ENSACT– Conference in Dubrovnik/Croatia, April 27th to April 29th, 2009
SOCIAL ACTION IN EUROPE. DIFFERENT LEGACIES – COMMON CHALLENGES?
PRE-CONFERENCE: HUMAN RIGHTS IN TEACHING AND PRACTICE
APRIL, 26TH, 2009, 10.00 to 18.00 in the old city of Dubrovnik, adress: Benfortuna d.o.o., Poljana Paška Miličeviċa 4. (You can see the place of Benfortuna on www.benfortuna.hr)
At the European Conference in Parma, in March 2007, colleagues from schools of social work and from social services have participated in a Roundtable with the human rights expert, professor Joe Wronka from Springfield College, Mass./ USA. After an introduction by Joe Wronka the participants informed about the relevance of Human Rights in the curricula of their schools. The session closed with the idea to start a European Network about the topic of “Teaching and Training for Human Rights in Social Work”.
Fact is, that in spite of the different documents about the “International Definition of the Social Work Profession”, the „Ethics in Social Work, Statements of Principles” and the “Global Standards for the Education and Training of the Social Work Profession” (all in a Supplement of the Journal of International Social Work of 2007), who all mention human rights as ethical criteria for social work, there is still little resonance about this till to-day. The same holds for the Recommendations of the Minister Committee of the Council of Europe of 2001 and 2003 to integrate human rights in the education and field work of social work. Yet, the revised European Social Charter of 1966 could and should be a great chance for social work to put its focus on social rights in theory and practice. A speaker at the Conference of the International Association of Schools of Social Work in Durban/South Africa was very radical in saying, that if the schools are not able to engage in and teach about human rights, they should stop to talk about them.
Yet, there are enough issues to discuss in their relevance for European social work. But it seems easier to point to the human rights violations of non-European countries: Considering the increasing gap between rich and poor and the ,jobless-growth’ in many regions and suburbs (banlieues), considering the cutting of subsidies till to zero by misbehaviour, considering the inhuman European policies for refugees, the trafficking with women and children, the sometimes disastrous situations in homes and institutions, the growing nationalisms and racism, the crude national ethnocentrism of social policies and social welfare of the rich countries etc., there are plenty of relevant social problems which challenge social work and ask for a contribution with the means it has.
ORGANISING COMMITTEE OF THE PRE-CONFERENCE
Prof. Dr. Silvia Staub-Bernasconi, Master of Social Work “Social Work and Human Rights”, Berlin/Zürich
(mail: staubernasco@bluewin.ch)
Prof. Dr. Hans Walz, University of Applied Sciences, Ravensburg-Weingarten (mail: walz@hs-weingarten.de)
Dr. Graça André, Social Worker and lecturer at the Catholic University in Lisbon (mail: gandre@net.sapo.pt)
REGISTRATION FOR THE PRE-CONFERENCE
We would like to invite colleagues – teachers, practitioners and students – to discuss these issues in the Pre-Conference on Sunday, April 26, 2009. Capacity of the room: 100 participants.
For Participation please send an email to: walz@hs-weingarten.de
Postal adress:
Prof. Dr. Hans Walz
Hochschule Ravensburg-Weingarten
Postfach 1261
88241 Weingarten
Germany
Fax: Prof. Dr. Hans Walz – 0049-751- 501-9455
SOCIAL ACTION IN EUROPE. DIFFERENT LEGACIES – COMMON CHALLENGES?
PRE-CONFERENCE: HUMAN RIGHTS IN TEACHING AND PRACTICE
APRIL, 26TH, 2009, 10.00 to 18.00 in the old city of Dubrovnik, adress: Benfortuna d.o.o., Poljana Paška Miličeviċa 4. (You can see the place of Benfortuna on www.benfortuna.hr)
At the European Conference in Parma, in March 2007, colleagues from schools of social work and from social services have participated in a Roundtable with the human rights expert, professor Joe Wronka from Springfield College, Mass./ USA. After an introduction by Joe Wronka the participants informed about the relevance of Human Rights in the curricula of their schools. The session closed with the idea to start a European Network about the topic of “Teaching and Training for Human Rights in Social Work”.
Fact is, that in spite of the different documents about the “International Definition of the Social Work Profession”, the „Ethics in Social Work, Statements of Principles” and the “Global Standards for the Education and Training of the Social Work Profession” (all in a Supplement of the Journal of International Social Work of 2007), who all mention human rights as ethical criteria for social work, there is still little resonance about this till to-day. The same holds for the Recommendations of the Minister Committee of the Council of Europe of 2001 and 2003 to integrate human rights in the education and field work of social work. Yet, the revised European Social Charter of 1966 could and should be a great chance for social work to put its focus on social rights in theory and practice. A speaker at the Conference of the International Association of Schools of Social Work in Durban/South Africa was very radical in saying, that if the schools are not able to engage in and teach about human rights, they should stop to talk about them.
Yet, there are enough issues to discuss in their relevance for European social work. But it seems easier to point to the human rights violations of non-European countries: Considering the increasing gap between rich and poor and the ,jobless-growth’ in many regions and suburbs (banlieues), considering the cutting of subsidies till to zero by misbehaviour, considering the inhuman European policies for refugees, the trafficking with women and children, the sometimes disastrous situations in homes and institutions, the growing nationalisms and racism, the crude national ethnocentrism of social policies and social welfare of the rich countries etc., there are plenty of relevant social problems which challenge social work and ask for a contribution with the means it has.
ORGANISING COMMITTEE OF THE PRE-CONFERENCE
Prof. Dr. Silvia Staub-Bernasconi, Master of Social Work “Social Work and Human Rights”, Berlin/Zürich
(mail: staubernasco@bluewin.ch)
Prof. Dr. Hans Walz, University of Applied Sciences, Ravensburg-Weingarten (mail: walz@hs-weingarten.de)
Dr. Graça André, Social Worker and lecturer at the Catholic University in Lisbon (mail: gandre@net.sapo.pt)
REGISTRATION FOR THE PRE-CONFERENCE
We would like to invite colleagues – teachers, practitioners and students – to discuss these issues in the Pre-Conference on Sunday, April 26, 2009. Capacity of the room: 100 participants.
For Participation please send an email to: walz@hs-weingarten.de
Postal adress:
Prof. Dr. Hans Walz
Hochschule Ravensburg-Weingarten
Postfach 1261
88241 Weingarten
Germany
Fax: Prof. Dr. Hans Walz – 0049-751- 501-9455
Program for the Pre-Conference:
HUMAN RIGHTS IN TEACHING AND PRACTICE
10.00 - 10.15:Opening: Silvia Staub-Bernasconi and Hans Walz
10.15 - 11.30:Gaby Franger–Huhle, University of Applied Sciences Coburg, Germany Elisabeth Reichert, Southern Illinois University, Cabondale (USA):
Human Rights education in Schools for Social Work
11.30 - 12.00:Students from University for Applied Sciences in Weingarten, Germany: Nikias Bermetz, Benjamin Börner, Maria Günther, Joerg Hügle, Daniela Lentner-Banholzer, Anna Knieper, Bastian Oechsle, Lars Stoll, Tobias Linder, Michael Bollinger:
Human Rights in Social Work Practice
12.00 - 12.15:Break
12.15 - 12.45:Rudi Roose, Ghent University, Belgium:
Childrens Rights: A Challenge for Social Work
12.45 - 13.15:Sharon Schneider, Head of Division, Zick-Zack, Dornbirn, Austria:
Realising the Convention of the Rights of the Child in Social Work Practice
13.15 - 14.45:Break for Lunch
14.45 - 15.15:Christel Michel, University of Applied Sciences Weingarten, Germany:
Justice and Social Work
15.15 - 15.45:Silvia Staub-Bernasconi, Director of a “Master of Social Work and Human
HUMAN RIGHTS IN TEACHING AND PRACTICE
10.00 - 10.15:Opening: Silvia Staub-Bernasconi and Hans Walz
10.15 - 11.30:Gaby Franger–Huhle, University of Applied Sciences Coburg, Germany Elisabeth Reichert, Southern Illinois University, Cabondale (USA):
Human Rights education in Schools for Social Work
11.30 - 12.00:Students from University for Applied Sciences in Weingarten, Germany: Nikias Bermetz, Benjamin Börner, Maria Günther, Joerg Hügle, Daniela Lentner-Banholzer, Anna Knieper, Bastian Oechsle, Lars Stoll, Tobias Linder, Michael Bollinger:
Human Rights in Social Work Practice
12.00 - 12.15:Break
12.15 - 12.45:Rudi Roose, Ghent University, Belgium:
Childrens Rights: A Challenge for Social Work
12.45 - 13.15:Sharon Schneider, Head of Division, Zick-Zack, Dornbirn, Austria:
Realising the Convention of the Rights of the Child in Social Work Practice
13.15 - 14.45:Break for Lunch
14.45 - 15.15:Christel Michel, University of Applied Sciences Weingarten, Germany:
Justice and Social Work
15.15 - 15.45:Silvia Staub-Bernasconi, Director of a “Master of Social Work and Human
Rights”,Berlin/Germany
How to rethink Theories of Social Work in the light of Human Rights
15.45 - 16.15:Break
16.00 - 16.30:Graça André, Social Worker at Casa Pia and lecturer at Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Lisbon, Portugal:
Social Work Education and the relevance of Human Rights Topics
16.30 - 17.00:Hans Walz, University for Applied Sciences in Weingarten, Germany:
How to teach Human Rights to different professions
17.00 - 17.15:Break
17.15 - 17.45:Ruth Stark, Social Officer BASW, Edinbourgh, UK, Head of IFSW Human Rights Commission:
A new version of the Manual “Social Work and Human Rights”
17.45 – 18.30:What has to be discussed in the next meeting; conclusions and further steps
(e.g. the Manual and the Network)
15.45 - 16.15:Break
16.00 - 16.30:Graça André, Social Worker at Casa Pia and lecturer at Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Lisbon, Portugal:
Social Work Education and the relevance of Human Rights Topics
16.30 - 17.00:Hans Walz, University for Applied Sciences in Weingarten, Germany:
How to teach Human Rights to different professions
17.00 - 17.15:Break
17.15 - 17.45:Ruth Stark, Social Officer BASW, Edinbourgh, UK, Head of IFSW Human Rights Commission:
A new version of the Manual “Social Work and Human Rights”
17.45 – 18.30:What has to be discussed in the next meeting; conclusions and further steps
(e.g. the Manual and the Network)
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