Korina Hatzinikolaou: Lead Consultant, UNICEF/ECARO, for the Project “Supporting the expansion and strategic development of Early Childhood Education and Care in Cyprus”, funded by the European Commission.
Korina coordinated a working group of experts to evaluate the current status quo of Early Childhood Education and Care in Cyprus, based on the European Commission’s ECEC Quality Framework published in 2019. To achieve the goal, Korina adapted and applied together with the group of experts the “Build to Last” tool developed by UNICEF. Concurrently, she developed a report on Good practices in ECEC in other European countries. Based on the evaluation of the ECEC sector in Cyprus, Korina and the group proceeded to the development of a national ECEC quality framework (QF) for Cyprus. Currently, colleagues in Cyprus are piloting the QF. The next step is to develop an ECEC Action Plan to support the government in Cyprus to develop an ECEC National Strategy by the end of 2024.