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Watch and share some short clips from the documentary The Beginning of Life, which shines a light on the importance of the early years by documenting the lives of young… Read more

The Urban95 Starter Kit is a collection of promising ideas we have encountered in this work so far. It is intended primarily for city and local government leaders and managers, politicians,… Read more

The Bernard van Leer Foundation is recruiting a Senior Specialist Early Childhood Development who plays a key role in the team, providing advice and support to strategic partners implementing scaling partnerships,… Read more

The Bernard van Leer Foundation is recruiting a Representative Brazil who serves as the Foundation’s primary point of contact in the country for partnership development and advocacy by consistently expanding our… Read more

We are supporting NACTO, an association of 60 major North American cities, to develop new technical guidance and advance street designs that create safe public spaces for kids of all… Read more

A new publication by Gehl Institute and Gehl in collaboration with the Foundation’s Urban95 initiative, Space to Grow: Ten principles that support happy, healthy families in a playful, friendly city… Read more

The new edition of the ZERO TO THREE Journal features – for the first time – an international focus on infants, toddlers and families. Jointly guest-edited by the Bernard van… Read more

The Bernard van Leer Foundation is recruiting a Programme Support Officer who supports in the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the Bernard van Leer Foundation’s investments in the Netherlands and its… Read more

Catch up on our webinar, held on on March 28, on “The Urban95 Challenge: what we’ve learned so far”. Three winners of the Urban95 Challenge make presentations: Dana Corres from… Read more

The Bernard van Leer Foundation's Annual Report 2017 is now available to download. Read about our progress on Urban95, Parents+ and Building Blocks as we approach the midway point of… Read more