Early childhood education and care

Early childhood education and care
Päiväkoti-ikäiset lapset kokeilevat, miten pyyhekumi kelluu veden pinnalla.
Image: Kari Leo

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.

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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.

Janniina Vlasov

Janniina Vlasov

Counsellor of Evaluation
Early childhood education
+358 29 533 5543 Helsinki
Tuomas Sarkkinen

Tuomas Sarkkinen

Senior Evaluation Advisor
Early childhood education
+358 29 533 5582 Helsinki
Sivi_Harkoma

Sivi Harkoma

Senior Evaluation Advisor
Early childhood education
+358 29 533 5556 Helsinki