Pre-school Social Innovation: Path to Equity, Wellbeing
Yesterday, the Palau Macaya hosted the event “From Tokyo to Barcelona. Social Innovation and Equity in Early Childhood”, which presented the main conclusions of the book Social Innovation and Welfare State Retrenchment. A Comparative Analysis of Early Childhood Education and Care in Europe and Beyond (Emerald Publishing), edited by Raquel Gallego and Lara Maestripieri, from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, and by Sheila González Motos, lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Barcelona. The study, in which the UAB’s Institute of Government and Public Policy participated and which was financed by the La Caixa Foundation, analyses the role of social innovation in early childhood education (0-3 years) and care in different international contexts.The book examines how social innovation can contribute to ensuring equity and universalization of services for children aged 0-3, an area where social investment is key to equal opportunities and the reduction of gender and educational inequalities. The book offers an innovative research design that studies the process of institutionalization of social innovation in early childhood education and care through seven cases of social innovation initiatives carried out in seven cities around the world: Barcelona, Oslo, Seine Saint-Denis, Portsmouth, Tel Aviv, Tokyo and Venice.
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