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World Social Work Day – Tuesday 20 March 2012 UN Social Work Day – Monday 26 March 2012


World Social Work Day – Tuesday 20 March 2012
UN Social Work Day – Monday 26 March 2012

World Social Work Day celebrated on the 20 March 2012 is the annual opportunity for all social work organisations to promote the significant role of social workers and the profession. Social work will also be celebrated on United Nations Social Work Day 6 days later on 26 March 2012. On that day, IFSW and our partners will present the objectives of the Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development to the United Nations.

IFSW invites national organisations, members and partners to celebrate World Social Work Day on the 20th of March under the banner of the Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development. IFSW will release the Global Agenda Document officially on World Social Work Day 2012.

The Global Agenda process became real in 2010 when 3000 social workers and social development professionals gathered in Hong Kong to create a united platform to strengthen: the ‘dignity and worth of the person’, to reduce ‘social and economic inequalities’ and to emphasize the importance of ‘human relationships’ in a ‘sustainable environment’.

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1 comment:

emil.s.dimitrov said...

Bulgarian Action Week
The Bulgarian Action Week involved the participation of hundreds of social workers from the Social Assistance Directorates, NGOs and friends of social work, thus showing how important is our profession for the society.
The Bulgarian Association of Social Workers (BASW) launched the initiative Social Work – Visible Profession. Many of the services organized Open Doors Week, Be a Social Worker for a Week. There were many meetings with NGO representatives and social service users. On the BASW website, as well as by email were received many letters and photos from different organisations and individual social workers.
The information was summarised in a special journal. This is a pilot issue of the first in Bulgaria social work magazine which will contribute to the development and recognition of social work as a profession, for enforcing professional and ethical standards in social work practice and training, as well as for protection of the rights of professionals and social service users.

http://www.slideshare.net/basw-bg/2012-12574156