The 2010 Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development “If you are coming to help...

The 2010 Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development

“If you are coming to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you are coming

because your liberation is bound with mine, then let us work together."

An Aborigine Woman

Anthony Wong and

Local Rapporteurs

Support for Global RapporteursJulia Fountain, Nigel Hall,

Charles Mbugua, René Schegg

Acknowledgements

Global RapporteursWhat themes did we hear and learn from

the conference sessions?

IASSW RapporteursIASSW RapporteursChief Rapporteur - Abye Tasse

(Mauritania)

Disaster Relief - Lena Dominelli (U.K.)Health, Disability & Mental Health

- Darja Zavirsek (Slovenia)Youth - Gunn Strand Hutchinson (Norway)

Community Development - Lynne Healy (U.S.)Gender - Carolyn Noble (Australia)

Family - Vimla Nadkarni (India)

Chief Rapporteur - Abye Tasse (Mauritania)

Disaster Relief - Lena Dominelli (U.K.)Health, Disability & Mental Health

- Darja Zavirsek (Slovenia)Youth - Gunn Strand Hutchinson (Norway)

Community Development - Lynne Healy (U.S.)Gender - Carolyn Noble (Australia)

Family - Vimla Nadkarni (India)

ICSW RapporteursICSW Rapporteurs

Chief Rapporteur - Charles Abbey (Ghana)

Social Protection Floor - Mabulara T'suene Tlali (Lesotho)

Global Financial Crisis - Emmanuel Ted Nandolo (Malawi)

Migration and Human Trafficking - M.C. (Terry) Hokenstad (U.S.)

Chief Rapporteur - Charles Abbey (Ghana)

Social Protection Floor - Mabulara T'suene Tlali (Lesotho)

Global Financial Crisis - Emmanuel Ted Nandolo (Malawi)

Migration and Human Trafficking - M.C. (Terry) Hokenstad (U.S.)

Chief Rapporteur - Gary Bailey (U.S.)

Ivanete Boschetti (Brazil)Terry Bamford (U.K.)

Chi-Kwong Law (Hong Kong, China)

Chief Rapporteur - Gary Bailey (U.S.)

Ivanete Boschetti (Brazil)Terry Bamford (U.K.)

Chi-Kwong Law (Hong Kong, China)

IFSW RapporteursIFSW Rapporteurs

Open microphone session

Open microphone session

• What themes did you hear in the conference?

• Any comments on the feedback from the Rapporteurs?

• 40 minutes • 2 minutes per person only (20

people)• Feedback noted for future

consultations

• What themes did you hear in the conference?

• Any comments on the feedback from the Rapporteurs?

• 40 minutes • 2 minutes per person only (20

people)• Feedback noted for future

consultations

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Lena Dominelli - IASSWCharles Abbey - ICSW

Gary Bailey - IFSW

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Lena Dominelli - IASSWCharles Abbey - ICSW

Gary Bailey - IFSW

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http://www.icsw.org/

Chief RapporteursContext and process

• To claim/reclaim the priority of social action

• To develop a collective voice for all those in social work and social development and in social work education

• To start a collective process for setting a common agenda that can unite all those in social work and social development

• To strategise ways to implement common actions and to develop ways of monitoring our efforts

• To claim/reclaim the priority of social action

• To develop a collective voice for all those in social work and social development and in social work education

• To start a collective process for setting a common agenda that can unite all those in social work and social development

• To strategise ways to implement common actions and to develop ways of monitoring our efforts

Aims of the 2010 congress

Aims of the 2010 congress

“New Challenges - New Strategies”

“New Challenges - New Strategies”

The development of a Global Agenda gives us the opportunity to

• take stock of our past experiences • to articulate a new and crucial vision

for engagement that can • mobilise our members, our partners

and beyond

The development of a Global Agenda gives us the opportunity to

• take stock of our past experiences • to articulate a new and crucial vision

for engagement that can • mobilise our members, our partners

and beyond

• Poverty• Disaster prevention and intervention • Peace-building processes • Human rights• Challenges across the life cycle• Disabilities• Partnership with Service

Users/Consumers• Interdisciplinary practice and policy

development

• Poverty• Disaster prevention and intervention • Peace-building processes • Human rights• Challenges across the life cycle• Disabilities• Partnership with Service

Users/Consumers• Interdisciplinary practice and policy

development

Previous local, national and global

engagement

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

‘The MDG’s are global time-bound and quantified targets for addressing extreme poverty in its many dimensions - income, poverty, hunger, disease, lack of adequate shelter, and exclusion - while promoting gender equality, education, and environmental sustainability. They are also basic human rights - the rights of each person on the planet to health, education, shelter, and security as pledged in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the UN millennium declaration.’

Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals, (2002).

‘The MDG’s are global time-bound and quantified targets for addressing extreme poverty in its many dimensions - income, poverty, hunger, disease, lack of adequate shelter, and exclusion - while promoting gender equality, education, and environmental sustainability. They are also basic human rights - the rights of each person on the planet to health, education, shelter, and security as pledged in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the UN millennium declaration.’

Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals, (2002).

Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Article 25Universal Declaration of

Human Rights - Article 25 “Everyone has the right to a standard of

living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control. Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection” (1948)

“Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control. Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection” (1948)

Towards Stockholm 2012 Towards Stockholm 2012

• Second draft Agenda by October 2010 - sent to all membership bodies for their first comments

• Third draft Agenda by February 2011 taking feedback into account

• World Social Work Day – 15 March 2011 - world-wide discussion of the agenda - all classes in schools of social work, social work agencies, social development organisations, regional and national bodies

• Second draft Agenda by October 2010 - sent to all membership bodies for their first comments

• Third draft Agenda by February 2011 taking feedback into account

• World Social Work Day – 15 March 2011 - world-wide discussion of the agenda - all classes in schools of social work, social work agencies, social development organisations, regional and national bodies

• WSWD - 20 March 2012 – Agenda officially submitted to the United Nations Secretary General

• Every Region submits the final Agenda to continental organisations (African Union, ASEAN, European Union, Mercosur, etc.)

• National groupings submit the final Agenda to their government

• Global organisations develop an efficient information and communication strategy to give increased publicity

• WSWD - 20 March 2012 – Agenda officially submitted to the United Nations Secretary General

• Every Region submits the final Agenda to continental organisations (African Union, ASEAN, European Union, Mercosur, etc.)

• National groupings submit the final Agenda to their government

• Global organisations develop an efficient information and communication strategy to give increased publicity

Towards Stockholm 2012 Towards Stockholm 2012


Angelina Yeun - President, IASSWChristian Rollet - President, ICSWDavid N Jones - President, IFSW

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Global PresidentsFirst draft of the

Agenda

2010 Congress2010 Congress

Beginning of a process – shared engagement

Beginning of a larger movement

Beginning of a process – shared engagement

Beginning of a larger movement

A

Social and economic inequalities within

countries and between regions



• Recent and continuing economic crisis

• Damaging interventions chosen in response (e.g. supporting financial systems while cutting social support and development)

• Absence of a social protection floor

• Recent and continuing economic crisis

• Damaging interventions chosen in response (e.g. supporting financial systems while cutting social support and development)

• Absence of a social protection floor

C





• Increasing poverty and other forms of social inequalities

• Worsening marginalisation of populations and of the working poor

• Community disintegration

• Increasing poverty and other forms of social inequalities

• Worsening marginalisation of populations and of the working poor

• Community disintegration

C

Dignity and worthDignity and worth

• Human rights issues in relation to social, economic, cultural and political situations

• Respect for diversity and different belief systems, especially indigenous and first people’s voices

• Human rights issues in relation to social, economic, cultural and political situations

• Respect for diversity and different belief systems, especially indigenous and first people’s voices

D

Dignity and worthDignity and worth

• Political instabilities, violence, dominations, erosion of peace building processes,

• Terrorism and mode of responses by states and the modalities of handling global conflicts

• Migration, refugees, trafficking, immigrants, immigration and ways of handling these issues

• Political instabilities, violence, dominations, erosion of peace building processes,

• Terrorism and mode of responses by states and the modalities of handling global conflicts

• Migration, refugees, trafficking, immigrants, immigration and ways of handling these issues

D

Environmental SustainabilityEnvironmental Sustainability

Man-made and natural disasters• management and prevention• involvement of local communities in

developing responses • implications for sustainable social

developmentProtecting the physical environmentProactive engagement with social,

human and ecological development

Man-made and natural disasters• management and prevention• involvement of local communities in

developing responses • implications for sustainable social

developmentProtecting the physical environmentProactive engagement with social,

human and ecological development

A

Importance of human relationships


Family and relationship issues and challenges across the life span emerge as a major concern in relation to the transformation of the world

Family and relationship issues and challenges across the life span emerge as a major concern in relation to the transformation of the world

D



For example• Children and families• Disabilities• Health and mental health• Ageing• Drugs and substance abuse• Violence within domestic and

intimate relationships

For example• Children and families• Disabilities• Health and mental health• Ageing• Drugs and substance abuse• Violence within domestic and

intimate relationships

D

Therefore,We commit ourselves to the following global actions

Therefore,We commit ourselves to the following global actions

C

Common ObjectivesCommon Objectives

Strengthen collaboration between social work and social development organisations and educational institutions, their leaders and their members for shared advocacy goals in relation to

• Practice• Policy development• Education and development

Strengthen collaboration between social work and social development organisations and educational institutions, their leaders and their members for shared advocacy goals in relation to

• Practice• Policy development• Education and development

A

ServiceService

Mobilize all social workers and social development practitioners to engage actively in policy development and social action, emphasizing the strategic use of power

Mobilize all social workers and social development practitioners to engage actively in policy development and social action, emphasizing the strategic use of power

C

CompetenceCompetence

Empirically demonstrate the value and competence of the social work and social policy professionals to society

Empirically demonstrate the value and competence of the social work and social policy professionals to society

D

InfluenceInfluence

• Strengthen the capacity of international organisations to speak with one voice;

• Identify and clearly articulate key issues such as the impact of racism, other forms of oppression, social injustice and other human rights violations ;

• Support implementation through social work education, social development and practice.

• Strengthen the capacity of international organisations to speak with one voice;

• Identify and clearly articulate key issues such as the impact of racism, other forms of oppression, social injustice and other human rights violations ;

• Support implementation through social work education, social development and practice.

D

• Promote development of more culturally relevant social work interventions and research methodologies - social justice and social well-being

• Promote development of more culturally relevant social work interventions and research methodologies - social justice and social well-being

A

InfluenceInfluence

• Strengthen the ability of social work and social development to influence the corporate and political landscape at local, national and international levels

• Assure excellence in skills and competencies at all levels of social work education, practice, research and social development, especially in ageing

• Strengthen the ability of social work and social development to influence the corporate and political landscape at local, national and international levels

• Assure excellence in skills and competencies at all levels of social work education, practice, research and social development, especially in ageing

C

InfluenceInfluence

TechnologyTechnology

Integrate technologies that serve social work practice and education and social development in an ethical, practical, and responsible manner;

Integrate technologies that serve social work practice and education and social development in an ethical, practical, and responsible manner;

D

Social Work and Social Development

Social Work and Social Development

• Develop models of ethical, sustainable business and management practices in social work and social policy making environments

• Adopt Social Protection Floor as part of a common vision in social policy development

• Build capacity of civil society to engage actively with national governments

• Develop models of ethical, sustainable business and management practices in social work and social policy making environments

• Adopt Social Protection Floor as part of a common vision in social policy development

• Build capacity of civil society to engage actively with national governments

C

• Ensure the sustainability of the profession through high quality education and training, strong mentoring, career progression, and succession programs

• Develop capacity and leadership among social work educators, practitioners and social development workers

• Ensure the sustainability of the profession through high quality education and training, strong mentoring, career progression, and succession programs

• Develop capacity and leadership among social work educators, practitioners and social development workers

Education Education

• Advocating for and demonstrating the value of the social work profession to recruits, policy makers at the highest levels

• Embedding the value of social work education to the professions and to the global community

• Advocating for and demonstrating the value of the social work profession to recruits, policy makers at the highest levels

• Embedding the value of social work education to the professions and to the global community

Education Education

Together we build the agenda

Together we face the challenge

Together we thrive

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