IFSW is pleased to announce the 2020 General Meeting to be held in Calgary, Canada on the 12th–13th July. All the reports, proposed policies, motions and voting procedures will be listed soon on our website. We hope that delegates from all member organisations participate, contribute and make use of their voting rights. Read the Rules of […]
Europe
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW
Today, on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, social workers all over Europe are active in public to raise the awareness regarding the complex and devastating effects of poverty. IFSW Europe encourages decision makers to take the social workers expertise and experiences into consideration and listen to those who should benefit. Nobel Economic […]
Survey regarding the salaries of social workers in Europe
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW
Survey on salaries of social workers in Europe Polish Federation of Social Workers and Social Service Employees Unions, kindly asks you to complete a short survey on the amount of employees’ wages in your European countries. This way, Polish Federation of Social Workers and Social Service Employees Unions would like to create a report that […]
HUMANISM AND ETHICS IN SOCIAL WORK
KONGRES SOCIALNEGA DELA 2019.Program
Social Workers Forum – Connecting. Community. Solidarity
“Social Deprivation, Child Protection and Human Rights”
The Department of Social Administration and Political Science of Democritus University of Thrace, the Hellenic Association of Social Workers (SKLE), the Social Work Center of the University of Essex and the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW), as honorary co-organizer, under the auspices of the Ministry of Labor & Social Affairs and the Municipality of […]
IFSW European Human Rights Commission survey on Human Right in Social Work practice
Information Type: NewsTopic: Human RightsThe IFSW European Human Rights Representative, Marcin Boryczko, invites social workers in Europe to take part in this survey on the significance and Human Rights concerns in social work practice. This survey aims at identifying possible fields of Human Rights concerns that refer to the direct practice and your thoughts and opinions in order to […]
CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST TO HOST IFSW EUROPEAN CONFERENCE 2023
Topic: IFSWIFSW Europe is calling for expressions of interest from member organizations willing to host the 2023 IFSW European Conference. The aim of the Conference is to bring together social workers, educators, researchers, policymakers, social work students and service users to share their experiences, common problems and focus on strategies at European level that are sustainable and […]
Recommendations of the 2nd Social Platform Flagship Conference in Helsinki
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW
Recommendations of the 2nd Social Platform Flagship Conference in Helsinki Following a series of panels, thematic workshops, study visits and a high-level round table with national government representatives including the current and forthcoming EU Presidencies, the 150 participants of our Flagship Conference put forward the following recommendations on an economy of wellbeing approach that leaves […]
A social Europe is possible! The young generation of social workers are the spearhead of change!
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW
STUDENTS DAY – IFSW EUROPEAN CONFERENCE VIENNA 2019 Over the years, social workers in Europe have developed joint projects and services, which have increased the perimeter of resources they needed and amplified the solutions they could offer for people in need. Today, seeing the growing social crisis in Europe, we know that working across borders […]
STATEMENTS ON BREXIT – British Association and Irish Association of Social Workers
Information Type: News, StatementTopic: IFSW
STATEMENTS ON BREXIT – British Association and Irish Association of Social Workers Statement endorsed at the IFSW European Members Meeting, Vienna, 8th September 2019 Introduction In a United Kingdom (UK) referendum on 23 June 2016, 52 percent of those voting supported leaving the European Union (EU). The UK Government started a process […]
IFSW Europe steps-up action following social worker deaths
Information Type: News, StatementTopic: IFSWStatement endorsed at the IFSW European Members Meeting, Vienna, 8th September 2019 The IFSW European members today committed to campaigning on safety issues for social workers and the strengthening of systems to protect service-users and professionals. Recently in Croatia, a social worker and lawyer were killed in the social service where they worked. Under the […]
Social workers respond to the growing social crisis in Europe
Information Type: News, Statement, PolicyTopic: IFSWStatement endorsed at the IFSW European Members Meeting, Vienna, 8th September 2019 Delegates representing social worker organisations from across Europe meeting in Vienna on 6-8 September 2019 and continuing in the European social work conference 9-11 September 2019, note the growing social crisis in Europe. They carry personal stories which illustrate the human cost of […]
Building Social Europe Flagship Conference – Helsinki, 16-18 September 2019
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW
In less than three weeks’ time many of the European Social Platform members, IFSW members as well as other representatives of European, national and local civil society organisations and governmental institutions will gather in Helsinki for European Social Platform second Flagship Conference, “Building Social Europe”. It takes place back-to-back with the high-level conference on the […]
“A social Europe is possible!” – Symposium- Vienna Austria – 8th September 2019
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW
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 […]
IFSW Europe joins the EAPN call to Members of the European Parliament to make a Social Europe Free of Poverty
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW
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 – What are the challenges and opportunities for social workers in applying ethical principles to practice?
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW
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 […]
CALL TO ACTION – Proper public funds for social services in Poland
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW
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 […]
Delegates Meeting
Information Type: NewsTopic: IFSW[/collapse] IFSW Europe e.V. Delegates Meeting 2016 – Minutes IFSW Europe e.V. Delegates Meeting 2015 – Minutes IFSW Europe e.V. Delegates Meeting 2014 – Minutes IFSW Europe e.V. Delegates Meeting 2013 – Minutes IFSW Europe e.V. Delegates Meeting 2012 – Minutes IFSW Europe e.V. Delegates Meeting 2011 – Minutes
Exchanging Practices, Knowledge and Cooperation between Europe and Africa
Information Type: NewsTopic: Social Work
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 […]