Early childhood education and care

Welcome to FINEEC’s page for Early Childhood Education and Care

FINEEC’s task is to conduct national external evaluations of ECEC and provide support for ECEC organisers in their statutory task of self-evaluation and quality management. 

The menu contains FINEEC’s material related to the national evaluation of early childhood education and care (ECEC), information about ongoing external evaluations and reports of completed evaluations. You will also find information about the national digital quality evaluation system Valssi.

Newest publication

• Sustainable political decisions are needed to deliver high-quality early childhood education and care (2024)

The purpose of FINEEC’s Policy Brief series is to support discussion and decision-making on education policy and societal issues and to promote the use of evaluation information in support of decisionmaking.