• Luís Ribeiro, Chairman of APEI, and Karim Merali, AKF Portugal CEO, at the APEI gathering held at the Ismaili Centre Lisbon. Teresa Matos
    15 April 2016 | Ismaili Centre Lisbon

    APEI and AKF Portugal host gathering of early childhood educators

    Luís Ribeiro, Chairman of APEI, and Karim Merali, AKF Portugal CEO, at the APEI gathering held at the Ismaili Centre Lisbon. Teresa Matos
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The Ismaili Centre Lisbon
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Lisbon, 16 April 2016 — The Association for Childhood Education Professionals (APEI), in partnership with the Aga Khan Foundation Portugal, hosted the ninth edition of the event Being a Baby – Early Childhood Education: Concepts, Models and Perspectives at the Ismaili Centre, Lisbon.

The gathering drew some 260 early childhood educators, students and other professionals with an interest in education from the earliest years of life. It featured a variety of presentations spanning theory to practice, with a particular focus on children from birth to 3 years of age.
 
AKF Portugal CEO Karim Merali, and APEI Chairman Luís Ribeiro presided over the opening session. A short play and the launch of the book Broken things can be beautiful were among the highlights of the event.