International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW)

Promotes social work as a profession through international co-operation, especially regarding professional values, standards, ethics, human rights, recognition, training and working conditions, the establishment of national organisations of social workers or professional unions for social workers, and supporting Social Work Organisations in...

The International Social Service (ISS) helps individuals, children and families confronted with social problems involving two, or more, countries as a consequence of international migration or displacement.

UNISDR’s mandate has been defined by a number of United Nations General Assembly Resolutions, the most notable of which is “to serve as the focal point in the United Nations system for the coordination of disaster reduction and to ensure synergies among...

The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 after the Second World War by 51 countries committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights.

The purpose of AIEJI is to emphasize and promote the philosophy of social education and its uniqueness in being actively involved in partnership with clients, working with them, not only individually but in groups, families, communities and the social environments towards the...

The CEBSD is a non-governmental European umbrella organisation which brings together a variety of partners from a dozen countries both inside and outside of the European Union. CEBSD members actively promote social and community development. The emphasis is on people working together...

Since the European Association of Schools of Social Work is one of our collaborating institutions, and in the expectation that your members, audience and institutional partners might be interested in keeping up to date with Council of Europe news, we would like...

The Council of Europe’s work benefits extensively from contacts and co-operation with the dynamic elements of society, as represented by NGOs. One of the main challenges currently facing the Organisation is to strengthen NGOs and civil society and to develop participatory democracy...

The Council of Europe, covers virtually the entire European continent, with its 47 member countries. It seeks to develop throughout Europe common and democratic principles based on the European Convention on Human Rights and other reference texts on the protection of individuals.

The fundamental task of the ECCE is to further the concept of Europe as a social community through the promotion of activities which will facilitate the comparison of existing models, and the possible development of new models of community education. In this...