2015
Report
Counting on Quality: Measuring and Improving Quality in Early Childhood Environments
This is a report on the International Consultation convened in Leiden, the Netherlands, in September 2014 to call attention to the importance…
Report
Small Children, Big Cities: Impact through design intervention
This is a report on the national conference ‘Small Children, Big Cities: Building Smart Child-Friendly Cities for 21st-century India’, held on 28…
News
In memory of Reinhard Fichtl
It is with sentiments of deep sorrow that we have received the message that our beloved colleague from the UBS Optimus Foundation,…
Corporate Publications
Annual Report 2014
This report illustrates our impact in 2014, capturing what we achieved and what we learnt.
Story
Putting the ‘Personal’ back into Parenting
When I started working at the Foundation a year ago, my first task was to assist in the preparation of the publication…
News
Lia van Leer, Grand Dame of Israeli Cinema (1924 – 2015) – She lived and died in beauty
Founder and President of the Jerusalem Cinematheque, Pioneer of Israeli Cinema, Lia van Leer passed away on March 13, 2015 at the…
Announcement
Time for Child Care: The Need to Improve Access to Quality Care is Long Overdue
Twenty years ago the historic UN Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing in 1995 brought together delegates from 189 nations…
Case
Calling for a two generation approach to child development
Over the years there has been a long standing recognition that child development is influenced by conditions facing families and in turn…
News
Peru: the ‘Infobarómetro de la Primera Infancia’ now shows data on young children per region
The Infobarómetro de la Primera Infancia (a tool to access data on the situation of young children in Peru, created by Salgalú…