5624756 ACR 21-97, World Organization for Early Childhood Education (OMEP) 67th World Assembly and International Conference Recognition Resolution of 2015
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A CEREMONIAL RESOLUTION
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21-97
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
July 14, 2015
To recognize the 67th World Assembly and International Conference of the World Organization for Early Childhood Education (OMEP).
WHEREAS, the World Organization for Early Childhood Education (OMEP) is an international, non-governmental, and nonprofit organization founded in 1948 that aims to promote for all children the optimum conditions to ensure their well-being, development, learning, and happiness in their families and the institutions that serve them;
WHEREAS, OMEP advocates for the education and well-being of children under the age of 8 years throughout the world by defending and promoting the rights of the child through education, care, and worldwide support of activities that improve accessibility to higher quality education and care; supporting research that may influence the conditions in which children live, develop, learn, and play; assisting in undertakings that will improve early childhood education; and carrying out projects that contribute to an understanding between peoples and to peace in the world;
WHEREAS, OMEP-USA is one of over 70 national committees that belong to World
OMEP and has membership from 8 regions that cover the 50 states and the District of
Columbia;
WHEREAS, OMEP-USA shares the goals and objectives of World OMEP and works cooperatively with many organizations for which international early childhood education is of primary interest;
WHEREAS, the District of Columbia has positioned itself as a national leader in the
provision of high-quality pre-k, boasting a service delivery rate that exceeds 80% and spending the most on pre-k per child in the United States, more than $10,000 over the national average, to ensure that the program is high-quality;
WHEREAS, OMEP-USA, its President, Jean Simpson, PhD, and Co-chairpersons Edna
Ranck, EdD, and Barbara Ferguson Kamara will host OMEP’s 67th World Assembly and International Conference from July 27, 2015 to August 1, 2015, in the District of Columbia, bringing together leaders, educators, and advocates from over 65 member countries in Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, North America, and the Caribbean; and
WHEREAS, the World Assembly and International Conference include plenary sessions
and workshops, a film festival, paper and poster presentations, exhibits, visits to early childhood
education programs, and with a theme of “Pathways to Sustainability,” provides various
presentations and symposiums to share information and initiate actions that benefit young
children everywhere, focusing on the sub-themes of sustainability through: a highly effective
workforce; comprehensive, engaging, play-based curriculum models; STEAM education
(Science, Technology, Engineering/Art & Mathematics); facility design and responsive
classrooms; systems of comprehensive health and wellness; family engagement, cultural and
linguistic diversity; systems building, partnerships, financing, advocacy and public policy; peace
education and environmental stewardship; sensible assessment – teacher, environment and
children; and children’s rights.
IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, that the Council of the District of Columbia welcomes the 67th World Assembly and International Conference to the District of Columbia and recognizes the work of the World Organization for Early Childhood Education (OMEP) and OMEP-USA.
Sec. 2. This resolution may be cited as the “World Organization for Early Childhood Education (OMEP) 67th World Assembly and International Conference Recognition Resolution of 2015”.
Sec. 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon the first date of publication in
the District of Columbia Register.
