Project: Increasing responsiveness to citizen voice in social services across Europe
A Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Action for the call “The future of democracy and civic participation”. Start date: 1 March 2023, 36-month project.
Project: Community Social Work Centre and Social Work Hub Ukraine
Date of implementation: July 2022 – ongoing
Projects Co-Funded by IFSW Global
Short description: Community Social Work Centre’s founding values include recognizing the strengths of everyone in the community when it comes to solving problems; that the effects of trauma can be significantly reduced when communities work together; and that community centres and their activities need to be owned by the communities for sustainable and effective social development to occur. Working with and co-learning within IFSW’s networks and structures is one of the founding values of the Social Work Hub. IFSW strives to develop social services professionalism in accordance with its Global Statement of Ethical Principles. This is an example of cutting-edge social work development under wartime and post-war conditions.
Project: Developing eco-wisdom for social workers – leave no one behind
Date of implementation: March 2022 – ongoing
Projects Co-Funded by IFSW Global
Short description: Climate change will affect us all, more than anything else. Especially people in vulnerable circumstances will suffer the most from the consequences of global warming, while their carbon footprint is the smallest. Human rights are at stake. The importance of the role of social workers as is still underestimated in lots of countries. In this document we try to investigate and develop some thoughts and ideas, as a first step to establish an IFSW Europe policy on the subject in order to inspire and learn from each other.
Project: A Social Europe is Possible! The Young Generation of Social Workers are the Spearhead of Change!
Date of implementation: 2020 – on going
Projects Co-Funded by IFSW Global
Short description: Today, social work is an international profession. Many of the structures and processes of the EU have impact at the community level. The social policies implemented in one community have an impact on other communities and regions. Having in mind that complex and rapidly changing conditions, IFSW Europe is taking a major responsibility in facilitating the process of exchange of knowledge and good practice. We committed ourselves to transfer this learning experience to our young colleagues and students in social work. It is our responsibility to prepare our young generation of social workers to have a clear vision, a practicable strategy and that we enable them to transform the EU Social Pillar into a reality for the people and that social work professionals push forward reforms and policy measures at national level. It is now vital that IFSW Europe ensures that they are ready to get engaged now and become our spearhead of change.
Project: Social Workers for Transformational and Sustainable Social Protection in Europe.
Projects Co-Funded by IFSW Global
Date of implementation: 2017-on going.
Short description: The overall aim of the project proposal is to increase the capacity of IFSW member organisations to influence the development of European Pillar of Social Rights and the White Paper on Future of Europe in the interest of social work services development and service users support, but also for covering the social workers needs for proper resources and tools to help people in needs.
Project: The Social Work Role and Identity
Date of implementation: 2012-2015
Projects Co-Funded by IFSW Global
Short description: the project sets out to establish an effective understanding of the state of social work across Europe with a particular focus upon Education, Standards of Practice, the law relating to social work and the health of professional associations.
Project: Standards in Social Work Practice Meeting Human Rights
Date of implementation: 2010-2012
Projects Co-Funded by IFSW Global
Short description: the project consolidate the basic parameters within which Social Work in Europe operates into a common framework including Ethics, Professional Role, Training and Qualifications and Organisational Contexts for Social Work in Europe. This framework is considered a key step in contributing towards the ongoing development of Standards for Social Work Practice in Europe. At the heart of this work is the consideration that an integral part of Social Work Practice is the realisation of Human Rights.
Project: Social Work Promoting Social Cohesion in Europe
Date of implementation: 2005-2006
Projects Co-Funded by IFSW Global
Short description: The project has aimed to explore social cohesion at a holistic level through the critical eye of social work professionals who have both the knowledge base as well as practical field experience. Further the project has also aimed to pinpoint the role of social workers as professionals who respond in practical and real ways to the changing demands and situations of people, communities and society in general. This role, as will be discussed later stems from social work’s key position lying at the various interfaces between the individual and society, between service provision and service development, between social care and social control, between interpersonal and national politics. The project was based on regional seminars developed by our members in: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Malta, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and UK.
IFSW EUROPEAN CONFERENCES ON SOCIAL WORK