The 2010 Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development

1. 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

2. Acknowledgements Anthony Wong and Local Rapporteurs Support for Global Rapporteurs Julia Fountain, Nigel Hall, Charles Mbugua, René Schegg

3. Global Rapporteurs What themes did we hear and learn from the conference sessions?

4. IASSW Rapporteurs 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)

5. ICSW 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.)

6. IFSW Rapporteurs Chief Rapporteur - Gary Bailey (U.S.) Ivanete Boschetti (Brazil) Terry Bamford (U.K.) Chi-Kwong Law (Hong Kong, China)

7. 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

8. World Conference 2010 Lena Dominelli - IASSW Charles Abbey - ICSW Gary Bailey - IFSW Hong Kong June 2010

9. Chief Rapporteurs Context and process

10. Aims of the 2010 congress • 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

11. “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

12. Previous local, national and global engagement • 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

13. 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).

14. Universal 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)

15. 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

16. Towards Stockholm 2012 • 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

17. World Conference 2010 Angelina Yeun - President, IASSW Christian Rollet - President, ICSW David N Jones - President, IFSW Hong Kong June 2010

18. Global Presidents First draft of the Agenda

19. 2010 Congress Beginning of a process – shared engagement Beginning of a larger movement A

20. 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 C

21. Social and economic inequalities within countries and between regions • Increasing poverty and other forms of social inequalities • Worsening marginalisation of populations and of the working poor • Community disintegration C

22. Dignity 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 D

23. Dignity 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 D

24. Environmental Sustainability Man-made and natural disasters • management and prevention • involvement of local communities in developing responses • implications for sustainable social development Protecting the physical environment Proactive engagement with social, human and ecological development A

25. 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 D

26. Importance of human relationships For example • Children and families • Disabilities • Health and mental health • Ageing • Drugs and substance abuse • Violence within domestic and intimate relationships D

27. Therefore, We commit ourselves to the following global actions C

28. Common 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 A

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

30. Competence Empirically demonstrate the value and competence of the social work and social policy professionals to society D

31. Influence • 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

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

33. Influence • 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

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

35. 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 C

36. Education • 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

37. 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

38. Together we build the agenda Together we face the challenge Together we thrive ACD

39. World Conference 2010 Angelina Yeun - President, IASSW Christian Rollet - President, ICSW David N Jones - President, IFSW Hong Kong June 2010