IAS Focus group report - Overarching themes

Wat is het?

IAS is an Erasmus+ project concerning increasing accessibility of integrated ECEC-services to support all families with young children. The project brought researchers, policy makers and practitioners from five countries together; Belgium, Finland, Poland, Slovenia and Norway. Each partner country put together a team to represent their country in the different activities. The aim of IAS was to exchange ideas and inspiring practices between policy, practice and research on improving accessibility of integrated services for these families with young children. We chose to use focus groups to gain insight into accessibility in integrated ECEC-services in the partner countries because this method enables participants to explore topics related to their own practice (Barbour & Flick, 2007). This report draws on the focus groups and project meetings to present overarching themes from the project on three main topics, integrated working, accessibility and Involvement.