Annex D. Network member contributors

Starting Strong VI is a product of continued collaboration between the OECD Secretariat and the OECD Network on Early Childhood Education and Care. Participants provided country data, country-specific policy information, feedback on drafts, among other contributions.

Participating countries and experts are listed below in alphabetical order.

Country	Name	Organisation
Australia	Craig Bennett	Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority
	Amanda Collins	Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority
	John Mason	Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority
Belgium - Flanders	Goedele Avau	Flemish Government Education and Training Department
	Bart Bruylandt	Flemish Government Education and Training Department
	Liesbeth Roels	Flemish Government Education and Training Department
	Marie-Hélène Sabbe	Flemish Government Education and Training Department
	Christele Van Nieuwenhuyzen	Growing Up (formerly known as Kind en Gezin)
Chile	Paula Guardia	Ministry of Education, Undersecretary of Early Childhood Education
	Bárbara Marchant	Ministry of Education, Undersecretary of Early Childhood Education
Canada	Tania Brudler ,	Children’s Services, Alberta
	Danielle Dubé	Ministère de la Famille, Québec
	Nicole Gervais	Canada (CMEC) representative to the OECD ECEC Network, New Brunswick
	David Hull	Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC) Secretariat
	Bronwen Lloyd	Early Learning and Child Care, Nova Scotia
	Diane Lutes	Early Learning and Development, New Brunswick
	Debra Mayer	Chair of CMEC’s Early Childhood Learning and Development Committee
	Christian Paradis	Employment and Social Development Canada
	Suela Sefa	Ministère de la Famille, Québec
	Denise Stone	Early Learning and Child Care, Nova Scotia
	Jugo Vukojevic	Employment and Social Development Canada
Czech Republic	Irena Borkovcová	Czech School Inspectorate
Denmark	Lise Bendix Lanng	Former Division of Early Childhood Education and Care
	Louise Solgård Hvas	Ministry of Children and Education
Estonia	Tiina Peterson	Ministry of Education and Research
Finland	Kirsi Alila	Ministry of Education and Culture
France	Gilles Pétreault	Ministry of National Education and Youth
Germany	Samuel Bader	German Youth Institute
	Fabienne Becker-Stoll	State Institute of Early Childhood Research (IFP)
	Ute Jansen	Ministry for Children, Family, Refugees and Integration - North Rhine-Westphalia
	Nicole Klinkhammer	German Youth Institute
	Evelyn Kubsch	Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family
	Jana Pampel	Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family
	Christa Preissing	Berlin Institute for Quality Development in the Early Years (BeKi)
	Eva Reichert-Garschhammer	Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family
	Carolyn Seybel	German Youth Institute
	Bettina Stobbe	Ministry for Education, Youth and Sport - Brandenburg
	Daniel Turani	German Youth Institute
Iceland	Ragnar F. Ólafsson	Directorate of Education - Talis Starting Strong Survey matters
	Björk Óttarsdóttir	Ministry of Education, Science and Culture
Ireland	Philip Crosby	Department of Education
	Toby Wolfe	Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Israel	Noa Ben-David	JDC Israel
	Michal Carmel	Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Social Services
	Inbal Ron Kaplan	RAMA
	Varda Malka	Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Social Services
	Merav Turgerman	Ministry of Education
Japan	Kiyomi Akita	Gakushuin University
	Satoshi Aritaki	Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
	Fumiko Honda	Cabinet Office
	Takuro Horikawa	Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
	Masafumi Ishikawa	Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
	Riyo Kadota	Seinan Gakuin University
	Hirokazu Kobayashi	Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
	Koki Matsumoto	Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
	Sachiko Nozawa	University of Tokyo
	Kayo Sawada	Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
	Nagisa Shimada	Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
	Kenta Shizume	Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
	Chie Takatsuji	Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Luxembourg	Christine Konsbruck	Service National de la Jeunesse (SNJ)
	Georges Metz	Service National de la Jeunesse (SNJ)
	Flore Schank	Ministry of Education, Children and Youth
	Claudia Schroeder	Ministry of Education, Children and Youth
	Claude Sevenig	Ministry of Education, Children and Youth
Mexico	María del Carmen Campillo Pedrón	Ministry of Public Education
	Susana Escamilla Hernández	Ministry of Public Education
	José Iván Quezada López	Ministry of Public Education
New Zealand	Nancy Bell	Ministry of Education
	Siobhan Murray	Ministry of Education
Norway	Ida Erstad	Directorate for Education and Training
	Tove Mogstad Slinde	Ministry of Education and Research
Poland	Witold Zakrzewski	Ministry of National Education
Portugal	Liliana Marques	General Directorate of Education
	Helder Pais	General Directorate of Education
Slovak Republic	Viera Hajdúková	Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport
Slovenia	Janja Cotič Pajntar	National Education Institute
	Barbara Kresal Sterniša	Ministry of Education, Science and Sport
	Nada Požar Matijašič	Ministry of Education, Science and Sport
South Africa	Sara Maja	Department of Basic Education
	Vuyelwa Ntuli	Department of Basic Education
Switzerland	Andrea Faeh	St. Gallen University of Teacher Education
	Veronika Neruda	Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Social Affairs (SODK)
	Franziska Vogt	St. Gallen University of Teacher Education
	The Swiss contribution was produced with the financial support of the Jacobs Foundation Switzerland
Turkey	Aynur Arslan	Ministry of National Education
	Seval Kuday	Ministry of National Education
	Tuncai Morkoç	Ministry of National Education
United Kingdom - England	Charlotte Clarke	Department for Education
	Ian Ward	Department for Education