ICSW Global Newsletter ICSW Global Newsletter called Global Cooperation is posted each month. It gives our network up to date information on ICSW's work at global, regional and local levels as well as international events. Readers appreciate learning how to better connect and cooperate to promote social development. ICSW Global Newsletter in archive section Global Social Policy Journal (GSP) ICSW supports the Global Social Policy Journal. In particular, ICSW sponsors a section called "Southern Voices" as part of the "GSP Digest". A new "GSP Digest" appears each four months and can...

The Global Agenda Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) The 2030 Agenda envisions a secure world free of poverty and hunger, with full and productive employment, access to quality education and universal health coverage, the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls, and an end to environmental degradation. The Global Agenda for Social Work & Social Development Framework for 2020-2030 is “Co-building Inclusive Social Transformation“. Under the Global Agenda 2010-2020, themes were set forth on a bi-annual basis, establishing a pattern that continued for a...

social protection floor initiative (SPF-I) poster courtesy of (OECD) The SPF-Initiative is a basic level of social protection, meaning access to essential services and social transfers for the poor and vulnerable. Within the scope of its mandate, promoting the social transfer component of the social floor, i.e. a basic set of essential social guarantees realized through transfers in cash that could ensure universal access to essential health services, income support and income or subsistence security. A brochure on the social protection policy initiative has been prepared in English,...

Activities ICSW has concentrated in recent years on the fundamental social issues of social development, poverty, employment and social exclusion. Our network helps vulnerable groups to cope with risks and challenges of life. As a contemporary umbrella organization ICSW works to empower it members to participate fully in society as responsible citizens, with a greater civic voice and capacity to achieve meaningful results. We work in partnership with other civil society organizations, with government structures, with the academic community and international organizations to make our vision...