Hong Kong Agenda Consultation Papers to build the Global Action Agenda at the 2010 Joint World Conference in Hong Kong

In preparation for the 2010 Joint World Conference in Hong Kong, the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW), the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IAASW) and the International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW) are inviting social workers and social work educators worldwide to join the democratic process in building the Action Agenda for social work and social development for the next decade. The process is described in the following paper to the IFSW General Meeting:

Social Work Agenda for the next decade

IFSW is encouraging a web based discussion on the following three themes:

Service User/Consumer Involvement and Social Work Poverty eradication: the role of social work Ageing and older adults.

IASSW and ICSW have also produced discussion papers, in order to encourage debate and to enable colleagues to prepare for Hong Kong 2010.

Discussion papers of IASSW Discussion papers of ICSW

Every social worker and social work educator has the unique opportunity to engage in defining the Agenda.