COMMEMORATINGWORLD SOCIAL WORK DAY 2021
Two Days Training Workshop on
Community Driven Development throughEffective Management of ALF/CLF under Social Mobilization andInstitutional Development component of DAY-NULM under the ambitof Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

ON 16-17 MARCH 2021 (Saturday), 10.00 A.M. - 4.00 P.M.
At Conference Hall, RGNIYD, PEC Campus, Chandigarh (U.T.)हमलोग ह - इस लए मै ँसामा जक एकजुटता तथा वै क संयु ता का सु ढ़ करण
Community and Social Workers for
Sustainable Cities and Communities Time for Affirmative Action

Association of Professional Social Workers and Development
Practitioners (APSWDP), INDIAIn Special Consultative Status with Economic and Social Council of the United Nations since 2019
Affiliated with Department of Global Communications (DGC) of the United Nations since 2019
Registered with NITI AAYOG (Former Planning Commission of India) since 2015

www.apswdp.org#WSWD2021#SustainableFuture#2030Agenda#SocialWorkers# SDGsBACKGROUNDWorld Social Work Day (WSWD) was launched by The International Federation of Social Workers(IFSW) in 1983. Later, other social work organizations such as the International Association of
Schools of Social Work (IASSW) have also joined as partners to this event. WSWD has become afocal point in the social work calendar with social workers all over the world celebrating andpromoting the contributions of the profession towards individuals, families, communities, and wider
society. The day is celebrated every 3rd Tuesday of March.
On this day, social work organizations throughout the world celebrate WSWD by the way of bringing
messages to their governments, communities, and peer professional groups on the unique andsignificant contributions made by the social work profession. The actions also highlight theapproach of the social work profession to facilitate sustainable community outcomes by applying adevelopmental and capacity building approach coupled with advocating for social justice andhuman rights.
The themes of WSWD are set for two years according to the goals of the Global Agenda for Social
Work and Social Development:2012 – 2014: Promoting Social and Economic Equality
2015 – 2016: Promoting the Dignity and Worth of Peoples.
2017 – 2018: Promoting Community and Environmental Sustainability
2019 – 2020: Promoting the Importance of Human Relationships
2020 – 2021: Strengthening Social Solidarity & Global Connectedness
Every year IFSW produces a poster announcing WSWD which is spontaneously translated into over
45 languages, and presented to governments, political bodies posted on the notice boards of social
services and in social work classrooms throughout the world. The event has become so successful
in recent years it is now generally considered as a highlight of international solidarity andcooperation of social workers.
WORLD SOCIAL WORK DAY AT THE UNITED NATIONSIASSW and IFSW have special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and SocialCouncil (UN-ECOSOC) (IASSW since 1947 and IFSW since 1959). Jointly the representatives of bothorganizations have annually celebrated WSWD at the UN in New York since 1983 and in Geneva
since 2012. Sporadically WSWD at the UN has also been celebrated in Vienna, Nairobi, and Santiagode Chile. In 2017 for the first time, WSWD was celebrated at the UN in Bangkok.
OBJECTIVES OF WSWD AT THE UN

1. To strengthen existing or to establish new contacts, cooperation and partnership with UN
organizations and with allied international NGOs.
2. To spread knowledge about social work, its values, principles and methods in practice and theory
among UN organizations and allied international NGOs.
3. To highlight social work actions, policies and achievements in the pursuit of common goals.
4. To disseminate the knowledge about UN activities, goals, program and campaigns among social
workers and social work organizations and schools.

ABOUT APSWDP
Association of Professional Social Workers & Development Practitioners (APSWDP) is a registered
not for profit professional membership-based organization of professional social workers anddevelopment practitioners working in various social welfare domain across the country. APSWDP
has been conferred Special Consultative Status with Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) andaffiliation with the Department of Global Communication (DGC) of United Nations since 2019. Social
issues like poverty, livelihood, health, environment, education, water & sanitation, unemployment,disease control program, urbanization, youth issues of de-addiction, and others have covered thewhole gamut of government, development agencies, and academic institutions.
Since the influx of specialization and expertise has increased
over the current decade in the country among
implementation agencies, then the requirement of trainedsocial work professionals and practitioners is indeed a factualrequirement. The association focuses on creating acountrywide and global network of dedicated social work
professionals and development practitioners from remote
geographical rural areas, to discuss, debate, and develop a
key framework on evidence & practice-based interventions,
methods.
The focus will be to enable social workers and development practitioners all around the globe toshare their ideas and work on various development issues. APSWDP also offers a platform to youth
leaders, scholars/researchers with striving passion to participate in bringing reformation throughcorrectional measures in existing policies.
WORLD SOCIAL WORK DAY AT CHANDIGARH
Prior to the evolution of Association of Professional Social Workers and Development Practitioners(APSWDP), Alliance of Professional Social Workers commemorated World Social Work Day 2014 forthe first time in Chandigarh tri-city region at IGNOU Regional Centre among Professional Social
Workers, undergraduate and Post Graduate Social Work Students, practitioners and IGNOU
counsellors under the mentorship and guidance of Mr Vivek Trivedi and Dr J. K. Yadav. Later,
inspired by the successful organisation of World Social Work Day for the first time in the region, agiant leap was taken in conceiving formal and legal set up of Association of Professional Social
Workers and Development Practitioners in 2014.
The first official debut of commemorating World Social
Work Day 2015 in the entire northern region was madeunder the mentorship and invitation from the renownedsocial worker and the then His Excellency Prof. KaptainSingh Solanki, Hon’ble Governor, Punjab and Haryana,
the Administrator, U.T. Chandigarh at Raj Bhawan, U.T.
Chandigarh.
Since then, APSWDP is celebrating consecutively World Social Work Day at Chandigarh by involving
leading and premier government and non-government institutions more prominently, State Legal
Service Authority, U.T. Chandigarh, District Legal Service Authority, Chandigarh, Rajiv Gandhi
National Institute of Youth Development, Regional Centre, Chandigarh, Govt. of India, School of
Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh, Centre for Social Work, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Punjab
Energy Development Agency (PEDA), Punjab Tourism Department, The Climate Reality Project India,
Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh, Union Bank of India, RO, Chandigarh etc. in past.

WORLD SOCIAL WORK DAY 2021 AT MUNICIPAL CORPORATION CHANDIGARH
World Social Work Day is on the 16th of March 2021. It is the key day in the year that social workers
worldwide stand together to advance our common message globally. This year, the 2021 World
Social Day highlights Ubuntu: I am Because We Are. This is the first theme of the 2020 to 2030
Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development. Ubuntu: I am Because We are –Strengthening Social Solidarity and Global Connectedness. Ubuntu: ‘I am because we are’ is aconcept and philosophy that resonates with the social work perspective of the interconnectedness ofall peoples and their environments. It speaks to the need for global solidarity and also highlights
indigenous knowledge and wisdom. Silvana Martinez, IFSW President commented. The theme comesfrom extensive consultation within IFSW and beyond. At a time when global politics has retreated into
nationalism, Ubuntu is a powerful message on the need for solidarity at all levels: withincommunities, societies, and globally. It is a message that all people are interconnected and that ourfuture is dependent on recognizing all people's involvement in co-building a sustainable, fair, andsocially just future. Motivated by IFSW, APSWDP invites all social workers, partner organizations, andpeople who care about the future to partner and organize events in the country. Together we canchange the world for this and future generations.
APSWDP has conceived a Two Days Training Workshop on Community Driven Development
through Effective Management of Area Level Federation/City Level Federations (ALF/CLF)
under Social Mobilization and Institutional Development (SM&ID) component of DAY
NULM under the ambit of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) coinciding World Social
Work Day 2021 in institutional partnership with the Development Cell (DAY-NULM), Municipal
Corporation Chandigarh on 16-17 March 2021 for the local community workers, representativesof women based CBOs and CSO partners for fostering local partnership and sustained handholding
in localizing and achieving SDGs through community-driven development at grass-root level.
TARGET AUDIENCE
Functionaries of ALF/CLF
Local Social Development, and Para Legal Volunteers
Officials and Community Organizer of DAY NULM
Academicians, and Researchers,
Local CSO Representatives, Activists, and Change Makers

MODE OF COMMUNICATION
The mode of communication for WSWD 2021 is Hindi. However, the participants are also
encouraged to join the conversation in their respective vernacular other than Hindi. APSWDP does
not discriminate on the grounds of language. We believe in participation from across the lines. Ourvolunteers will felicitate the participants in case if they are not comfortable with the language.
FOR ANY QUERIES, CONTACT

Association of Professional Social Workers and Development Practitioners (APSWDP)
Post Box. 324, Post Office, Sec-11.D, Chandigarh-160011
Website: www.apswdp.org
E-mail: apswdp@gmail.com,Phone: +91 7087060356@apswdp-india@apswdp@apswdp_india@apswdp_india