Nearly 60 years ago Lady Allen of Hurtwood, with colleagues from Sweden, France, Denmark and Norway, conceived the idea of creating a world organisation for early childhood.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNICEF) Assembly in Paris warmly supported the plan so representatives from 19 countries spanning five continents were invited to a world conference in Prague in 1948. OMEP, the Organization Mondiale pour l'Education Prescolaire, which is known in English as the World Organisation for Early Childhood Education, was founded at that conference.
The new organisation was recognised as a principal mechanism to bring people from all over the world together to share information and initiate action for the benefit of young children everywhere. Since then, OMEP world assemblies have been held in different cities across all continents every three years.
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