International Organizations for Early childhood

International Organizations Benefitting Young Children and Employment Opportunities

About Us (www.worldforumfederation.org)

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The mission of the World Forum Foundation is to promote an on-going global exchange of ideas on the delivery of quality services for young children in diverse settings.

Core Values

The World Forum Foundation’s core values are exemplified by the words: Children. Change. Relationships. Spirit. Differences.

All who care about the well-being of the world’s children are invited to participate. Leadership is collaborative, globally diverse, provided by a multitude of diverse volunteers and a small, dedicated staff.

ISSA (www.issa.nl)

A learning community for inclusive, equitable and high-quality care and education for all young children

ISSA is a vibrant network connecting professionals and non-profit organizations working in the field of early childhood development. ISSA’s community stretches across the globe with members in over 40 countries, primarily in Europe and Central Asia. Building upon the Step by Step Program initiated by the Open Society Foundations in 1994, ISSA aims to ensure equal access to quality care and education for all young children from birth to 10 years old. More about ISSA »

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (www.oecd.org)

Our mission

The mission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world.


The OECD provides a forum in which governments can work together to share experiences and seek solutions to common problems. We work with governments to understand what drives economic, social and environmental change. We measure productivity and global flows of trade and investment. We analyse and compare data to predict future trends. We set international standards on a wide range of things, from agriculture and tax to the safety of chemicals.


We also look at issues that directly affect everyone’s daily life, like how much people pay in taxes and social security, and how much leisure time they can take. We compare how different countries’ school systems are readying their young people for modern life, and how different countries’ pension systems will look after their citizens in old age.

Drawing on facts and real-life experience, we recommend policies designed to improve the quality of people's lives. We work with business, through the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC), and with labour, through the Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC). We have active contacts as well with other civil society organizations. The common thread of our work is a shared commitment to market economies backed by democratic institutions and focused on the well being of all citizens. Along the way, we also set out to make life harder for the terrorists, tax dodgers, crooked businessmen and others whose actions undermine a fair and open society.

I chose these organizations because they have been operating for several years and are dedicated to identifying common problems around the world and sharing solutions that have worked.  Each website lists opportunities for visiting different countries to learn about their operations.  That is the benefit I see for me in following these organizations.

As an employee of one of these organizations I would need to be willing to relocate, travel a lot, operate on a one year at a time contract and have an understanding of the economics involved with funding childhood programs around the world.  I do not feel I am ready for such a position at this time but you never know.