Social Work Day 2010 Summit

The Social Work Day 2010 (HK) Summit was successfully held on 16 March 2010 at the Auditorium, Duke of Windsor Social Service Building, 15 Hennessy Road, Wanchai. We were honorable to have Mr. Patrick NIP, Director of Social Welfare Department, to be our guest of Honor. After sharing some events held for celebrating 2010 Social Work Day (HK), the summit started with the “Introduction of 2010 Joint World Conference and Development of Local Agenda” by Ms. Chrsitine FANG. After the sharing from Ms. FANG, Dr. Sandra TSANG, Ms. Stella HO and Mr. CHEUNG Kwok Che shared topic on “Social Work and Social Developments: The Local Agenda in Ten Years” over the Summit. At the end of the summit, all participants were invited to join the Pledge Ceremony.

Local Agenda :

1. Population ageing and societal response
2. Social inclusion (Poverty/Disability/Ethnic Diversity)
3. Building a social protection system
4. Community Health
5. Family functioning, disintegration and domestic violence
6. Holistic development of the younger generation – chances and choices
7. Sustainable Community Development
8. User participation and response of the profession
9. Financing and development of social welfare system
10. Social work education and practice, and continuous professional development
11. Social work professional autonomy and personal commitment

Snapshot :

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http://www.hkcss.org.hk/album/2010/swd2010/index.htm