|  | | | |  | 33rd Global Conference of ICSW, Tours, France 2008 | | | | | | | | | |  | | The 33rd Global Conference website follows exactly the format of the programme for the Tours conference. Thus it starts with day one and goes day by day through the conference. Each day started with a plenary followed by three symposiums and workshops in the afternoon.
You will find all the papers that speakers provided to the organisers. Most of the papers are in PowerPoint format. If we did not receive a speaker’s paper we have placed the abstract on the site. The conference website is split into English and French. Where we received a paper in French it appears in the French section.
A flag beside a title means the paper or abstract is on the website. No flag means the speaker has not provided a paper. | | | | | | | | Programme: | | |  | Monday, June 30th 2008: Opening | | | Opening Ceremony | | | | Tuesday, July 1st 2008: Social Work | | | 1st Plenary Session: SOCIAL WORK: From providing activities to activating civil society and promoting human and social rights | | | Symposium 1: The growing role of civil society, NGOs, empowerment of citizens | | | Symposium 2: The role of social workers in the struggle against inequalities and discriminations | | | Symposium 3: Individuals, families, communities ... What are the targets for social work and social policies? | | | Workshop 10: Care for carers | | | Workshop 11 & 23: The role of users and NGOs in developing and implementing social policies | | | Workshop 12: The right to housing | | | Workshop 13: Presentation of the final document of the Rio pre conference | | | Workshop 14: Dynamics of the Welfare systems in Eastern European Countries (1920-2000) | | | Workshop 15: From poverty to development - reclaiming the Copenhagen vision | | | Workshop 16: Children at risk: early prevention | | | Workshop 17: Fighting human trafficking and its consequences | | | Workshop 18: Empowering civil society | | | Workshop 19 & 39: Social inclusion | | | Workshop 20: Social Workers: Technicians intervening on social issues, or a stimulus and incentive for civil society? | | | Workshop 21: New training needs for social work | | | Workshop 22: Child, Family, State | | | Workshop 24: Vulnerable population and social welfare policy in the Eastern European Countries (1990-2007) | | | Workshop 25 & 35: Building national councils or national member organisations of ICSW | | | Workshop 26: Academic research in the field of social work | | | Workshop 27: Gender studies and social work | | | Workshop 28: Child, Family, State | | | Workshop 29: The social worker: Technicians intervening on social issues, or a stimulus and incentive for civil society? | | | | Wednesday, July 2nd 2008: Social Protection | | | 2nd Plenary Session: SOCIAL PROTECTION: Under demographic and financial pressure, challenging new risks | | | Symposium 4: The demographic and financial pressure: The ageing of societies, clashes/solidarity between generations, public policies for families | | | Symposium 5: Work and employment in a global world: Decent work, migrations and workfare | | | Symposium 6: Challenging new risks: Dependence, long term care, occurrence of crises in humanitarian, sanitarian and environmental fields | | | Workshop 30: Increasing life expectancy without incapacity | | | Workshop 31: "Workfare" | | | Workshop 32: Employment of persons with disabilities | | | Workshop 33: Social inequalities in health | | | Workshop 34 & 44: Socio-economic perspectives on migrations | | | Workshop 36: Writing Right | | | Workshop 37: Reforming social protection | | | Workshop 41: Conflict or solidarity between generations? | | | Workshop 42: Social intervention for environmental crises | | | Workshop 43: Sustainable development and local social policies | | | Workshop 45 & 55: Building a relationship between civil society and regional groupings of governments | | | Workshop 47: Reforming social protection | | | | Thursday, July 3rd 2008: Social Development | | | 3rd Plenary Session: SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: From targeted policies on poverty reduction to human development | | | Symposium 7: Poverty reduction and minimum income policies: Results and limits | | | Symposium 8: Human development: Sustainable development, human rights, social policies and multiculturalism, basic education | | | Symposium 9: How to finance human development: Taxes, private funds, private-public partnerships, international assistance, “codevelopment" | | | Workshop 50: Women and poverty | | | Workshop 51: Basic education, culture and social development | | | Workshop 52: Health and development | | | Workshop 53: "Codevelopment" | | | Workshop 54: Microfinance | | | Workshop 56: Globalisation of social policies and access to social rights | | | Closing session |
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| | | | | | | | Tuesday, July 1st 2008 | | | | SOCIAL WORK | | | Social Work refers nowadays to a broad field of social actions, social professions and social services. The change from welfare state to “workfare” state is challenging social work to move from just providing activities and services. Civil society and individual citizens are expected to be responsible for their own employability and looking for their own work. But in a society that rewards individualism the state needs to guarantee civil, human and social rights. We are not predicting the end of the welfare state. The state still needs to be responsible for guaranteeing equal opportunities. An unfettered market does not provide nor can it guarantee opportunities for all.
The operating rules of social welfare are not self-sufficient, especially in order to meet the needs of the most vulnerable. |
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| | | | | | Workshop 10: | | | Care for carers | | |
The care of sick, invalid and disabled persons is often the responsibility of people in their immediate environment, e.g. relatives, neighbours and friends. The workload can sometimes be enormous (when, for example, there are elderly parents, or when older children have to look after their younger siblings when orphaned).
How can material problems be eased (after partial or total loss of income) and what emotional relief can be provided for carers, through services such as respite facilities for the person receiving care or special relief for the carer to take leave? | | | |
Moderator: | | | | | | Marie-Thérèse Paillusson (France)
French Committee on Social Welfare (CNAS) | | | |
Speakers: | | | | |  | Solange Colas (France)
Director, Association Halte Pouce
SOME RESPITE FOR FAMILIES THAT ARE PARTLY OR FULLY IN CHARGE OF A HANDICAPPED CHILD AT HOME, WITHOUT AN ADEQUATE SOLUTION FOR SUPPORT (Abstract) (367 KB) | | | | | | Chantal Helle (France)
Coordinator, Social Services, National Health Insurance Fund for Employees (CNAMTS)
ASSISTANCE TO NATURAL CARERS FROM CRAM SOCIAL SERVICES (Abstract) (322 KB) | | | | | | George Palattiyil (India)
Lecturer, Glasgow School of Social Work
Family Caregivers: A critical element of the continuum of HIV/AIDS care. Evidence from India and the UK (3955 KB) | | | | | | Simone Preyssas (France)
First honorary Vice-President of the French Red Cross |
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| | | | | | Workshop 11: | | | The role of users and NGOs in developing and implementing social policies | | |
Communities - local, religious, ethnic and others - have always been involved in implementing social policies, but “social welfare” has changed and become professional with support from public authorities.
What role does civil society have today in developing (not just implementing) policies? How can users get their opinions heard? Are NGOs organised in such a way that they can influence the choices made? | | | |
Chair: | | | | | | Marie Agnès Fontanier (France)
Director, Animation and Development, Secours Catholique-France | | | |
Speakers: | | | | | | Elias Baruti (Tanzania)
Planning and Investments Manager, Local Authorities Pensions Fund (LAPF)
THE ROLE OF NGOs IN THE DELIVERY OF SOCIAL SECURITY (885 KB) | | | | | | Milena Cerna (Czech Republic)
Masaryk University
The Contribution of NGOs to the Social Inclusion Process (3605 KB) | | | | | | Laurence Flon (France)
Animator at the Maine-et-Loire Delegation of Secours Catholique/Caritas France, with Elisabeth Hardouin, Maryline Jubault and Marie Renée Bellouin | | | | | | Didier Reynaert (Belgium)
Research Assistant, Faculty of Social Work and Welfare Studies, University College Ghent
The Children's Rights Movement: continuity or discontinuity? (733 KB) | | | | | | Paul Samangassou (Cameroun)
Director of Interactions, member of the Regional Commission of Caritas Africa | | | | | | Dele Sonubi (Nigeria)
Program Officer, Peace, Conflict and Security, West African Civil Society Forum (WACSOF)
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATION AS FOURTH ARM OF GOVERNANCE (Abstract) (120 KB) |
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| | | | | | Workshop 12: | | | The right to housing | | |
While housing prices keep rising in countries of the North and the South, increasing poverty as well as growing international and rural migrations are preventing a larger number of people from finding decent homes. What is the best policy? It is crucial to regulate real estate markets in order to make more land available while preserving agricultural land. Although regulating rentals certainly has a damaging impact, the results of a more market-oriented policy are not as positive as expected. In any case, to guarantee the right to affordable housing, local communities must participate in its implementation. | | | |
Moderator: | | | | | | Jean Blocquaux (France)
Honorary General Inspector of social affairs | | | |
Speakers: | | | | | | Jean-Baptiste Eyraud (France)
Association Right to Housing (DAL) | | | | | | Ben Huxtable (Australia)
Southside Community Services, Narrabundah
Assistance with Care and Housing for the Aged (ACHA) (1430 KB) | | | | | | Michel Legros (France)
Director of academic programs, French School of Public Health (EHESP) |
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| | | | | | Workshop 13: | | | Presentation of the final document of the Rio pre conference | | |
A preparatory Conference to the 33rd ICSW Global Conference took place in Rio de Janeiro in April 2008 at the initiative of the Brazilian Committee of ICSW. Danilo SANTOS DE MIRANDA (Brésil), Director, Division of Social Affairs, State of Sao Paulo (SESC-SP), ICSW Regional President for Latin America and Caribbean, presents the conclusions of the Rio pre conference. |
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| | | | | | Workshop 14: | | | Dynamics of the Welfare systems in Eastern European Countries (1920-2000) | | |
The workshop will be focused on the history of the Welfare systems in these countries after the First World War, with the interruption of the Second World War, the communist parenthesis and the implementation of new liberal regimes since 1990. This history has been made of successive fundamental changes in the political discourse, the realisation of institutions and risks covered. |
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| | | | | | Workshop 15: | | | From poverty to development - reclaiming the Copenhagen vision | | |
The first workshop organized by ICSW will have one or two presentations - Denys Correll, ICSW executive director and Bob Deacon, professor of international social policy that will be followed by a discussion. In particular leaders of our compatriot organisations International Association of Schools of Social Work and the International Federation of Social Workers will be invited to participate and develop thinking that will be taken to the next ICSW conference in 2010. | | | |
Moderator: | | | | | | Patrice Bourdelais (France)
Research Director, French School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS) | | | |
Speakers: | | | | | | Adina Berecki (Romania)
Professor of social work, Babes-Bolyai University | | | | | | Kinga Lampek (Hungaria)
Professor of social work, Faculty of Health Sciences, Pécs University | | | | | | Anita Magowska (Poland)
Professor of public health, Posnan University | | | | | | Livia Popescu (Romania)
Professor of social work, Babes-Bolyai University |
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| | | | | | Workshop 16: | | | Children at risk: early prevention | | |
Juvenile delinquency involves ever-younger perpetrators and takes on increasingly violent and collective expressions. Suicide, in all countries, is a major cause of death among 15 to 25 year-olds. Addictive behaviour is a reality for some children and young people.
The existing response to these acts is mostly curative, or repressive. But there are early prevention initiatives which can take action at an earlier stage and reduce the causes of such acts. They take place as soon as the first warning signals of disquiet are visible. Helping children to lastingly develop their capacities and talents so as to build their future: such is the aim of early prevention, which has already demonstrated its efficiency all around the world. This workshop will study these various actions, their methods and results. | | | |
Animateur: | | | | | | Murielle Bouin (France)
Calyxis, European Centre for Risks Prevention | | | |
Speakers: | | | | | | Claude Beau (France)
President, Association Mission Possible | | | | | | Richard Tremblay (Canada)
Professor of paediatrics, psychiatry and psychology, University of Montreal |
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| | | | | | Workshop 19: | | | Social inclusion (Continuation in workshop 39, day 2) | | |
Historically, in today's industrialized countries, the social inclusion of marginalized populations occurred through their insertion into the labour force and through the granting of important social rights. In the past, social inclusion relied on the structures of traditional socialization, such as family and military service.
However, these structures are now experiencing increasing difficulties in fulfilling that role and are unable to stem the growth of marginalization. This phenomenon is particularly alarming in developing nations, but it is also apparent in countries which have been industrialized for a long time. Therefore, we need to closely analyze the issue of social insertion and to develop the appropriate tools to facilitate it. | | | |
Moderator: | | | | | | Thea Meinema (Netherlands)
Netherlands Centre for social development (MOVISIE) | | | |
Speakers: | | | | | | Jae-Sung Choi (Korea)
Professor, Yonsei University
THE IMPACT OF COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS ON SOCIAL INCLUSION ORIENTATION AMONG SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS IN SOUTH KOREA (Abstract) (29 KB) | | | | | | Hyon Kun Kwak (Korea)
Department of Public Administration, Daejeon University
THE MEANING, VISION AND STRATEGIES OF 'RAINBOW PROJECT' FOR OVERCOMING SOCIAL EXCLUSION IN DAEJEON ... (Abstract) (81 KB) | | | | | | Su-hwa Pong (Taiwan)
Chair & Professor , Graduate Institute of Social Work
SOCIAL EXCLUSION? SOCIAL INCLUSION? THE EXPERIENCES AMONG FEMALE SINGLE PARENTS IN TAIWAN (Abstract) (30 KB) | | | | | | Irimie Sabina (Romania)
Professor, University of Petrosani
ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND POVERTY IN ROMANIA (Abstract) (27 KB) | | | | | | A.S. Shenoy (India)
Chairman, International Committee, ICSW National office
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND SOLUTIONS - INDIAN SCENARIO (Abstract) (38 KB) | | | | | | Dina P. Sidhva (India)
Service and Learning Manager, Multi-Cultural Family Base, Edinburgh
PROMOTING SOCIAL INCLUSION AND CHANGE THROUGH INNOVATION: THE "BLACK AND MINORITY YOUNG PEOPLE ... (Abstract) (29 KB) | | | | | | Seeralan Venkatesan (India)
Research Associate, Lal Bahadur Shastri Centre for Public Policy and Social Change
SOCIAL POLICY AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA ... (Abstract) (28 KB) | | | | | | Delia Walsh (Australia)
Family Support Worker, Southside Community Services, Narrabundah
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| | | | | | Workshop 20: | | | Social Workers: Technicians intervening on social issues, or a stimulus and incentive for civil society? | | |
The professional duties of social workers have changed, as have their methods, and their role is often a subject of controversy. One approach is individualistic and technical, based on standards and norms, while another is collective, community-based and designed to get people back into mainstream civil society.
How effective is social work? How can more consideration be given to social rights, human respect and equality? | | | |
Moderator: | | | | | | Hélène Maçon (France)
Head, Lorraine Regional Training Institute for Social Workers, Secretary General of CNAS | | | |
Speakers: | | | | | | Jen-Jen Lin (Taiwan)
Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, Fu Jen Catholic University
The Social Worker in a Mixed Welfare Economy: A Study of Long-Term Care Services in Taiwan (44 KB) | | | | | | Françoise Raynaud (France)
Vice-Director, Division of Social Development, County Council of Isère; President of ANCASD
THE EVOLUTION OF GENERALIST SOCIAL ACTION (Abstract) (38 KB) | | | | | | Griet Verschelden (Belgium)
Senior researcher, Faculty of Social Work and Welfare Studies, University College of Ghent
Social work as pedagogy of the encounter (128 KB) |
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| | | | | | Workshop 21: | | | New training needs for social work | | |
New social demands in the field of healthcare and welfare have developed and been included in social policies, thus giving rise to new forms of social intervention.
With changes in training, now including the principle of life-long education, courses offered must be relevant and designed to keep pace with future developments.
What political guidelines will be developed for a more professional approach to social welfare?
What diagnosis will provide the basis for setting prerequisites in the field of social work and social intervention?
What types of skills and expertise are expected?
What new social intervention practices will be developed in response to changing issues and greater demands for quality? | | | |
Moderator: | | | | | | Christian Moutier (France)
General director, family allowances agency, Val-de-Marne | | | |
Speakers: | | | | | | Halim bin Ibrahim (Malaysia)
President, National Council of Welfare and Social Development Malaysia (NCWSDM)
Capacity Building of Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) Through In Service Training (4907 KB) | | | | | | Johnson Palakkappillil (India)
Professor, School of Social Work, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences
MAKING SOCIAL WORK TRAINING COMMUNITY BASED - Lessons from Kerala, India (151 KB) | | | | | | Gérard Schaefer (France)
Training Manager, Lorraine Regional School of Social Work
SOCIAL INTERVENTION AND SOCIETAL RESPONSIBILITY: WHEN HUMAN SKILLS DETERMINE PROFESSIONAL PROFILES (Abstract) (29 KB) | | | | | | Shradha Tibrewal (India)
Assistant Professor, Social Work Program, California State University
Overcoming Barriers: Assessing Training Needs Of Mental Health Consumers and Family Members ... (257 KB) |
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| | | | | | Workshop 22: | | | Child, Family, State | | |
The way a society treats children is a good indicator of social development, and while the rights of the child have been formally recognised, they are not always respected and enforced.
When children are exposed to violence, in particular war, child labour, family neglect and abuse, should they become the responsibility of the State? How can a judge, social worker and the child's entourage provide effective child welfare support? | | | |
Moderator: | | | | | | Claude Roméo (France)
Director, Division of childhood and family, County Council of Seine-Saint-Denis | | | |
Speakers: | | | | | | Pak-yan Fung (Hong Kong)
Deputy Director, Social Welfare Department
Combating Domestic Violence in Hong Kong - A Coordinated Response (1613 KB) | | | | | | Na Byong Kyun (Korea)
Professor, Hallym University
THE ISSUE OF LOW BIRTH RATE AND FAMILY POLICY IN SOUTH KOREA (Abstract) (36 KB) | | | | | | Jean-Pierre Rosenczveig (France)
President of the juvenile court of Bobigny |
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| | | | | | Workshop 24: | | | Vulnerable population and social welfare policy in the Eastern European Countries (1990-2007) | | |
This workshop sets out to discuss the emergence of new vulnerable groups after the soviet regime collapse and the building up of a new Welfare system. How to define these vulnerable groups, what are their characteristics and the reason of their visibility? |
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| | | | | | Workshop 25: | | | Building national councils or national member organisations of ICSW | | |
The second workshop on national councils will include three presentations:
An organisation in one the former states of the Soviet Union and now a focal organisation of the Black Sea NGO Network. The presenter will describe the challenges faced in emerging democracies in establishing a national umbrella organisation.
An organisation from China describing the challenges of establishing a national NGO in a society that is still heavily controlled.
An existing national member umbrella organisation from Africa that is experiencing their government’s disenchantment with NGOs. This issue is arising in countries where NGOs were once part of the independence movement but now are seen as at least a nuisance or threat by increasingly undemocratic regimes.
An existing organisation from the global North that is having to re-invent itself in an environment where national umbrella organisations are not seen as relevant in an established welfare state. | | | |
Speakers: | | | | | | Aleksandra SIMOVIC (Serbia)
President of Managing Board, Housing Development Center for Socially Vulnerable Groups, Belgrade
THE CHALLENGES FACED IN EMERGING DEMOCRACIES IN ESTABLISHING ... (54 KB) |
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| | | | | | Workshop 28: | | | Child, Family, State | | |
The way a society treats children is a good indicator of social development, and while the rights of the child have been formally recognised, they are not always respected and enforced.
When children are exposed to violence, in particular war, child labour, family neglect and abuse, should they become the responsibility of the State? How can a judge, social worker and the child’s entourage provide effective child welfare support? | | | |
Moderator: | | | | | | Philippe Steck
Director of International Relations, National Family Fund (CNAF) | | | |
Speakers: | | | | | | Mira Dutschke (South Africa)
Legal Researcher, UCT Children’s Institute
ANALYSING THE PARADIGMS - DEVELOPMENTAL SOCIAL WELFARE THE RIGHT TO SOCIAL SERVICES ... (Abstract) (31 KB) | | | | | | Johannes C. Erasmus (South Africa)
Director and senior researcher: Unit for Religion and Development Research, Stellenbosch University
PROTECTING THE CHILDREN: AN INDIGENOUS RESPONSE FROM ... (Abstract) (30 KB) | | | | | | Nam-Soon Huh and Yun-Soon Koh (Korea)
Professors, Social Welfare Department, Hallym University | | | | | | Hye Eun Lee, Sejeong Cheong, Jae-Sung Choi (Korea)
PhD candidates, School of Social Welfare, Yonsei University |
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| | | | | | Workshop 29: | | | The social worker: Technicians intervening on social issues, or a stimulus and incentive for civil society? | | |
The professional duties of social workers have changed, as have their methods, and their role is often a subject of controversy. One approach is individualistic and technical, based on standards and norms, while another is collective, community-based and designed to get people back into mainstream civil society.
How effective is social work? How can more consideration be given to social rights, human respect and equality? | | | |
Moderator: | | | | | | Jean-Michel Hôte (France)
General Secretary, National Federation of Gerontology | | | |
Speakers: | | | | | | Hong Liu (Hong Kong)
Social Work Department, United College (UCHK) | | | | | | Bala Nikku (India)
Head, Social Work Department, Kadambari Memorial College of Science and Management, Kathmandu, Nepal
SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION IN SOUTH ASIA AND THE NEED FOR INDIGENIZATION ... (Abstract) (32 KB) |
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| | | | | | | | Wednesday, July 2nd 2008 | | | | SOCIAL PROTECTION | | | | Social protection protects people from the great hazards of life and it requires a reallocation of means to some extent. Social protection systems are under pressure all over the world. The global economy has increased social costs. Social protection systems are under strain because of the deficiencies in global regulation, high unemployment, “indecent” or unacceptable labour conditions, massive migrations from poor to rich countries, and migration from rural to urban areas. Demographic trends, like the ageing of societies, are threatening the financial viability of many social protection systems. New risks are emerging, such as dependence and the need for long term care, sanitary crises or environmental issues. Social protection will have to be re-oriented. It is intolerable that less than a quarter of the world population has access to social protection. Reliable social protection can help families and societies to prevent irreversible losses of human and social capital and break the inter-generational cycle of poverty and exclusion. Universal policies, expanding coverage of social services, health insurance and social pensions are a crucial priority in achieving socially sustainable development. |
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