VBJK is a Resource, Research and Training Centre on Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) in Flanders, Belgium. VBJK has a partnership with Kind en Gezin (Child and family), the Flemish governmental agency for children and families. The mission of VBJK is:

• to set up action research and innovative projects in ECEC on issues such as quality, equity and diversity (see the projects descriptions for further details);
• to publish training materials, video and DVD productions and literature on ECEC;
• to organise training, in collaboration with other training centres, such as the VCOK training centre for ECEC (www.vcok.be);
• to do fundamental research in the field of ECEC. In this respect, VBJK is operating as a research centre at the Department of Social Welfare Studies of the Ghent University.

VBJK publishes two magazines in cooperation with European partners ‘KIDDO’ is a magazine who’s published 8 times a year for professionals, students and teachers in ECEC. VBJK edits the magazine in cooperation with the Dutch publisher SWP. VBJK is also the Dutch partner of ‘Children in Europe’, an international magazine on ECEC, who’s published twice a year in 18 countries and 15 languages.

 

Projects that VBJK is currently involved in, can be found under VBJK's sub-heading 'Projects'.