An international profession
BASW recognises that social work is an international profession and that many of the issues and concerns of UK practitioners are shared in other parts of the world. We work with social work associations in other countries, as well as non-governmental organisations, undertaking joint work and sharing good practice wherever possible.
BASW is an active member of the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW), representing the UK abroad and promoting social work as an international profession with core values and a commitment to human rights and social justice across geographical and cultural boundaries.
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The International Federation of Social Work
The International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) is a global umbrella body of national organisations of social workers (unions or associations). Headquartered in Switzerland, IFSW has representation from around 90 countries, representing more than 745,000 social workers worldwide.
Visit the IFSW website
View the latest IFSW Europe newsletter The European Social Worker Newsletter
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World Social Work Day is an annual global occasion for social workers to celebrate their profession and promote the work they do in communities across the planet. In 2012 WSWD will take place on 20 March.
See images from WSWD 2011
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This document is currently being developed with the aim of identifying the future direction of the social work profession globally, promoting the role of advocacy and engaging social workers and others in these broad challenges.
The final Global Agenda document will be presented to the IFSW World Conference on Social Work and Social Development, to be staged in Stockholm 8-12 July 2012.
Find out more about the Stockholm conference
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Some of the latest documents and consultations in relation to international social work issues are:
The EU Green Paper on the Modernisation of the Qualifications Directive
The IFSW/ IASSW/ICSW Global agenda Draft
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BASW has a very active international committee of members, who have strong involvement with IFSW and IFSW Europe projects and other international work.
See full list of members
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Useful links
Cross-border international organisations for social workers