Limassol will host the European OMEP Conference and Assembly 2023 between 4-6 May and part of the activities will be held in our University's Limassol campus and the Cyprus University of Technology. 

This year's theme is "Quality and Equity in Early Childhood Education and Care". 

The OMEP Cyprus Committee is a Member of the World Organization for Early Childhood Education (OMEP), a UNESCO Member Organization founded 75 years ago to advocate for early childhood education and care as a right and a tool to attain other rights: integral development, citizenship, wellbeing, and dignity for all the girls and boys in the world.

The issues of quality and equity are of paramount importance in early childhood education and care in these turbulent times we live in. The recent pandemic, economic crisis and war conflicts around the world demand that we focus our attention on the well-being of young children by aiming for quality education for all. In this context, the European OMEP Conference will bring together experts from different European and other countries to explore the concepts of quality, as well as equity and equal access to educational opportunities which are crucial for all young children.

The conference has secured the participation of experts from various European countries and from other continents such as America, Australia, Africa who will take part and explore the concepts of quality, as well as equity and equal access to educational opportunities for all young children.

In parallel, on Thursday, 4 May, 2022 at 08.30 p.m., an exhibition of art works by young children created within the framework of the conference's theme will be held, focusing on the Right to Education. The exhibition is part of the Global Art Project "COLOUR YOUR RIGHTS II" which is coordinated by the President of OMEP Cyprus, Dr. Maria Vassiliadou, a member of Frederick University's School of Education and Social Sciences' Faculty. The exhibition will be presented at MORFI Gallery in Limassol and will run until 10 May.

The conference is held under the auspices of the Minister of Education, Sports and Youth Dr. Athena Michaelides.

More information: www.omep.com.cy