AQW 2984/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Education
To ask the Minister of Education to list the stakeholders she has invited to sit on the Stakeholder Engagement Forum since 7 September 2022.
Asked by Connie Egan MLA on 7 September 2022
- Answered
- Written
- Priority
- Tabled
- 7 September 2022
- Answer due by
- 12 September 2022
- Answered
- 12 September 20225 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Education
- Priority question
- Yes
Answer
I can confirm that the following external stakeholders have been invited to join the Stakeholder Engagement Forum which will inform the development of an Executive Early Learning and Childcare Strategy. Invitations to other Departmental representatives and public sector bodies will be issued over the coming days. Further organisations and individuals may be asked to contribute as the work evolves.
| Organisation |
| Early Years Organisation |
| Sólás |
| MENCAP |
| Save the Children |
| Barnardos |
| Employers for Childcare |
| PlayBoard NI |
| NICMA |
| Unite Union – Childminding Branch |
| Parenting NI |
| NICCY |
| NCB |
| Northern Ireland Daycare Owners Forum |
| NICVA |
| Ashton Centre |
| Childcare Employers Forum |
| NI Rural Women’s Network |
| Women’s Resource and Development Agency |
| Altram |
| FSB |
| Equality Commission for NI |
| Stranmillis University College |
| Independent Early Years Specialist |
| Parentkind |
| Children in NI (CiNI) |
| Autism NI |
| The Welcome Project/ Migrant Centre NI |
| Early Years Daycare Forum |