School of Social and Political Science

World Social Work Day 2002 webinar

Co-building a new eco-social world: Leaving no one behind

Welcome to our international commemoration of World Social Work Day 2022, with this year's theme Co-building a new eco-social world: Leaving no one behind.

Partners across several continents - Africa, Asia and Europe - are hosting guests from all over the world to help us mark today's celebration of our profession.

Programme for the day
Today's webinar includes:

  • A welcome by students from the partner universities
  • Reflections from partners' social work programmes
  • The keynote address by Dr David Jones, former president of the International Federation of Social Work (IFSW): Why does World Social Work Day matter?
  • Themed breakout discussion groups - chaired and co-chaired by social work students

Read the full programme here.

Live stream
The event is being live streamed - watch it here.

Partners
Today's event is a partnership between:

  • The University of Edinburgh (Scotland)
  • Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Kerala, India)
  • University of Johannesburg (South Africa)
  • Makarere University (Uganda)
  • Association of the Schools of Social Work in Africa (ASSWA)
  • International Association of the Schools of Social Work (IASSW)