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.
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD
Professor Terry M.C. Hokenstad
Honorary President
Distinguished University Professor, Ralph S. and Dorothy P. Schmitt Professor and Professor of Global Health, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University.
Monique Auffrey
International Advisory Board Member
Executive Director, Discovery House; Instructor at Dalhousie University, Canada, Secretary General, Commonwealth Organisation for Social Work.
Dr. Gordana Berg
International Advisory Board Member
Associate Professor Gordana Berg is at Department of Social Work, Faculty of Law, University of Zabgreb.
Dr. Antonia Dashkina
International Advisory Board Member
President, Russian Union of Social Workers and Social Pedagogues; Representative of the Council of Europe.
Elis Envall
International Advisory Board Member
Past President, International Federation of Social Workers, Program Officer, National Board of Health and Welfare, Sweden.
Professor Ngoh Tiong Tan
Chair, International Advisory Board
President, Connexions International Professor, Singapore University, Social Science.
Professor Imho Bae
International Advisory Board Member
Dean of the College of Social Sciences, Soongsil University, Korea.
Professor Anna Maria Campanini
International Advisory Board Member
President, International Association of Schools of Social Work; Professor in Social Work, Department of Sociology and Social Research University Milano Bicocca.
Professor Jeffrey Edleson
International Advisory Board Member
Professor & Former Dean, School of Social Welfare, University of California - Berkeley.
Dr. David Jones
International Advisory Board Member
President IFSW (2006-2010), Coordinator of the Global Agenda for Social Work until 2010, Commonwealth Organisation for Social Work Representative to Commonwealth Institutions.
Professor Gidraph Wairire
International Advisory Board Member
Professor, University of Nairobi, Kenya; Former President, Association of Schools of Social Work in Africa
Professor Jim Reinardy
International Advisory Board Member
Professor of Social Work, University of Minnesota.
Professor Johnston Wong
International Advisory Board Member
Professor of Social Work, United International College, China.
Professor Francis Yuen
International Advisory Board Member
Editor, Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, Professor, California State University Sacramento
Professor Barbara Shank
Professor Barbara Shank
Professor and Dean of Social Work, University of St Thomas, Immediate Past President, International Consortium for Social Development.
Professor Shanti K. Khinduka
International Advisory Board Member
George Warren Brown Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, Dean Emeritus, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis.
Professor Paul Maiden
International Advisory Board Member
Professor and former Executive Vice Dean, School of Social Work, University of Southern California.
Charles Mbuaga
International Advisory Board Member
Past President, IFSW- Africa, Co-chair, Commonwealth Organisation for Social work .
David Niven
International Advisory Board Member
Founder, David Niven Associates, Social World Podcast
Professor Abye Tasse
International Advisory Board Member
Professor of Social Work and Sociology, University of Nouakchott Mauritania, Past President, IASSW.
Professor Johnston Wong
International Advisory Board Member
Professor of Social Work, United International College, China.
Professor Francis Yuen
International Advisory Board Member
Editor, Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, Professor, California State University Sacramento
Professor Barbara Shank
Fellow of GISW
Professor and Former Dean of Social Work, University of St Thomas, Immediate Past President, International Consortium for Social Development.