International Association of Schools of Social Work

Major Activities of IASSW include:

IASSW Global Standards Task Force

Monthly Webinars

IASSW Monthly & Weekly newsletters

Capacity Building Workshops

Cross-sectoral learning

International Projects Grant Funding

Global Social Work Documents

IASSW with the International Federation of Social Workers, or IFSW, developed three Global Social Work Documents, available on the IASSW website which includes the Global definition of Social Work; Global Social Work Statement of Ethical Principles; Global Standards for Social Work Education and Training; Ethics in Social Work Statement of Principles. The Global Definition Of Social Work was approved by the IASSW General Assembly and IFSW General Meeting in July 2014.^[5]

Ethics In Social Work, Statement Of Principles - the IASSW version of the Global Social Work Statement of Ethical Principles - which was unanimously adopted at the General Assembly of IASSW on 5 July 2018 in Dublin, Ireland is available in various languages.^[6]

IASSW and IFSW approved in July 2020, the Global Standards for Social Work Education and Training.^[7]

IASSW with IFSW and the Institute for Clinical Social Work (ICSW), developed the Global Agenda 2010–2020 and are currently developing the Global Agenda 2020–2030. Annually IASSW in collaboration with ICSW and IFSW sponsors World Social Work Day at the United Nations. The theme for World Social Work Day is based on the pillars of the Global Agenda.^[8]

IASSW has prepared two statements for social work understanding of the IASSW international position on social work research (2017) and clinical social work (2023).

• Social work
• Category: Social work education