World Social Work Day

IFSW Europe has a long history of highlighting the Social Work Profession in Europe. It began celebrating an annual "Social Work Action Day" in 1996. All the member organisations of IFSW Europe were invited to celebrate and promote Social Work through local, regional and national activities.

For the first time - on March 27, 2007, the European Social Work Action Day was celebrated together with social workers around the World, as IFSW celebrated the first World Social Work Day. IFSW Europe now celebrates World Social Work Day with IFSW members around the World each year.

To learn more about IFSW Europe and World Social Work Day click here.

In 2009 World Social Work Day was "Social Work and Social Development: The Agenda." To see more about how different countries around Europe celebrated World Social Work Day 2009, see here for reports on the following countries:

Bulgaria
Denmark
Finland
France
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Spain
Turkey
United Kingdom

In 2005 the subject of Social Work Action Day was: The Role of Social Workers in Europe

In 2004 the subject of Social Work Action Day was: Violence and Trafficking: Social Workers against Exploitation

In 2003 the subject of Social Work Action Day was: Disability, Human Rights and Social Work