|  | | | |  | 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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| | | | | | Workshop 30: | | | Increasing life expectancy without incapacity | | |
Overall, life expectancy is getting longer, but in a very unequal way, and for some it is even getting shorter. The ageing of the population is cause for concern, incurs additional costs for society and involves major health problems.
But thanks to the advances of modern medicine and social welfare, people are getting older later, and are enjoying more “quality years”.
How can these years be filled with life? What social policies can make old age a better experience? | | | |
Moderator: | | | | | | Arlette Bosch (France)
Deputy mayor in charge of social welfare | | | |
Speakers: | | | | | | Emmanuelle Cambois (France)
Researcher, French Institute of Demographic Studies | | | | | | Claude Périnel (France)
Director, National Social Action Division, National Pension Fund for Employees (CNAVTS) | | | | | | Anne St-Laurent (France)
Director, Division of Social Welfare, AGIRC-ARRCO
COMPREHENSIVE PREVENTIVE CARE (50 KB) |
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| | | | | | Workshop 31: | | | "Workfare" | | |
One single word to express an entire concept, the principle being that anyone receiving unemployment/welfare benefits must provide work in exchange. The central question then is how to make the passive payment of benefits an active phenomenon.
The notion of compensation payment has not entirely disappeared, but the idea is to make it active payment so that the person has a better and earlier chance of returning to employment, either directly or after training, retraining or vocational upgrading.
A number of questions are still unanswered. What job? Under what conditions? How can the right balance be found between market requirements and skills available?
How can the person receiving benefits return to employment as a valid economic player? | | | |
Chair: | | | | | | François Delalande (France)
Senior Consultant, Public Interest Group for Health and Social Protection in the International Arena (GIP-SPSI) | | | |
Speakers: | | | | | | Peter Herrmann (Ireland)
Director, European Social, Organisational and Science Consultancy (ESOSC)
Workfare – The Reinvention of the Social (389 KB) | | | | | | Boram Hwang (Korea)
Professor, Social Work Department, Pusan National University
UNBALANCED MODE OF SOCIAL REGULATION AT THE LOCAL LEVEL: WORKFARE REGIME VS. SOCIAL CARE REGIME (Abstract) (48 KB) | | | | | | Diane Roman (France)
Professor of Public Law, François-Rabelais University, Tours | | | | | | Veronica Sheen (Australia)
Social Researcher, School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University
Precarious employment, workfare and social protection for disadvantaged women in Australia: ... (136 KB) | | | | | | Matti Tuusa (Finland)
Training and Information Manager, Rehabilitation Foundation
New Structures and Practices of Activation and Support of Employment in Finland (43 KB) | | | | | | Rémi Gallou (France)
Sociologist, Research and Development Direction, National Pension Fund for Employees (CNAVTS) | | | | | | Jim Ogg (United Kingdom)
Senior Research Fellow, Young Foundation
The baby-boomer generation and family support - a European perspective (1493 KB) |
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| | | | | | Workshop 32: | | | Employment of persons with disabilities | | |
Persons with disabilities are among the first ones to be excluded from the job market. Moreover, when the handicap occurs in the course of their career, they face difficulties to remain in their position and to accomplish a full career. Yet, persons with disabilities are competent and talented and they wish to contribute to the economic and social activity of their country. How to motivate and help employers to recruit and retain persons with disabilities? | | | |
Moderator: | | | | | | Jean-Pierre JUBIN
Vice-President of AGEFIPH | | | |
Speakers: | | | | | | Corinne Chapel (France)
Director, Côtes d’Armor County Job Support Agency | | | | | | Michael F. Förster (Austria)
Social policy economist, OECD
Employment of Persons with Disability: New Ways of Addressing Partial Work Capacity in OECD Countries (1261 KB) | | | | | | Annick Monfort (France)
Director, Agefiph North-West Division |
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| | | | | | Workshop 33: | | | Social inequalities in health | | |
Studies have shown the extensive disparities in perception, attitude and behaviour towards health as determined by gender, socio-professional categories and levels of education. Health indicators as well as life expectancy show a social gradient of inequalities that clearly point out the relation between health and one’s socio-economic background. The fight against social inequalities in health requires a plan of action through cohesive public policies. This workshop aims at comparing policies and courses of action currently implemented in France with what is taking place in other European countries in the fight against social inequalities in health. | | | |
Moderator: | | | | | | Pierre Arwidson (France)
Director of Scientific Affairs, National Institute for Health Education and Prevention (INPES)
International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) | | | |
Speakers: | | | | | | Catherine Jones
Programme Director, IUHPE
Reducing social inequalities in health: The role of international professional networks in advocating for effective inter-sectoral collaboration at all levels (6327 KB) | | | | | | Marie-José Moquet (France)
Head, Division of quality of practices, Training, Assessment, INPES | | | | | | Delampady Narayana (India)
Professor, Reserve Bank of India Chair of Development Studies, Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Kerala
MAPs, HSR, and Safeguarding the Health Sector (113 KB) |
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| | | | | | Workshop 34: | | | Socio-economic perspectives on migrations | | |
Migrations constitute one of the major characteristics of globalization – many large populations live while practically straddling borders. However, host countries have been changing their attitude, especially in the last quarter of the 20th century: Europe has now a tendency to close its borders tightly; other traditionally welcoming nations, such as the United States, while continuing to receive a great number of migrants, implement policies of flow control. | | | |
Moderator: | | | | | | Pierre Alviset (France)
Vice-président, French Committee on Social Welfare (CNAS) | | | |
Speakers: | | | | | | Georges Goma-Gakissa (Republic of Congo)
Social Work Department, California State University, East Bay
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN MIGRATIONS IN NORTH AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA: NEW TRENDS (52 KB) | | | | | | Yukiko Hashimoto (Japan)
Professor, School of Social Work, Kibi International University
EMPOWERMENT APPROACH WITH MOTHERS OF INTERNAL MIGRANT FAMILIES FOR THEIR CHILDREN'S ... (Abstract) (30 KB) | | | | | | Cynthia A. Hunter (United States)
Assistant Professor, Social Work Department, James Madison University
BLENDING BORDERS: THE OVERLAP OF INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY, COMMUNITY IN THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL ... (Abstract) (33 KB) | | | | | | Susannah Lepley (United States)
Director, NewBridges Immigrant Resource Center | | | | | | Samuel Nickels (United States)
Cultural Diversity Coordinator, NewBridges Immigrant Resource Center | | | | | | Jeremaiah Opiniano (Philippines)
Executive Director, Institute for Migration and Development Issues
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION AS A SOCIAL PROTECTION MECHANISM IN THE PHILIPPINES ... (Abstract) (37 KB) | | | | | | Dina P Sidhva (India)
Service and Learning Manager, Multi-Cultural Family Base, Edinburgh
GLOBAL CHANGE - LESSONS FROM A PILOT POLISH FAMILY PROJECT: SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AFFECTED ... (Abstract) (29 KB) | | | | | | Nyunt Naing Thein (Burma/Myanmar)
Health Coordinator, SHIELD Project, International Rescue Committee (IRC) Thailand
Policy Change in Support of Increased Access to Quality Health Care Burmese Migrants ... (7723 KB) |
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| | | | | | Workshop 36: | | | Writing Right | | |
Many people have experience of writing reports and other material in their daily work. However, fewer people write short or longer pieces with a view to publication.
This workshop considers some of the points that intending authors should consider if they hope to get material published. Information will be given about different forms of writing and about the submission and review process. The workshop leader will suggest different opportunities for publication drawing on her experience of editorial work on various journals.
The workshop is aimed primarily at less experienced authors but there will be some time for questions and discussion so that people at different stages in their ‘writing careers’ can contribute and learn. | | | |
Moderator: | | | | | | Karen Lyons
Editor in Chief, International Social Work |
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| | | | | | Workshop 37: | | | Reforming social protection | | |
In these days of economic globalization, the lack of any social protection whatsoever for the vast majority of the world’s population has become an issue of paramount importance. In developing countries, social protection is a factor of economic and social progress; in industrialized countries, under the pressure of the new and diversified needs expressed by the recipients, social protection is under transformation. This workshop aims at exchanging ideas on the reforms that are taking place at this time. | | | |
Moderator: | | | | | | Agnès Plassart (France)
CEO, Public Interest Group for Health and Social Protection in the International Arena (GIP-SPSI) | | | |
Speakers: | | | | | | Elias Baruti (Tanzania)
Planning and Investments Manager, Local Authorities Pensions Fund (LAPF)
THE SOCIAL SECURITY REFORMS IN TANZANIA: CAN SSIS FACILITATE THE FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY? (Abstract) (30 KB) | | | | | | Hsiu-Hui Chen (Taiwan)
Assistant Professor, Social Work Department, Tunghai University
FROM CRISIS TO REFORM - A NEW SYSTEM FOR OLD AGE SECURITY (Abstract) (27 KB) | | | | | | Sebnem Avsar Kurnaz (Turkey)
Social Assistance Expert, Republic of Turkey Prime Ministry, General Directorate of Social Assistance and Solidarity
A NEW APPROACH TO SOCIAL ASSISTANCE ... (Abstract) (29 KB) | | | | | | Philippe Le Campion (France)
Director of human ressources, Social Scheme for Independent Workers (RSI) | | | | | | Sarangdhar Samal (India)
Director, Association NYSASDRI |
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| | | | | | Workshop 41: | | | Conflict or solidarity between generations? | | |
Urban development, changing family models and weaker social ties have undermined the solidarity traditionally seen between generations, in particular between children and parents; and the ageing population has upset the balance in retirement schemes funded by the workforce.
How can new social relationships be built between the generations? Options: increase the rate of employment of older people, grant proper recognition to the social role of older people (in particular grandparents) by rearranging the division throughout life of employment, education, domestic duties and leisure time activities. | | | |
Moderator: | | | | | | Benoît Raviart (France)
Director of Social Welfare, AG2R | | | | | | Alain Rozenkier (France)
sociologist, Research and Development Direction, National Pension Fund for Employees (CNAVTS) | | | |
Speakers: | | | | | | Gisèle Bessac (France)
Director, Association "Maison Ouverte" | | | | | | Rémi Gallou (France)
Sociologist, Research and Development Direction, National Pension Fund for Employees (CNAVTS) | | | | | | Jim Ogg (United Kingdom)
Senior Research Fellow, Young Foundation
THE BABY-BOOMER GENERATION AND FAMILY SUPPORT – A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE (Abstract) (68 KB) |
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| | | | | | Workshop 42: | | | Social intervention for environmental crises | | |
Natural disasters and crises caused by weather have major social repercussions, and the impact can depend on preventive measures implemented and organisation for material and financial solidarity supported by groups in society.
What lessons can be learnt from crises over recent years? Are the most exposed regions properly prepared? How can NGOs make them more efficient? Governments must play a key role. Can communities be involved? | | | |
Moderator: | | | | | | Franceline Fery (France)
Director for European Affairs, Social Scheme for Independent Workers (RSI) | | | |
Speakers: | | | | | | Dr Georges Koko (Ivory Coast)
Surgeon, diploma in medicine for catastrophy, President of the Association for Family Welfare of the Ivory Coast
SOCIAL INTERVENTION IN ENVIRONENTAL CRISES: THE ... (Abstract) (865 KB) | | | | | | Daniel Louis Louisy (France)
Director, Social Scheme for Independent Workers (RSI) Antilles-Guyane regional agency | | | | | | Jean - Loîc NICOLAZO (France)
Water expert, former general inspector at the Ministry of Environment |
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| | | | | | Workshop 43: | | | Sustainable development and local social policies | | |
The concept of sustainable development is forwarded by the 1987 Brundtland Report, the recommendations of Rio, Kyoto and Johannesburg. To be sustainable, development takes into account the links between the economy, the environment and the society for present and future. Also, it implies the active participation of populations. Sustainable development had now to be incorporated into public policy and local actions, particularly in the local authorities's territorial projects.
The discuss should explore current social work practice with regard of sustainable development and opportunities for social-political sustainability. Is the way to move away from the typical one problem / one instrument approach in the formulation of social interventions, towards greater integration of social goals into other areas of policy making. | | | |
Speakers: | | | | | | Jérôme Guedj (France)
Vice-President, General Council of Essonne | | | | | | Oumar Kane (Mali)
Local development officer |
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| | | | | | Workshop 45: | | | Building a relationship between civil society and regional groupings of governments | | |
Regions of ICSW are becoming more successful in establish relationships with regional groupings of governments. Presentations will be made by:
Michael Raper Regional President for South East Asia and the Pacific on working with ASEAN. The example is of a region with quite a long history but with little interest in civil society until 2007.
Emmanuel Ted Nandolo Chair of the SADC Council of NGOs and Executive Director, Council for NGOs in Malawi. This region has provision for formal links with civil society but as yet there has been intermittent progress in achieving any real dialogue.
Hripsime Kirakosyan Chair of the Black Sea NGO Network and President of Mission Armenia. This is a relatively new region that has taken very positive steps to engage with civil society. | | | |
Speakers: | | | | | | Michael Raper (Australia)
Director, Welfare Rights Centre | | | | | | Emmanuel Ted Nandolo (Malawi)
Chair of the SADC Council of NGOs
Executive Director, Council for NGOs in Malawi | | | | | | Hripsime Kirakosyan (Armenia)
Chair of the Black Sea NGO Network
President of Mission Armenia
BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CIVIL SOCIETY AND REGIONAL GROUPINGS OF GOVERNMENTS (71 KB) |
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| | | | | | Workshop 47: | | | Reforming social protection | | |
In these days of economic globalization, the lack of any social protection whatsoever for the vast majority of the world’s population has become an issue of paramount importance. In developing countries, social protection is a factor of economic and social progress; in industrialized countries, under the pressure of the new and diversified needs expressed by the recipients, social protection is under transformation. This workshop aims at exchanging ideas on the reforms that are taking place at this time. | | | |
Moderator: | | | | | | Agnès Plassart (France)
CEO, Public Interest Group for Health and Social Protection in the International Arena (GIP-SPSI) | | | |
Speakers: | | | | | | Zine Barka (Algeria)
Professor of Economics, University of Tlemcen | | | | | | Hae Ran Kim-Lescarret (Korea)
Professor, Chair of Korean Studies, Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) | | | | | | Philippe Le Campion (France)
Director, Division of Human Resources, Social Scheme for Independent Workers (RSI) | | | | | | Maria Nadir de Sales do Amaral Militão (Brazil)
Professor of Social Policy, Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais | | | | | | Ana Maria Quiroga (Brazil)
Professor of Social Work, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro | | | | | | Tarik Salhi (Algeria)
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Oran | | | | | | Zakia Tobie (Lebanon)
President of the Board of Directors of the Lebanon Social Security National Pension Fund | | | | | | Bertrand Margot Newcom
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| | | | | | | | Thursday, July 3rd 2008 | | | | SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT | | | | Social development can be defined as the process of planned social change, designed to improve the welfare of the population as a whole, in conjunction with economic development and environmental protection. A distortion of the concept of social development has emerged. Some governments and international financial institutions have focused on poverty reduction rather than on social development. Poverty is only part of the problem. This has led to the implementation of policies oriented towards a part of the society instead of the society as a whole. Most experts in social development advocate more comprehensive strategies, including: community development, corporate social responsibility, strengthening civil society and guaranteeing human and social rights, all along the life course and whatever the vagaries of life. An index of human development has set up to include in the measure of growth a number of non economic ratios such as the average level of education, equity, non discrimination and child mortality rates. |
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| | | | | | Symposium 9: | | | How to finance human development: Taxes, private funds, private-public partnerships, international assistance, “codevelopment" | | | |
Moderator: | | | | | | Dr. M.J. STEENBERGEN (Netherlands)
CEO, MOVISIE, Netherlands centre for social development | | | |
Speakers: | | | | | | Abdelattif BOUAZZA (Morocco)
Director of Social Development, Ministry of Social Development, Family and Solidarity of Morocco | | | | | | Magdy M. MOUSSA (Egypte)
Director for the Middle East, PlaNet Finance
Introduction to Microfinance: A tool of Human Development and the case of Middle East and North Africa - MENA (223 KB) | | | | | | Jeremaiah OPINIANO (Philippines)
Executive Director, Institute for Migration and Development Issues
Migrants and their remittances New hybrids of co-development (7384 KB) |
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| | | | | | Workshop 50: | | | Women and poverty | | |
Women are directly concerned by poverty and in two distinct ways: firstly as they are often the main victims, and secondly because their role in society makes them a key player in the fight against poverty. As women are central figures in raising and educating children, they control the future of an entire generation. With their position in the household and its finances, women determine whether a family is trapped in or avoids poverty. Their decisions on contraception are also crucial. For all these reasons, women’s rights are a strategic issue in the long-term fight against poverty. | | | |
Moderator: | | | | | | Agnès Plassart (France)
CEO, Public Interest Group for Health and Social Protection in the International Arena (GIP-SPSI) | | | |
Speakers: | | | | | | Ketevan Dadunashvili (Georgia)
Domus Mobiles
WOMEN AND POVERTY – GEORGIAN “RIDDLE” (Abstract) (122 KB) | | | | | | Yacine Diagne (Senegal)
President, Association Femmes de la Médina | | | | | | Elieth Eyebiyi (Benin)
Graduate Student, Pluridisciplinary Graduate School,University of Abomey-Calavi (UAC)
WOMEN’s WORK ANG DOMESTIC WASTES MANAGEMENT IN BENIN: LOCAL ROUTES OF POVERTY ... (Abstract) (39 KB) | | | | | | Boram Hwang (Korea)
Professor, Social Work Department, Pusan National University
The Impact of Employment-Oriented Social Welfare Programs on Empowering Poor Women: The South Korean Case (344 KB) | | | | | | Sabita Swain (India)
Secretary,Social Education for Environment and development (SEED)
A FIGHT BACK BY TRIBAL WOMEN (Abstract) (36 KB) | | | | | | Pei Xiaomeï (China)
Professor, Sociology Department, Tsinghua University
Economically Involved, Socially Excluded: The Case of Old Age Survivors in Transitional China (51 KB) |
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| | | | | | Workshop 51: | | | Basic education, culture and social development | | |
Social development implies the daily participation of inhabitants in local affairs. Yet, this participation is restricted by a number of hurdles, for instance insufficient basic education or cultural barriers, especially for migrants. Bridges between inhabitants and social institutions must be built and multiculturalism be promoted. This workshop will present successful projects in this respect. | | | |
Moderator: | | | | | | Association "Femmes-Relais" of Bobigny | | | |
Speakers: | | | | | | Daoudi Malika (Morocco)
Head, El Masira Centre for the protection of children in Jerada | | | | | | Nam-Soon Huh (Korea)
Professor, Social Welfare Department, Hallym University | | | | | | Yun-Soon Koh (Korea)
Professor, Social Welfare Department, Hallym University
Multi-Cultural Families from International Marriage and Current Family Policies in Korea (1829 KB) | | | | | | Gi-Joo Yi & Il-Young Koh (Korea)
Graduate Students, Social Welfare Department, Hallym University | | | | | | Sangaré (Mali)
Association "Femmes-Relais" of Bobigny |
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| | | | | | Workshop 52: | | | Health and development | | |
In this workshop, we will look beyond the responses of international NGOs to situations of sanitary crisis. Through concrete examples, we will look at how international aid can give durable access to health care while supporting the development of mutual insurance systems. These systems can be adapted to local conditions and turned into viable models through the transfer of competences and structures. | | | |
Moderator: | | | | | | Kulmie Samantar (France)
Head, Division of International Relations and Cooperation, National Federation of French Mutual Insurance Companies (FNMF) | | | |
Speakers: | | | | | | Henri Poizat (France)
Director, Anjou-Mayenne Mutual Insurance Company | | | | | | Lucia Silla (Brazil)
Hospital of Clinics Porto Alegre (HCPA)
THE PREVALENCE OF ANEMIA IN RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRAZIL. (7404 KB) | | | | | | Thierno Aliou Ba (Senegal)
President of the Centre Amadou Malick Gaye | | | | | | Nam-Soon Huh (Korea)
Professor, Social Welfare Department, Hallym University
Effects of Co-Payments and Designation of Primary Clinic in Medical Aid Program in Korea : A Case of Chuncheon City (2587 KB) | | | | | | Yun-Soon Koh (Korea)
Professor, Social Welfare Department, Hallym University | | | | | | Gi-Joo Yi (Korea)
Graduate Student, Social Welfare Department, Hallym University |
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| | | | | | Workshop 53: | | | "Codevelopment" | | |
World Bank figures for 2005 show that a total of $200 billion was transferred by migrants back to their home countries. In Mali, the total amount of transfers is the equivalent of 25% of the State budget. This situation could provide the basis for a policy, with co-development being defined as the voluntary contribution of migrants to development projects in countries in the “South”. The workshop will be conducted by pooling experience and discussing both the difficulties and opportunities of co-development projects. | | | |
Moderator: | | | | | | Antoine Zamora (France)
Accountant, Haute-Garonne County Health Insurance Fund | | | |
Speakers: | | | | | | Muriel Muller de Tannegg (France)
Overseas Insured Persons Direction, National Pension Fund for Employees (CNAVTS) | | | | | | Jeremaiah Opiniano (Philippines)
Executive Director, Institute for Migration and Development Issues
OVERSEAS FILIPINOS AS ‘CO-DEVELOPMENT’ ACTORS: NEXT STEPS TO ELUDE CONTINUED ... (Abstract) (33 KB) |
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| | | | | | Workshop 56: | | | Globalisation of social policies and access to social rights | | |
Originally elaborated within national frameworks on the basis of normative references codified at world level, what is labeled “social rights” is changing under the influence of social policies designed at an international scale and the emergence of a “social dimension of globalization”. The struggle against poverty, the liberalization and increasing flexibility of labor markets, as well as strives towards the extension of social protection to non-covered populations all tend to alter, in most countries of the world: the mechanisms of social protection systems, the meaning and contents of social rights, mechanisms of solidarity and responsibility that represent the political and financial foundations of social rights.
This workshop will discuss the following issues: the becoming of social rights at national scale, references used by international organizations promoting policies or actions related to social protection and development, specific initiatives taken towards improving and promoting the effectiveness of social rights. | | | |
Moderator: | | | | | | Blandine Destremau (France)
Senior researcher in Economics, French Centre of Scientific Research (CNRS)
Globalisation of social policies and access to social rights (Abstract) (40 KB) | | | |
Speakers: | | | | | | Fazil Yozgat (Turkey)
Assistant Professor of Economic and Public Administration, Cumhuriyet University
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE - A Comparative Study (Abstract) (31 KB) |
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