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14 March, 10:00–15:30 | European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), Room VMA3, Rue Van Maerlant 2, 1040, Brussels, Belgium The International Federation of Social Workers – European Region (IFSW Europe) along with the European Association of Schools of Social Work (EASSW) and Union Professionnelle Francophone des Assistants Sociaux (UFAS), IFSW’s Belgian member, will celebrate World […]
Last week I participated in a very interesting workshop organised by the European Commission in which experts from the European institutions, financial institutions, investors and social service providers gathered to discuss the possible use of some innovative financial instruments to cope with the refugee crisis. We also explored if these instruments could be developed in […]
Celebrating innovation and excellence in adult education, the European Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA) Grundtvig Award is given annually to projects that produce new ideas, new partnerships, new methodologies and a new understanding on how we can work in adult learning. In 2016, the EAEA is looking for excellent projects that promote the […]
15 March | Catamaran – River Box 1020 Vienna, Johann Böhm Platz 1 The International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW), in partnership with OBDS and Younion, is facilitating a meeting of social workers and refugees from the countries where people are escaping from (‘war countries’), social workers from the countries where the refuges are transferring through […]
Representatives of organisations of persons with disabilities from across Europe gathered together this weekend in Brussels for European Disability Forum’s (EDF) Board meeting. The meeting focused on the UN’s recommendations to the EU on how it should better implement the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. A special focus was also given […]
International Federation of Social Workers’s (IFSW) Secretary-General, Rory Truell visited Vienna and Munich last week to see first hand the social work response to the refugee crisis. This is his report… These are a few of the pictures in the temporary kindergarten set up in Vienna’s main railway station run by volunteers and social workers […]
Do you really know how your Heads of state want to deal with the flow of refugees and migrants coming to Europe? Once you know, will you agree with them? When our political leaders met last on 16 October they agreed “to stem the flows” of migrants, to strengthen the protection of the EU external […]
By Lisa Dezauer, Social Platform Intern On 15 October I attended a conference about “Refugees’ labour market integration: challenges and initiatives to maximise potential” organized by the European Economic and Social Committee. Stefano Mallia and Cristian Pîrvulescu, visited Sicily for a few days as a part of their role as Rapporteur and Co-rapporteur of the EESC opinion on […]
Social workers from around the world are advocating for the rights of refugees, supporting families and children to reach safe places, integrate into new environments, and establish/rebuild family and social networks. To support this work the IFSW Refugee Ticker/Platform provides live updates and information for social workers working with refugees and their new communities. This […]
Donald Tusk, President of the European Council has convened an extraordinary, informal meeting of the heads of state today [23 September] at 18:00 (CET) in Brussels, to discuss an overall approach to the refugee crisis and the necessity to establish a credible European migration policy. The worst thing that can happen when there is a […]
