GISW
GLOBAL INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL WORK
Board of Directors and Volunteers at the GISW AGM 2016: Back row (LtoR): Terence Yow, Sim Gim Guan, Tan Ngoh Tiong, David Ong, Vicky Tan, Koh Juat Muay. Front Row: S. Vasoo, Ang Bee Lian, Arthur Tan, Elena Lui, Teo Mui Wan
CSD2015 Conference: Opening Plenary with Keynote Speaker Dr Noeleen Heyzer and Guest of Honour: DPM Tharman Shanmugaratnam
The International Federation of Social Workers is holding a competition to design the 2017 World Social Work Day Poster. The competition is open to anyone including people that use social work services, students, social workers and any one else.
Board of Directors and Volunteers at the GISW AGM 2016: Back row (LtoR): Terence Yow, Sim Gim Guan, Tan Ngoh Tiong, David Ong, Vicky Tan, Koh Juat Muay. Front Row: S. Vasoo, Ang Bee Lian, Arthur Tan, Elena Lui, Teo Mui Wan
Vision &
Mission
The vision of The Global Institute of Social Work (GISW) is to deliver quality social work training wherever in the world it is needed the most. Our goal is to provide readily available, cost-effective, and culturally appropriate training in various fields of social work.
Forums and Conferences in Collaboration with GISW
Global Social Work TALK 2023
FUTURE OF GLOBAL SOCIAL WORK
Global Institute of Social Work in collaboration with International Association of Schools of Social Work brings you the annual Global Social Work Talk, scheduled for 23 March at 9.30am, (GMT+8, Singapore Time) followed by the GISW AGM at 11am.
The Global Social Work TALK has the slogan “ideas to change the world”. Prominent social workers will present their experiences; and global leaders will share their ideas that impact the community. The aim of GSW TALK is to create impetus for future good.
Topic: The Future of Global Social Work
Speaker: Dr Darla Coffey, immediate past President, and CEO, retired after a 10-year tenure with the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). She is chair of the Capacity Building Committee of International Association of Social Workers and its Resident Treasurer for many years.
Dr Coffey will share her experience with CSWE and identify trends in social work education, which she believes, should lead practice. She will highlight what is the future of social work from a global perspective. Under her leadership the number of accredited programs has grown to 842 with 59 more schools in the process of accreditation.
Dr. Coffey oversaw two updates to the Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards; expanded the services and support CSWE offers faculty members and students of accredited programs; elevated the role of social work in inter-professional education. In the past year she has been laser-focused on advancing social work education that is decisively anti-racist, anti-oppressive and anti-colonial.
Darla has been focused and dedicated to supporting the faculty, students, staff, and administrators of hundreds of social work programs at CSWE. Under her leadership, programs across the country have taken steps to improve their curriculums so that social workers have the skills to make a real difference in the lives of their clients and communities. Her deep passion for students and social work is inspirational.
GISW Website: https://gisw.teachable.com/ GISW Training Portal: https://gisw.teachable.com/
Happenings
GISW and CSWPF Signed MOU
On May 25th, 2022, GISW signed MOU with Bangaladesh to start GISW Bangladesh. This portal will provide current training in social work online in both Bangla and English language. The signing took place in Dhaka during the WSWD2022 international conference attended by hundreds of dignitaries, renowned social workers and speakers, and participants from all over the world.
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On behalf of Global Institute of Social Work, Social Work Across Borders, and with the support of International Association of Schools of Social Work, International Council of Social Welfare, Commonwealth Organisation for Social Work, Connexions International and other international organisations, we have written to the President of UN Security Council in support of the plight of humanitarian and social workers in Afghanistan.
We feel that urgent action is needed as we advocate that UN as well as other global action agencies including the Red Cross and Red Crescent, to act speedily to save lives and maintain basic human rights for the protection of humanitarian and social workers and to ensure their safe passage.
