AIEJI – International Association of Social Educators
AIEJI – International Association of Social Educators is an organisation of individual social educators, their national organisations, related workplaces and educational institutions that work with developing the profession of social educators and the underlying principles of practice. History. AIEJI was founded in the aftermath of World War II as a collective, international response to the many children and youth left orphaned, homeless or parentless after the war as it was clear that something had to be done to take care of their educational needs. Several meetings were held between representatives from various European countries until , in 1951, Association International des Éducateurs de Jeunes Inadapté (AIEJI), was created. One of the headmasters behind the creation of AIEJI, was Henri Joubrel, who was also one of the main forces behind ANEJI - Association nationale des éducateurs des jeunes inadapté - the national French organisation for social educators. Another important character in the history of AIEJI, is Serge Ginger, the general secretary of AIEJI for many years (1966–1991), and a clinical psychologist who. during several years 1974-1980) worked as international chief expert for UNESCO, in the field of Special Education and Psychology. AIEJI has since developed to becoming an  international organisation with members from all over the world who work with socially exposed children and youth, persons with developmental disabilities and excluded and marginalised adults such as persons with mental disorders, homeless people and substance abusers. Objectives & means. The objectives of AIEJI are to: AIEJI will seek to carry out its stated objectives by means of: AIEJI World Congress. Every 4th year, AIEJI holds an international congress for all its members and affiliated professionals, scholars, practitioners et al. The world congress is the main event of the association which constitutes the direction and purpose of the association and where  knowledge is produced, gathered and exchanged. In 2021, the Congress takes place in Lausanne in Switzerland.