull |
Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC) Secretariat |
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Bronwen Lloyd |
Early Learning and Child Care, Nova Scotia |
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Diane Lutes |
Early Learning and Development, New Brunswick |
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Debra Mayer |
Chair of CMEC’s Early Childhood Learning and Development Committee |
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Christian Paradis |
Employment and Social Development Canada |
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Suela Sefa |
Ministère de la Famille, Québec |
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Denise Stone |
Early Learning and Child Care, Nova Scotia |
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Jugo Vukojevic |
Employment and Social Development Canada |
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Czech Republic |
Irena Borkovcová |
Czech School Inspectorate |
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Denmark |
Lise Bendix Lanng |
Former Division of Early Childhood Education and Care |
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Louise Solgård Hvas |
Ministry of Children and Education |
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Estonia |
Tiina Peterson |
Ministry of Education and Research |
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Finland |
Kirsi Alila |
Ministry of Education and Culture |
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France |
Gilles Pétreault |
Ministry of National Education and Youth |
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Germany |
Samuel Bader |
German Youth Institute |
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Fabienne Becker-Stoll |
State Institute of Early Childhood Research (IFP) |
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Ute Jansen |
Ministry for Children, Family, Refugees and Integration - North Rhine-Westphalia |
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Nicole Klinkhammer |
German Youth Institute |
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Evelyn Kubsch |
Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family |
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Jana Pampel |
Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family |
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Christa Preissing |
Berlin Institute for Quality Development in the Early Years (BeKi) |
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Eva Reichert-Garschhammer |
Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family |
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Carolyn Seybel |
German Youth Institute |
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Bettina Stobbe |
Ministry for Education, Youth and Sport - Brandenburg |
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Daniel Turani |
German Youth Institute |
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Iceland |
Ragnar F. Ólafsson |
Directorate of Education - Talis Starting Strong Survey matters |
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Björk Óttarsdóttir |
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture |
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Ireland |
Philip Crosby |
Department of Education |
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Toby Wolfe |
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth |
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Israel |
Noa Ben-David |
JDC Israel |
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Michal Carmel |
Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Social Services |
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Inbal Ron Kaplan |
RAMA |
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Varda Malka |
Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Social Services |
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Merav Turgerman |
Ministry of Education |
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Japan |
Kiyomi Akita |
Gakushuin University |
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Satoshi Aritaki |
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare |
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Fumiko Honda |
Cabinet Office |
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Takuro Horikawa |
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
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Masafumi Ishikawa |
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
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Riyo Kadota |
Seinan Gakuin University |
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Hirokazu Kobayashi |
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
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Koki Matsumoto |
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
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Sachiko Nozawa |
University of Tokyo |
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Kayo Sawada |
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
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Nagisa Shimada |
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
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Kenta Shizume |
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare |
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Chie Takatsuji |
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare |
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Luxembourg |
Christine Konsbruck |
Service National de la Jeunesse (SNJ) |
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Georges Metz |
Service National de la Jeunesse (SNJ) |
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Flore Schank |
Ministry of Education, Children and Youth |
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Claudia Schroeder |
Ministry of Education, Children and Youth |
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Claude Sevenig |
Ministry of Education, Children and Youth |
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Mexico |
María del Carmen Campillo Pedrón |
Ministry of Public Education |
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Susana Escamilla Hernández |
Ministry of Public Education |
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José Iván Quezada López |
Ministry of Public Education |
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New Zealand |
Nancy Bell |
Ministry of Education |
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Siobhan Murray |
Ministry of Education |
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Norway |
Ida Erstad |
Directorate for Education and Training |
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Tove Mogstad Slinde |
Ministry of Education and Research |
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Poland |
Witold Zakrzewski |
Ministry of National Education |
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Portugal |
Liliana Marques |
General Directorate of Education |
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Helder Pais |
General Directorate of Education |
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Slovak Republic |
Viera Hajdúková |
Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport |
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Slovenia |
Janja Cotič Pajntar |
National Education Institute |
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Barbara Kresal Sterniša |
Ministry of Education, Science and Sport |
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Nada Požar Matijašič |
Ministry of Education, Science and Sport |
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South Africa |
Sara Maja |
Department of Basic Education |
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Vuyelwa Ntuli |
Department of Basic Education |
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Switzerland |
Andrea Faeh |
St. Gallen University of Teacher Education |
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Veronika Neruda |
Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Social Affairs (SODK) |
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Franziska Vogt |
St. Gallen University of Teacher Education |
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The Swiss contribution was produced with the financial support of the Jacobs Foundation Switzerland |
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Turkey |
Aynur Arslan |
Ministry of National Education |
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Seval Kuday |
Ministry of National Education |
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Tuncai Morkoç |
Ministry of National Education |
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United Kingdom - England |
Charlotte Clarke |
Department for Education |
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Ian Ward |
Department for Education |
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