International Congress on Social Policies 2022: The Challenge of Social Inclusion in Future Europe

International Congress on Social Policies 2022: The Challenge of Social Inclusion in Future Europe was organised jointly with ICSW and UNED and hosted by the University of Malaga from 30 November 2022 – 3 December 2023.
The aim of the Congress was to map innovative analyses and societal policy solutions to emerging social development issues, and to lay ground to a conclusions paper to help guide ICSW and its partners towards a strong impact on the envisaged UN Second World Summit for Social Development in 2025.
The International Congress was a joint venture by International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW) and the University of Malaga and UNED with other Spanish Partners.
International Council on Social Welfare, ICSW supported the Congress by organizing its Capacity Building Seminar and its yearly General Assembly in conjunction of that event. The purpose of the Capacity Building Seminar was to explore the current and future social policy challenges, particularly in Europe with the understanding of the global context.
The University of Malaga together with UNED were hosting the event and provided academic inputs and leadership to the event and its discussions. The event also served as networking platform by the involved organisations.
Participants consisted of representatives of ICSW Member Organisations and the aforementioned cooperating academic institutions. The event was open and free also for students of the University of Malaga and also for those people from other universities who presented communications. The event and Zoom was also opened to all members of ICSW, not only those in the European Region.