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Our current newsletter:
February Newsletter for the OMEP Aotearoa Community!
Dear OMEP Community,
We are starting the new year with a new exec and exciting initiatives that will connect us to the local and global network!
Here’s some links to our news and events: 👇
📢 1 OMEP Aotearoa Exec 2025
At the 2024 AGM our new Executive members were voted in. Meet our 2025 Exec and 2025 Rōpū representatives.
🎨 2. Color Your Rights: A Global Call!
OMEP World is inviting children aged 3 to 8 to express their visions of the right to peace ✌️ through art. It's time to let creativity and colors shine! 🎨
📅 Deadline for artwork submission: April 10, 2025
🔗 🌈 More information here
3. OMEP World New Scholar Award
The OMEP New Scholar Award is a world project initiative of OMEP in order to promote study and research related to early childhood education and care to facilitate broad understanding of the needs of early childhood worldwide. CLICK HERE for more information
4. Regulatory Review
Co-Presidents Andrea (Andi) Delaune and Ngaroma Williams fully endorse and support the Open Letter on behalf of OMEP Aotearoa. Please read the letter in full here. You can add your name to support this letter here.
5. New Editor in Chief for the International Journal of Early Childhood
OMEP Aotearoa would like to congratulate Professor E. Jayne White on her appointment to Editor in Chief for the International Journal of Early Childhood (IJEC). Jayne, a life member of OMEP Aotearoa (New Zealand), brings over 40 years of experience in early childhood education.
Congratulations Professor White!
New Editor-in-Chief for the International Journal of Early Childhood (IJEC) – OMEP
6. OMEP Aotearoa Submission on The Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill
OMEP Aotearoa recognises Te Tiriti o Waitangi as the founding document of Aotearoa New Zealand. Our objectives and goals promote a uniquely Aotearoa New Zealand approach to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child understood through the articles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. We oppose the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill for the following reasons CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
7. International Day of Education 24 January 2025
The for UNESCO International Day of Education 2025 is "AI and Education: Preserving Human Agency in an Automated World", https://www.unesco.org/sites/default/files/medias/fichiers/2025/01/education-day-2025-cn-en_0.pdf
This theme clearly has profound implications for Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE). While AI offers opportunities to enhance educational systems, it also poses risks, particularly as the fundamental goals of SDG 4—especially 4.2 and 4.7—remain unmet. This calls for critical reflection and action to ensure that AI serves the most pressing educational objectives of humanity while preserving core values such as human agency, equity, and sustainability.
See this article “AI and ECCE: Preserving Humanity and Advancing Equity in a world of automation” in OMEP blog https://omepworld.org/international-day-of-education-2025/
And video:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFNmpaBPcTS/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
Local Advocacy News:
Ever wanted to calculate your Household's Equivalised Disposable Income (HEDI)? Well, now you can.
https://www.cpag.org.nz/learning-resources
Dear OMEP Community,
We are starting the new year with a new exec and exciting initiatives that will connect us to the local and global network!
Here’s some links to our news and events: 👇
📢 1 OMEP Aotearoa Exec 2025
At the 2024 AGM our new Executive members were voted in. Meet our 2025 Exec and 2025 Rōpū representatives.
🎨 2. Color Your Rights: A Global Call!
OMEP World is inviting children aged 3 to 8 to express their visions of the right to peace ✌️ through art. It's time to let creativity and colors shine! 🎨
📅 Deadline for artwork submission: April 10, 2025
🔗 🌈 More information here
3. OMEP World New Scholar Award
The OMEP New Scholar Award is a world project initiative of OMEP in order to promote study and research related to early childhood education and care to facilitate broad understanding of the needs of early childhood worldwide. CLICK HERE for more information
4. Regulatory Review
Co-Presidents Andrea (Andi) Delaune and Ngaroma Williams fully endorse and support the Open Letter on behalf of OMEP Aotearoa. Please read the letter in full here. You can add your name to support this letter here.
5. New Editor in Chief for the International Journal of Early Childhood
OMEP Aotearoa would like to congratulate Professor E. Jayne White on her appointment to Editor in Chief for the International Journal of Early Childhood (IJEC). Jayne, a life member of OMEP Aotearoa (New Zealand), brings over 40 years of experience in early childhood education.
Congratulations Professor White!
New Editor-in-Chief for the International Journal of Early Childhood (IJEC) – OMEP
6. OMEP Aotearoa Submission on The Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill
OMEP Aotearoa recognises Te Tiriti o Waitangi as the founding document of Aotearoa New Zealand. Our objectives and goals promote a uniquely Aotearoa New Zealand approach to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child understood through the articles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. We oppose the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill for the following reasons CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
7. International Day of Education 24 January 2025
The for UNESCO International Day of Education 2025 is "AI and Education: Preserving Human Agency in an Automated World", https://www.unesco.org/sites/default/files/medias/fichiers/2025/01/education-day-2025-cn-en_0.pdf
This theme clearly has profound implications for Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE). While AI offers opportunities to enhance educational systems, it also poses risks, particularly as the fundamental goals of SDG 4—especially 4.2 and 4.7—remain unmet. This calls for critical reflection and action to ensure that AI serves the most pressing educational objectives of humanity while preserving core values such as human agency, equity, and sustainability.
See this article “AI and ECCE: Preserving Humanity and Advancing Equity in a world of automation” in OMEP blog https://omepworld.org/international-day-of-education-2025/
And video:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFNmpaBPcTS/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
Local Advocacy News:
Ever wanted to calculate your Household's Equivalised Disposable Income (HEDI)? Well, now you can.
https://www.cpag.org.nz/learning-resources
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