Valerie Sollars is a professor in Early Childhood Education at the University of Malta. Valerie has researched and published extensively in the field of early childhood education. At a national level, she drew up several policy documents.Mehmet Toran is a professor in Early Childhood Education Studies at the Istanbul Kültür University. His research deals mainly with early childhood education curricula, early childhood education approaches, early childhood education policy, poverty and childhood, and critical pedagogy.

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction1 Availability, Accessibility and Affordability of ECEC services: An OverviewMehmet Toran, Ziya Toprak and Ebru Aydın2 Early Childhood Education in AlgeriaHabib Tiliouine and Mohamed Miliani3 Early Childhood Education and Care in Croatia: Perspectives of Practitioners, Researchers and Policy MakersAdrijana Višnjić-Jevtić and Ivana Visković4 Addressing Equity and Quality in Cyprus’ Early Years ProvisionNicoletta (Niki) Christodoulou and Elina Antoniou5 Pre-school Education in Egypt: A Decade of Setbacks, Challenges and Successes in the Midst of Revolution and BeyondNasser Tolba and Thanaa Hashem6 Reconsidering Availability, Accessibility and Affordability in Early Childhood Education: Acritical Analysis of the Greek ContextSofia Avgitidou and Pandelis Kiprianos7 From Welfare to Education: A Cultural, Professional and Social Transformation of the Role and Function of Childcare Services in ItalyMaura Striano8 Political and Social Intersections of Early Childhood Education Rights for Lebanese and Refugee Children in LebanonAnies Al-Hroub, Bassel Akar and Farah El Zein9 Early Childhood Education in Libya: Opportunities and ChallengesAbdelbasit Gadour10 Scratching Beneath the Surface: Overt Challenges and Subtle Inequalities Despite Available ECEC Services in MaltaValerie Sollars11 Early Childhood Education in PalestineSoheil Salha, Reem Jawabreh and Thomas Cook12 Accessibility and Affordability of Early Childhood Education and Care Services in TürkiyeFetiye Erbil and Mine Göl-Güven13 Unveiling Inequities: Critical Insights into Early Childhood Education in TürkiyeRahime Cobanoglu and Gülçin Gülmez

Valerie Sollars is a professor in Early Childhood Education at the University of Malta. Valerie has researched and published extensively in the field of early childhood education. At a national level, she drew up several policy documents.Mehmet Toran is a professor in Early Childhood Education Studies at the Istanbul Kültür University. His research deals mainly with early childhood education curricula, early childhood education approaches, early childhood education policy, poverty and childhood, and critical pedagogy.

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction1 Availability, Accessibility and Affordability of ECEC services: An OverviewMehmet Toran, Ziya Toprak and Ebru Aydın2 Early Childhood Education in AlgeriaHabib Tiliouine and Mohamed Miliani3 Early Childhood Education and Care in Croatia: Perspectives of Practitioners, Researchers and Policy MakersAdrijana Višnjić-Jevtić and Ivana Visković4 Addressing Equity and Quality in Cyprus’ Early Years ProvisionNicoletta (Niki) Christodoulou and Elina Antoniou5 Pre-school Education in Egypt: A Decade of Setbacks, Challenges and Successes in the Midst of Revolution and BeyondNasser Tolba and Thanaa Hashem6 Reconsidering Availability, Accessibility and Affordability in Early Childhood Education: Acritical Analysis of the Greek ContextSofia Avgitidou and Pandelis Kiprianos7 From Welfare to Education: A Cultural, Professional and Social Transformation of the Role and Function of Childcare Services in ItalyMaura Striano8 Political and Social Intersections of Early Childhood Education Rights for Lebanese and Refugee Children in LebanonAnies Al-Hroub, Bassel Akar and Farah El Zein9 Early Childhood Education in Libya: Opportunities and ChallengesAbdelbasit Gadour10 Scratching Beneath the Surface: Overt Challenges and Subtle Inequalities Despite Available ECEC Services in MaltaValerie Sollars11 Early Childhood Education in PalestineSoheil Salha, Reem Jawabreh and Thomas Cook12 Accessibility and Affordability of Early Childhood Education and Care Services in TürkiyeFetiye Erbil and Mine Göl-Güven13 Unveiling Inequities: Critical Insights into Early Childhood Education in TürkiyeRahime Cobanoglu and Gülçin Gülmez

Valerie Sollars is a professor in Early Childhood Education at the University of Malta. Valerie has researched and published extensively in the field of early childhood education. At a national level, she drew up several policy documents.Mehmet Toran is a professor in Early Childhood Education Studies at the Istanbul Kültür University. His research deals mainly with early childhood education curricula, early childhood education approaches, early childhood education policy, poverty and childhood, and critical pedagogy.

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction1 Availability, Accessibility and Affordability of ECEC services: An OverviewMehmet Toran, Ziya Toprak and Ebru Aydın2 Early Childhood Education in AlgeriaHabib Tiliouine and Mohamed Miliani3 Early Childhood Education and Care in Croatia: Perspectives of Practitioners, Researchers and Policy MakersAdrijana Višnjić-Jevtić and Ivana Visković4 Addressing Equity and Quality in Cyprus’ Early Years ProvisionNicoletta (Niki) Christodoulou and Elina Antoniou5 Pre-school Education in Egypt: A Decade of Setbacks, Challenges and Successes in the Midst of Revolution and BeyondNasser Tolba and Thanaa Hashem6 Reconsidering Availability, Accessibility and Affordability in Early Childhood Education: Acritical Analysis of the Greek ContextSofia Avgitidou and Pandelis Kiprianos7 From Welfare to Education: A Cultural, Professional and Social Transformation of the Role and Function of Childcare Services in ItalyMaura Striano8 Political and Social Intersections of Early Childhood Education Rights for Lebanese and Refugee Children in LebanonAnies Al-Hroub, Bassel Akar and Farah El Zein9 Early Childhood Education in Libya: Opportunities and ChallengesAbdelbasit Gadour10 Scratching Beneath the Surface: Overt Challenges and Subtle Inequalities Despite Available ECEC Services in MaltaValerie Sollars11 Early Childhood Education in PalestineSoheil Salha, Reem Jawabreh and Thomas Cook12 Accessibility and Affordability of Early Childhood Education and Care Services in TürkiyeFetiye Erbil and Mine Göl-Güven13 Unveiling Inequities: Critical Insights into Early Childhood Education in TürkiyeRahime Cobanoglu and Gülçin Gülmez