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International Association of Schools of Social Work
President's Report ( July-December 2021)
for Online Board Meeting
Dear Colleagues,Greetings!!
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Before I start my report of activities for the period of June-December, 2021, I would like toexpress my tribute to Prof. Vimla Nadkarni, IASSW President 2012-2016 and immediate pastpresident 2016 to until her demise. Her leadership and life-long dedication to improve thedevelopment of social work education in India and internationally, will continue to inspire allof us. Our deepest condolences to her family. May her soul rest in peace.
IASSW is receiving tribute , in remembrance message from across the world, which has been
uploaded on IASSW website : https://www.iassw-aiets.org/announcements/7510-tribute-toprof-vimla-nadkarni/
Let’s welcome new Board Members in their first online board meeting.
Marlene Corydon Harritsø President of Nordic Association of Schools of Social Work (NASSW)
and David Rose President of Asia Pacific Association of Social Work Education (APASWE)
IASSW is thankful to the Board Members who have completed their term with IASSW in 2021:
Zulkarnain Hatta, President APASWE, Teresa Francesca Bertotti President EASSW, Marcus
Knutagård President NASSW
I would request you to please volunteer for following: Chair- Capacity Building Committee: Darla Spence Coffey wants to step down and weare thankful for her work with the committee.
 Chair- Publication Committee: P K Shahjahan was elected in 2016 for 4 years ofMember-at -large position. Due to his personal reasons, he wants to leave the board
and Chair of the publication committee.

Online Board Meeting
Due to Covid-19 restrictions we had again an online board meeting during June 10-11, 2021.
Although, it was difficult for some of due to different time zones across the world. In spite ofthat we had 25 participants’ (voting and non-voting board members) in attendance.

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Tripartite Committee
IASSW, ICSW and IFSW met online on 29th November and agreed on following things:
 Global Summit Global Agenda
 WSWD 2022
Katherine Kendall
I participated as member of the Board, and representative of IASSW to different meetingsorganized to discuss the strategy of the KK Institute and to evaluate the project to be funded.
ISWESD
Publication of book is in process. Tiong will be updating more on it.
Communication manager position
Agnes Yuen was appointed at February 2020 and left in April 2021. As discussed in the July
Board Meeting, a fresh call for a Communication Officer was sent in August and we received
several applications across the world. Barbara Shank and myself shortlisted the mostrelevant and experienced one. They were given written assignments and interviewed inSeptember.
After discussion, the President, Secretary and Treasurer finalized a candidate from IndiaJenny Joy, and she started working from October. Her email address is jenny@iassw-aiets.org
She will be presenting her work done during October to December to the board.
Reports from the CommitteeI had online meetings with Chair of Committees of IASSW discussing about the progress
and try to solve the issues (if anyone had it)
I also sent emails to Chair s of the committee to confirm about their committee members
and almost everyone responded and confirmed their members. I am thankful to each one.

Palestine/Isreal SW task force
After June Board meeting, a task force was formed, chair of task force is Tiong and he will
update on it.
Other activities
I am sharing highlight of my participation to many different initiatives during the past six
months:July-The 14th I had a meeting with the association of Spanish schools of social work, topresent IASSW, respond to their questions and explore the possibility to organize abulk membership. Prof. Francisco Rodenas, who is now the chair of this association
was very much committed and is trying to overcome some beurocratic problems. The
day after I gave a welcome speech to the “IV congreso international de trabajo social(CIFETS2021) y XIII congreso di Facultade y Escuelas de trabajo social , sobre Trabajosocial en la era digital : Etica y Cuidados.”For the preparation of the conference I gavea suggestion for three keynote speakers linked with our association: Vishanthie
Sewpaul, Mark Henrikson and Abye Tasse, so they were on the conference.

August-17th I participated to the seminar for the 50th anniversary of the Fachochshule inKoblenz, with a speech on Social work education between internationalization andindigenization.
The 30th of August I was invited to speak about global standard at the ASASWEI
meeting.
I’ve sent a message for establishment of the social work day in Mexico

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1st I gave a welcome speech at the opening conference of “Pandemic, poverty andinequality : Social work in the 21st century” organized by ASASWEI and in theafternoon I participated at the workshop on Global standard for social work educationand practice: a shared vision (IASSW Africa and IFSW Africa) with the contribution ofAnneline Keet and Antoinette Lombard.
3rd September , in the same conference, I presented IASSW mission and activities tothe audience.

11 September I was invited to give a presentation of Global standards at the conference on
Building bridges between Europe and China: Theories and practices of social work fieldeducation, organized by Sun Yat Sen University as a final event of a project funded by
European Union.
El 22 September I gave a welcome speech for the 25th anniversary of the UNAM anniversary of“Centro de investigaciones y Estudios de Genero” .

I also presented at the opening of "COVID-19 y la transformación de las comunidades
en el siglo XXI" between the different universities: UABJO, España; ENTS, UNAM;
Graduate School of Social Work, RENIESTS; Universidad de Zaragoza, Universidad
Complutense de Madrid, Universidad de Murcia, España; Universidad Nacional deColombia.
I’ve prepared the part relative to IASSW of the chapter “O protagonismo organizativo
do Serviço Social no contexto internacional e brasileiro” in the book “Politica social,desigualdades, Mundialização no contexto da pandemia. Uma perspectiva
intercontinental” edited by Reginaldo Ghiraldeli e Silvia Cristina YannoulasOctoberInternational Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) in collaboration with China andGlobal Development Network, Department of Applied Social Sciences,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong and Department of Sociology and SocialWork, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstanorganized an online capacity building on social work practice research Central-Asian
workshop on 7th October 2021.
I gave an opening speech underlying the role of IASSW in strengthening social work research
as a fundamental aspect in building theory, informing education and practice.

Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous), India organized a Virtual International
Workshop on 18th October, 2021. It was supported by IASSW under International projects.
I gave an opening welcome speech and stressed on the implementation and execution ofGlobal Standard by Social Work schools, educators across the world.

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I participated the 29th to the conference organized by ACOFIS on “Où va le travail social?
Contrôle, activation, émancipation” presenting, in the closing panel, a speech on « Le rôle del’association international des écoles de travail social ». Lena Dominelli was also part of thispanel with a speech on Transforming social work education, policy and practice throughgreen social work research.
I was interviewed on IASSW-BRASIL Channel, within the scope of the Research"Internationalization of Brazilian Social Service and the Role of IASSW", developed by theGEPE (Study and Research Group on Ethics) of UFPE, coordinated by Professor Alexandra
Mustafá, on October 26
Access link: https://youtu.be/yaC6Wt2ioHs

November
FORSA 2021
I gave keynote lecture on “The contribution of social work education to the SDGs” onThursday, November 11th, 2021 at the FORSA conference organized by The Nordic
Association of Schools of Social Work

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On 19th November I’ve organized, together with Barbara and Rashmi, an on line meeting withCecilia Heule from PowerUs to discuss about the future collaboration.
I gave welcome speech on November 27 during the webinar, organized by JASWE Social
Work association in their 50th anniversary. The topic of this International Symposium on
Social Work Education (On-line) was focused on Social Work Education in Times of Crisis:From a Glocal Perspective
The 30th I’ve organized a meeting with representatives of UNAFORIS, French association ofschools of social work, to discuss the possibility to become associated member but also tohave more French schools represented in IASSW
I prepared an introduction to Eduardo Marques book on “DIVERSIDADE,INTERCULTURALIDADE E PLURALISMO NO SERVIÇO SOCIAL na Comunidade dos Países deLíngua Portuguesa”
December
The 4th I participated with the speech on “ Eco social work a new approach for the future” tothe 2nd International Symposiu on integrated Urban-Rural development and innovation ofSocial Governance in a new era, organized by the Huazhong Agriculture of Wuhan
The 7th I had a meeting with Dr. Tatiana Matulayová, the president of Czech association ofschools of social work to invite them to be part of IASSW.
The 10th I gave a welcome speech to the webinar on I pledge to take a stand- Ending violenceagainst women and promote women’s human rights, organized by Women Group of IASSW.
The 17th I presented a speech on “Importancia du Direitos Humanos no mundo” in I
Seminario Desigualdades e Direitos Humanos, organised by Alexandra Mustafà- Brazil
The 19th I participated to a memorial of Vimla Nadkarni.
Once again, I invite all of you, the Vice Presidents and all the Board members, but also the one
who have served in the past, to enhance their engagement in the committees, and more in
general in our association, to attract more schools, to actively participate in our initiatives.
I look forward to your feedback on my report and I hope that next time we can have a face-toface meeting
Respectfully submitted

Prof. Annamaria Campanini
President, International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW)