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International Association of Schools of Social Work
President's Report ( July – December 2022)
for Hybrid (Port Elizabeth, South Africa and on line) Board MeetingFirst of all we would like to report about the Joint World Conference on social work educationand social development sponsored collaboratively by IASSW and ICSW held on October 26-28,
2022, in Seoul, South Korea.
The conference, in hybrid mode, was opened with remarks from Dr. Sang-Mok Suh, Presidentof the International Council on Social Welfare and myself. A congratulatory message wasdelivered by Kyoo-hong Cho, Minister of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea.
Two plenary lectures were delivered. The first by Dr. Gloria Kirwan from the Graduate Schoolof Healthcare Management, Royal College of Medicine and the second, the Katherine Kendall
Lecturer, by Dr. Julia A. Watkins, Co-director of the Southeast Europe Academic Women's
Leadership Initiative. Four special lectures were also delivered by Sang-Mok Suh, Neil Gilbert,
Chaime Marcuello-Servos and Darja Zavirsek, the Eileen Younghusband lecturer. During theOpening Ceremony, I presented to Dr. In-Young Han, an award from IASSW in appreciation for
her long-time service and commitment to our association.
IASSW extends it heartfelt thanks to the local management committee, the globalmanagement committee (Annaline Keet, Alexandra Mustafa and Junko Wake representing
IASSW) and the scientific committee for organizing and putting on this amazing worldconference.
All sessions were recorded and broadcasted synchronously. Over one hundred and twentyseven presentations, workshops, and posters were delivered on day two with several hundred
presenters. The range of topics was extensive, all contributing to the consideration of social
work education and social development post-pandemic.
On day two, IASSW and ICSW held a book launch featuring two books, Remaking Social Workfor the New Global Era, edited by Tiong Ngoh Tan and. P. K. Shajahan. This book was theproduct of work completed for the Rimini World Conference that was cancelled due toCOVID. Digital Transformation and Social Well-being: Promoting an Inclusive Society edited byAntonio Lopez Peaez, Sang-Mok Suh and Sergei Zelenev was also launched.
Two books The Origins of Social Care and Social Work: Creating a Global Future and HIV, Sexand Sexuality in Later Life were presented by Mark Henrickson.
The final day of the conference included a field site visit to the Social Welfare Corporation
Angel's Haven which cares for children, people with disabilities and also provides services tothe elderly in the community .
Delegates traveled to Seoul from many different countries and all indicated their appreciationof returning to in-person meeting to strengthen old relationships, build new ones and havethe opportunity to collaborate and network with like-minded colleagues.
You can get more details with pictures on IASSW website : https://www.iasswaiets.org/swesd-2022-joint-world-conference-on-social-work-education-social-development/

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SWESD 2022 Seoul was a major success. All involved celebrated the accomplishments. We
are looking forward to the next tripartite world conference to be held in Panama, April 4-7,2023. I hope to see you all there!
As you remember, IASSW in collaboration with IFSW has launched the https://www.iasswaiets.org/featured/5867-announcement-of-the-updated-global-standards-for-social-workeducation-and-training-the-new-chapter-in-social-work-profession/
Since launching of the revised Global Standards, IASSW has disseminated them throughworkshops, webinars and conferences. IASSW has convened a Task Force of thought leaders
to develop ways to support the adoption of the standards as a framework for social work
education across the globe and IASSW plans to work with schools in different part of theworld to implement these standards to achieve excellence in social work education, grounded
in deep respect for cultural and regional contexts.
Thanks to Angie Yuen, we have in progress an agreement with Department of Applied Social
Sciences (APSS) represented by prof. Eric Chui to have a three years free support in delivering
an online learning platform on the IASSW Global Standards for Social Work Education andTraining for international users, particularly for users in the developing countries. Our online
learning programme team is chaired by Varoshini Nadesan.
During the last six months IASSSW organized three webinars in conjunction with the different
UN world days. Here are all videos available : (1079) IASSW Communications - YouTube
We need more volunteers to present and of course this material, that will be stored in ourwebsite, can be useful in teaching, so we are inviting you all to disseminate and utilize it.
Another important initiative that has been undertaken is the Letter of Understanding signedin March with the association Power Us, an international network of teachers and researchers
from schools of social work and representatives from different service user organizations. We
are now in the process of planning different webinar (Jenny is in contact with theorganization) to spread the ideas of the importance of involving and cooperating withrepresentatives of service users in our education and research.
IASSW Membership Committee has launched Student’s membership in March 2022. Student’smembership fee is 20 USD for all students across the world. We are very excited aboutwelcoming students, particularly doctoral students, into our global network.
Student member will get all the benefits of membership. https://www.iasswaiets.org/membership/
Please inform your students about this opportunity.
Other activities
I am sharing highlight of my participation to many different initiatives during the past six
months:July
5 - I did a capacity building initiative (Capacitacion professional en trabajo social ) at the“Facultade de Educacion y Traballo Social” in Ourense
7 - I gave the speech on Digital tools and e- learning after the COVID19 in a conference,organised by UNED in Ourense
September318 - The India Rajajiri college, orgnised a workshop on international internship as a result of aproject funded by IASSW and I gave an opening welcome speech.
5/9 - I participated in the Summer School in Prishtina and gave a lecture on Gender andleadership in social work. Along with me Barbara Shank and Darja Zaviršek also participatedand presented speech. More detail report is available on IASSW website:
https://www.iassw-aiets.org/news/10311-international-summer-school-gender-andleadership-social-work-education-in-southeast-europe/

24 - Welcome to the New Action, New Era and New Journey: International Symposium on
Quality Development of MSW Education in China.
22 - Welcome for the 70th anniversary of Zagreb social work school
In September I also recorded a Panama conference welcome as a contribution to create theconference spot and prepared a written interview about IASSW to be published on the Czech
social work journal
October
18 - Siena Opening lecture of the academic year on international social work
19 - Salerno Opening lecture of the academic year on international social work
26/28 - SWESD2022 Seoul conference with opening, closing speeches and discussion during
the books presentation.
November
9/16 - Together with Barbara Shank, I participated to CSWE conference. We were at theIASSW boot to encourage academic and schools to become members.
I had meeting with Commission on Global Education meeting with IASSW Secretary BarbaraShank, Dr. Cudore Snell, Dr. Rebecca Thomas & Dr. Lynne Healy.We discussed about low
represnenation of US schools in IASSW. We had IASSW booth at the CSWE APM, dispalyedmarketing and communication materials (poster and flyers of IASSW). We motivated visitors
to join and renew their IASSW membership with IASSW. We hope to have more members
ffrom the USA in 2023.

4Dr Darla Spence Coffee, President and CEO of CSWE completed her 10 years term at theIASSW Board of Directors. IASSW President - Prof. Annamaria Campanini presented herrecognition plaque for her contribution towards IASSW and global social work education.DrCoffee was Chair of the Capacity building committee of IASSW and will be continuing as amember of the committee. IASSW board of directors, members and all social workers acrossthe world are thankful for her contribution for global social work education.

18 – I recorded the inaugural speech for Segundo seminario internaciional de trabajo social
digital: nuevos desafios y tematica de frontera en la era actual, organised by UNAM

521 - I did the inaugural speech at the conference <<SEGURIDAD Y DERECHOINTERNACIONAL: EL PAPEL DE LOS TRABAJADORES SOCIALES EN ZONAS DE CONFLICTO>>
organized by UNED
21 - I recorded the inaugural speech for the Alaeits conference
22 - I participated to the meeting with the editorial board of the new journal European Social
Work Research (ESWR) discussing possible link with this Journal and our association
22 - I had a meeting with the Head of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico prof.
Carmen Casas for discussing the request of beeing partner in the international conference
they will organize in Ciudad de Mexico in October 2023.
27/ 2 December - Orit Nutmman organized a visit to Israel to meet the deans and the facultiesof the different schools. I presented the IASSW activities and give some lectures to thestudents in Haifa, Sapir and BariLan.
Orit Nutmman and Alex Altshuler have submitted Israeli National Representatives BoardMembers Summary which include all activities.
30 – I recorder a speech on “International Social Work Organizations and Global Trends” forthe International Congress on Social Policies 2022: The Challenge of Social Inclusion in Future
EuropeHosted by University of Malaga, organized jointly with ICSW and UNED.
December
20 Speech on international dimension of social work at Florence social /health services
organization
I would like to finish my report with the best wishes to you all and your families. With thehope that the new year will bring peace around the world. As Albert Einstein said “Peacecannot be kept by force, it can only be achieved by understanding”, and I also would like toremember a quote from the Nobel Price Jane Addams “True peace is not merely the absence ofwar, it is the presence of justice.” I hope that our association can contribute to that.

I look forward to your feedback on my report and I hope that in January Board Meeting wewill have fruitful discussion while meeting face-to-face with some of you.
Respectfully submittedProf. Annamaria Campanini
President, International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW)