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International Federation of Social Workers

General Meeting 2024

Draft Minutes General Meeting 2024

The IFSW 2024 General Meeting (GM) will be held as a hybrid gathering on 1 and 2 April 2024 in Panama. Details will be published on this page as documents become available.

The General Meeting is the supreme governing body of the Federation and during these two days, member organisations will discuss and approve the policies of the Federation, elect the Executive Committee, and if required approve amendments or additions to the Constitution.

The IFSW Secretariat hopes that all members organisations will actively participate in this General Meeting, either in person or through online participation. More information about registering to participate and how the voting platform will work will be published early 2024.

Minutes of the 2022 IFSW General Meeting

You may download the voting platform manual here.

In case of any questions in relation to the voting platform, please get in touch with Pascal at .

Please note the following submission deadlines and key dates:

Submission deadlines

  • Motions for Constitutional Changes: 2 January 2024
  • Nominations for Executive Positions: 11 February 2024
  • Membership Applications, Policies, and other Motions: 2 March 2024

Key dates

  • Call for Nominations opens: 3 December 2024
  • Registration opens: 21 February 2024
  • General meeting: 1 – 2 April 2024

Date and Venue

The 2024 IFSW General Meeting will be held at Sheraton Grand Panama.
Address: Vía Israel y Calle 77, Panama City, Panamá Province, Panama.

Day one: 1 April 2024, 09h00 to 18h00 Panama time (14h00 to 23h00 UTC)
Day two: 2 April 2024, 09h00 to 18h00 Panama time (14h00 to 23h00 UTC)

Each IFSW member organization is entitled to have 1 Main Representative who cast their votes and 2 Delegates to participate in the General Meeting. The 3 Representatives of each member organization will have the opportunity to discuss, make comments, raise questions and motions, and it is expected that they will work together as a team. With regards to coordinating bodies, the number of delegates can be extended by written request to the President and Secretary-General, but only one person in a coordinating body can cast the votes on behalf of the body.

All discussions and voting will take place live, either in person or via the online Zoom platform.

Draft Agenda

The draft agenda can be downloaded here. Please find all the reports linked to the agenda items in the relevant containers further down on this page.

Voting

All votes have to be casted through the online voting platform. Please note that only IFSW member organizations in good standing can participate. All votes will be submitted to the committee of tellers who will count the votes. This committee will comprise regional nominated representatives, who are not themselves allowed to vote.

Instructions on how to cast your votes  is available here: How to vote

Registration to participate in the General Meeting will open on 21 February 2024. Members will be invited via email to register.

Each IFSW member organisation is entitled to appoint 1 Main Representative who will cast their votes and 2 Delegates in the General Meeting.

With regards to coordinating bodies, the number of delegates can be extended by written request to the President and Secretary-General, but only one person in a coordinating body can cast the votes on behalf of the body.

Only member organizations in good standing shall be entitled to full participation in the Federation elections in accordance with the Constitution and the By-Laws.

It would be appreciated if all participants can register before 15 March 2024 to help IFSW Secretariat with the logistics.

Introduction

The positions on the IFSW Global Executive listed below are open for election and will be voted upon during the General Meeting on 1 and 2 April 2024. To nominate for one of these positions, nominations should be received no later than Sunday 11 February 2024 and be submitted to the IFSW Elections Officer David Jones () and the IFSW Acting CEO Pascal Rudin ().

Please note that the deadline for late nominations is 22 March 2024.

Required documentation

It is important that nominations comply fully with the IFSW Bylaws and, hence, they should include the following documentation:

  1. Signed and dated Profile and Curriculum Vitae of the Nominee of a maximum of five (5) pages.
  2. Letter of support from the nominating association, signed by the President and one other person of the executive on an association letterhead.
  3. Proof of a motion supporting the nomination carried by the national association.

Further documents submitted by the Nominee or Candidate can also be included providing the information is consistent with the IFSW Statement of Ethical Principles. The documentation must be sent by email. All documentation needs to be received no later than Sunday 11 February 2024. Please note that the Constitution / By-Laws only allow for late nominations by a vote of the General Meeting with the support of at least 75% of voting members.

If you have any questions please contact the IFSW Elections Officer David Jones () or the IFSW Acting CEO Pascal Rudin ().

Open positions

Positions in 2024 open for election with links to the Job Description:

The following nominations have been confirmed by the Nominations Committee as meeting the constitutional requirements.  All nominations received before the closing date and meeting the constitutional requirements are listed below.  Those nominations below identified with ** and labelled as ‘late nominations’ were submitted after the closing date; the General Meeting has to vote whether or not to allow the late nominations to be accepted on the ballot paper (By-Law 10 i).  A 75% majority is required by the General Meeting as a whole to accept the late nominations.

Please note that the deadline for late nominations is 22 March 2024.

Nominations Committee Report

Positions

IFSW Treasurer

Sriganesh MV – Profile | Letter of Support | Proof of Motion | Appendix

IFSW Africa Regional President

Oluwatoni Adeleke – Profile | Letter of Support | Proof of Motion
George Mansaray – Profile | Letter of Support & Proof of Motion
John Mary Ssekate – Profile | Letter of Support | Proof of Motion

IFSW Asia-Pacific Regional Vice President

Teoh Ai Hua – Profile | Letter of Support & Proof of Motion
Il Kyu Park – (Nomination withdrawn)

IFSW Europe Regional President

Ruth Allen – Profile | Letter Support | Proof of Motion | Appendix

IFSW Europe Regional Vice President

Tatevik Karapetyan – Profile | Letter of Support | Proof of Motion
Andreas Pedersen Kikvik – Profile | Letter of Support | Proof of Motion
Alessandro Monti – Profile | Letter of Support | Proof of Motion
Filip Nývlt – Profile  | Letter of Support  | Proof of Motion ** late nomination

IFSW Latin America and Caribbean Regional Vice President

Gabriela Rodriguez Vázquez – Perfil | Carta de Apoyo | Prueba de Moción
Automatic translation: Profile | Letter of Support | Proof of Motion

IFSW North America Regional President

Yvonne Chase – Profile | Letter of Support | Proof of Motion ** late nomination

IFSW North America Regional Vice President

Joan Davis-Whelan – Profile | Letter of Support |  Proof of Motion ** late nomination

A member organization may act as proxy for another member organization not in attendance. An appointment of a proxy is valid if both the organisation giving and the organisation exercising the proxy are in good financial standing at the commencement of the General Meeting. The proxy must be received by IFSW Secretary-General Rory Truell () not later than the commencement of the General Meeting.

Download the proxy form.

Proposed new policies will be added when received by the Secretariat. Proposed policies should be sent to the IFSW Acting CEO Pascal Rudin () no later than 2 March 2024.

Policy on the Structure of Commissions ** late submission
Policy on the Relaunch of the HR Commission ** late submission

These policies have been submitted after the required deadline and require the General Meetings’ agreement to be formally added to the agenda.

IFSW Education Commission Report 2022-2024

IFSW Ethics Commission Report 2024

IFSW Indigenous Commission Report 2022-2024

IFSW UN Commission Report 2022-2024

All reports received by the Secretariat will be posted here. Please send your report to Lucia Gandolfi, .

IFSW Ambassador’s Message GM 2024

COSW Report to the IFSW GM 2024

All reports received by the Secretariat will be posted here. Please send your report to Lucia Gandolfi, .

Proposed motions to amend the IFSW Constitution will be published here. Proposals must be sent to the IFSW Acting CEO Pascal Rudin () no later than 2 January 2024.

For proposals to amend the IFSW By-Laws, please refer to ‘other motions’ below.

Proposed other motions (not affecting the IFSW constitution) will be published here. Proposals must be sent to the IFSW Acting CEO Pascal Rudin () no later than 2 March 2024.

Motion from the British Association of Social Workers

Motion on governance – English

Motion on governance – Spanish

 

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