This chapter discusses early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Switzerland, in line with the focus of this year’s CIDREE yearbook. The first part gives an overview of the situation in Switzerland. The “Quality Initiative in the Canton of Zurich” is then presented, a project that aimed to introduce and/or improve “quality for the child’s well-being” in the field of ECEC. Based on the findings from this project, nine success factors for developing high quality in day-care centres were identified and are explained in the conclusion.
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