GLOBAL AGENDA FOR SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

During the World Social Work Day on March 20, 2012 a GLOBAL SOCIAL AGENDA will be presented to the United Nations, other world organizations and national governments. The joint project between International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW); International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW); and the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW/AIETS) began in 2010 and will be the subject of the Joint World Conference in July 2012 in Stockholm Sweden with theme: “Social Work and Social Development: Action and Impact”. Agenda themes are: Social and Economic inequalities within countries and between regions; Dignity and worth of the person; Environmental Sustainability; and Importance of human relationships.

The conference wants to determine how “the Agenda might impact on the conditions of people and demonstrate how actions in the social work and social development community can contribute to an enduring physical environment and sustainable social development”.

Visible signs to look for in the future will be: Human Rights and Social Equality (How can social work and social policies contribute in the endeavour to respect, protect and fulfil human rights?) Environmental Change and Sustainable Social Development (How does climate change affect social work and social development?)  and Global Social Transformation and Social Action (How can social work and social policy actions contribute to the fulfilment of migrants’ rights and to bridging transnational relations – as consequence of border-crossing migration?)

Read more about this exciting conference at: http://www.swsd-stockholm-2012.org/Default.aspx