OBDS Austria together with IFSW Europe is organising a pre-conference event: “A social Europe is possible!”. This event provides a unique opportunity for practitioners and academics in social work to discuss the idea of creating a “Social Europe” with politicians, members of EU administration and media. What are the demands? How can we contribute? With […]
The fact that 118 million EU citizens (meaning 23.5 % of the EU population) are still living at risk of poverty or social exclusion, represents a failure of our political and economic systems. IFSW Europe joined the EAPN call to Members of the European Parliament to make Europe Free of Poverty. Now have 36 MEPs from 16 countries and […]
IFSW Europe SURVEY To IFSW Europe members and social workers in Europe Deadline – August 23rd. Member organizations of the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) endorsed the Global Social Work Statement of Ethical Principles in 2018 during the General Meeting in Dublin. The Ethics Commission is now planning series of activities in promoting the […]
International Federation of Social Workers in Europe (IFSW Europe) is joining the Polish Federation of Social Workers and Social Service Employees Unions (PFZPSiPS) and the social workers in Poland to strengthen Social Work Services and the Social Work Profession and to ensure that funding is allocated to effectively protect vulnerable people. Unfortunately, the situation that […]
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Last May, the III Macaronesia Congress of Social Workers, (SW) was held in Cidade da Praia ( Santiago Island ) and it was organized by the “young” Cape Verde National Association of Social Workers. This meeting joined the Azores ( PT) ; Madeira ( PT): the Canary Islands ( SP) and Cape Verde Islands. Through […]
The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) has invited IFSW Europe to hold the 2020 Delegates Meeting in Birmingham, UK. It was a unanimous decision by the members of the IFSW and the executive to accept this invitation. Remembering that the global General Meeting is in July in Calgary, as well as other events in […]
IFSW Europe, as a member of the European Social Platform, participates in the meeting on 18 June 2019 that takes place in the Brussels. The meeting focus on Social Platform’s planned actions regarding influencing the hearings and meeting new MEPs and Building Social Europe Flagship event in Helsinki. European Social Platform is developing a new […]
Respecting and enforcing human rights is an essential responsibility for every social worker. I am delighted to announce that Marcin Boryczko is our Representative to the Global Human Rights Commission. I invite our member organisations to cooperate with Marcin in all cases when human rights are in risks (Ana Radulescu – IFSW President) Marcin is […]
IFSW EUROPEAN CONFERENCE – 8.-11. September 2019 Vienna, Austria YOU HAVE 15 MORE DAYS TO REGISTER! The conference organisers extended the Early Bird Registration to 30 June 2019! After this date, you can register based on the regular fees (LINK)! The Austrian Association of Social Work (OBDS) and the International Federation of Social […]
IFSW Europe is pleased to announce the 2019 Delegates Meeting to be held in Vienna, Austria on the 6th of September (14.00–18.00) – 8th of September (09.00-12.00). This event is open only to representatives and observers of IFSW Europe members. Registration of IFSW European members is available HERE!
The IFSW European Executive met over the weekend of June 1 and 2, 2019 in Vienna. Our thanks to our colleagues at OBDS for hosting the meeting and a special thanks to Herbert Paulischin for his assistance. Over the two days we discussed many topics, but we focused on the work program, the global report, […]
I am pleased to announce that the IFSW Europe Executive has appointed Teodora Dobre as IFSW European Honorary Secretary to fill the vacancy left by the departure of Lola Casal to IFSW Global. The initial appointment is until the end of 2020. As IFSW European Honorary Secretary, Teodora is responsible for establishing and maintaining the bridges between our […]
IFSW Europe is looking for inspiring projects of our national members to showcase how social workers organisation work on the key principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights! In November 2017, the European Union’s leaders proclaimed the European Pillar of Social Rights and stressed their united political commitment to achieve a socially and economically […]
The association of Social Work in Kosovo has organized for the first tiema a one-day training on the topic:” The Role of Custodian Body”, on 25 May 2019. The training was held in Prishtina at Hotel Serius in Prishtina with participants from different Municipalities and Institutions from Kosovo. In total 17 social workers participated in […]
The Moroccan association AMAS is still young, just like social work education in Morocco. There are lots of connections between the Netherlands and Morocco, mainly because many Moroccan labor migrants and their children and grandchildren live in the Netherlands. Now both social work associations have decided to start a "twinning" to inspire each other. The […]
Europe Day is the name of two annual observance days, 5 May by the Council of Europe and 9 May by the European Union. Europe Day is about wishes, but it’s also about engagements. As social workers, we wish to have social protection systems that meet the real needs of all people, and we engage […]
Social workers behind the front lines providing solutions for internally displaced persons – NATO Exercise Vigorous Warrior 19 The highest objective of social workers is to protect and support people. How can we apply this general goal in cases of armed conflicts? Social workers were invited through ASproAS (The Association of Social Workers in Romania) […]
IFSW-Europe Project 2018-2019 – Social workers for transformational and sustainable social protection in Europe Project Phase Two This project is now in the second phase and member organisations are being asked to support two planned events this year. These are: A full day workshop to take place in Copenhagen on Saturday, 11th May 2019 A […]
March has been a very important month for all social workers in the world. The Armenian Association of Social Workers joint the social workers worldwide to celebrate the World Social Work Day on 19th of March. The Armenian Association of Social Workers united social workers from in Armenia during a week (on March 18- 22) […]
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IFSW EUROPE SURVEY – What are the challenges and opportunities for social workers in applying ethical principles to practice?
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Social workers met in Chile to work on the development and approval of a National Regulation for the #SocialWork Profession
