Being an OMEP honorary member is institutional recognition to its leading members for their work towards the defence, fight, dissemination, and generation of knowledge to aid early childhood education and care.
Each country can suggest one or more leading members to the Regional Vice President it reports to.
The proposal shall be submitted once a year, within the period established by EXCO,
so that OMEP World Assembly votes to determine the approval of the recognition
Honorary Members & Laureates
OMEP Award Recipients
2026
- Nyamikeh Kyiamah· ghana
- Mercedes Mayol Lassalle· Argentina
2025
- Daniele Perruchon· France
- Nora Rut Kuitca· Argentina
- María Graciela Dupont Pérez· Peru
- Judith Wagner· USA
2024
- Christiane Bourdages-Simpson· Canada
- Tokunbo Doherty· Nigeria
- Diti Hill Denee· New Zealand
2023
- Maggie Koong· Hong Kong
- Edna Runnels Ranck· USA
2022
- Abimbola Are· Nigeria
- Liz Hryniewicz· United Kingdom
2021
- Berta Maria Espinosa· Chile
- Gelengül Haktanır· Turkey
2019
- Haydee del Carmen Araujo De Lucha· El Salvador
- María Del Consuelo García Sierra· Mexico
2018
- Toshiko Kenada· Japan
- Ewa Slomioska· Poland
- Maria Luz Roa Zambra· Chile
- Rosaleen Marphy· Ireland
- Elene Roussinova· Bulgaria
- Jessie Sackey-Mensah· Ghana
- Vistoria Oyebimpe Bilewu· Nigeria
2017
- Rolande Filion· Canada
- Larisa Alekseevna Paramonova· Russia
- Ivonne Fontaine Pepper· Chile
2016
- Madeline Dawn Butterworth· Australia
- Miyaka Ohto· Japan
- Eunhwa Lee· Korea
- Simeon Dimkpa Ojims· Nigeria
- Ulla Grob-Menges· Switzerland
- Nancy María Larraya de Oronoz· Uruguay
2015
- Alicia Navarro Álvarez· Chile
- Maria Cecilia Amendola da Motta· Brazil
- Graciela Rodriguez Poveda· Colombia
- Maribel Cormack Lynch· Peru
2014
- Colette Durand· France
- Doreen Launder· New Zealand
- Francis Douglas· Ireland
- Madeleine Baillargeon· Canada
- María Victoria Peralta Espinosa· Chile
- Nóirín Hayes· Ireland
- Nurper Ulkuer· Turkey
- Ofelia Reveco Vergara· Chile
- Seppo Sauro· Finland
2013
- Maria Kielar-Turska· Poland
- Mary J. Wright· Canada
- Etmonia David Tarpeh· Liberia
- Adunni Grace Akintayo· Nigeria
2012
- Martha Llanos· Peru
- Josepine Ahunna· Nigeria
2011
- Pirjo Honkavaara· Finland
2010
- Kerstin Bäckström· PA/S
- Selma Simonstein· Chile
- Dorothy Selleck· Wales
- Joan Waters· Australia
2009
- Leah D. Adams· USA
- John Surr· USA
2008
- Yinian Ma· China
- Jacqueline Thériault· Canada
- Frances Mayson· Liberia
2007
- Kuangu Kinkela Leoni· DR Congo
2006
- Josefina Unturbe Jiménez· Spain
- Victoria Bossio Herrera· Colombia
- Grace A. Alele Williams· Nigeria
- Dorothy Hewes· USA
- Malfrid Grude Flekkoy· Norway
- Dorothy Sailor· USA
2005
- Elka Petrova· Bulgaria
- Alhaji Is´Haq Sa’I· Nigeria
- Elizabeth Mavis Armstrong· New Zealand
- Audrey Mary Curtis· United Kingdom
- Robin Houlker· New Zealand
- Dina Alarcon Quezada· Chile
2004
- Makoto Tsumori· Japan
- Vital Didonet· Brazil
- Ana Judinas de Bertrán· Uruguay
- Gillian Beddington· Australia
- Mary Folkl· Australia
2002
- Valerie Burns· New Zealand
- Bokko Tsuchiyama· Japan
- Beatriz de la Vega· Colombia
2001
- Joyce Wadell Townsend· Canada
2000
- Mürüvvet Avni Özkan· Turkey
- Anunciación Mazella de Bevilacqua· Uruguay
1998
- Gaston Mialaret· France
- Inge Arndt· South Africa
- Margaret Abosede· Nigeria
- Rosamonde Combes· Australia
1995
- Madeleine Goutard· France
1992
- Ibiyemi Bright· Nigeria
1989
- Margaret Roberts· United Kingdom
- Christie Ade-Ajayi· Nigeria
- Mercy Eluwa· Nigeria