VBJK

VBJK, Centre for Innovations in the Early Years, is an autonomous NGO, established in 1986 and recognized as a research centre by the Federal Belgian Government. VBJK is an official partner of Upgrowing Agency (Opgroeien) the governmental organisation responsible for services for young children and their parents in the Flemish Community of Belgium and works in close collaboration with the University of Ghent. VBJK has been investing in research and innovation projects in ECEC with a focus on professionalism of ECEC practitioners and ensuring accessibility to high quality ECEC for all children. VBJK has many years of experience in producing professionalization and training materials for the ECEC-field, such as books, online open source materials, video’s, and it also produces a magazine for practitioners in ECEC.