33rd Global
Conference of ICSW
Tours, France, June 30th to July 4th

  • France
  • Anglais

The dynamics of social welfare in globalization:
Lessons from the past, challenges for today and tomorrow

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Thursday, July 3rd: SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Social development can be defined as the process of planned social change, designed to improve the welfare of the population as a whole, in conjunction with economic development and environmental protection. A distortion of the concept of social development has emerged. Some governments and international financial institutions have focused on poverty reduction rather than on social development. Poverty is only part of the problem. This has led to the implementation of policies oriented towards a part of the society instead of the society as a whole. Most experts in social development advocate more comprehensive strategies, including: community development, corporate social responsibility,  strengthening civil society and guaranteeing human and social rights, all along the life course and whatever the vagaries of life. An index of human development has set up to include in the measure of growth a number of non economic ratios such as the average level of education, equity, non discrimination and child mortality rates.

This programme is provisional. More speakers will be added as they confirm their participation to the conference. More workshops will be added too.

9h-10h30: third plenary session


SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: from targeted policies on poverty reduction to human development



Chair:

YB Dato' Dr. Ng YEN YEN (Malaysia), Minister of Women, Family and Community Development


Speakers:

- Daniyal AZIZ (Pakistan), Chairman of the Board of Directors, Devolution Trust for Community Empowerment (DTCE)

- Bob DEACON (United Kingdom), Professor of International Social Policy, University of Sheffield

- Isabel ORTIZ (Spain), Senior Interregional Advisor, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs


10h30-11h: coffee break

11h-12h30: symposiums


  • Symposium 7: Poverty reduction and minimum income policies: results and limits

Chair:

Patrick HERMANGE (France), General Director, National Pension Fund for Employed Workers (CNAVTS)


Speakers:


- Matthias ROMPEL (Germany), director of social protection, German Cooperation Agency (GTZ)

- Fabio VERAS SOARES (Brazil), Researcher, UNDP - International Poverty Centre


- Timo VOÏPIO (Finland), Social Security Policy Analyst, International Social Security Association (ISSA)


  • Symposium 8: Human development: sustainable development, human rights, social policies and multiculturalism, basic education

Chair:

Antoine FLAHAULT (France), Director, French School of Public Health (EHESP)

Speakers: 

- Driss GUERRAOUI (Morocco), Adviser to the Prime Minister of Morocco on social policies

- Frédéric LESEMANN (Canada), Professor of Sociology, Canadian Institute of Scientific Research

- Shereen USDIN (South Africa), director, Soul City - Institute for Health and Development Communication
  • Symposium 9: How to finance human development: taxes, private funds, private-public partnerships, international assistance, “codevelopment"

Chair:
Dr. M.J. Steenbergen (Netherlands), CEO, MOVISIE, Netherlands centre for social development

Speakers:

- Magdy M. MOUSSA (Egypte), Director for the Middle East, PlaNet Finance

- Jeremaiah OPINIANO (Philippines), Executive Director, Institute for Migration and Development Issues







12h30-14h: working lunch


14h-15h30: 5th series of workshops


  • 50/ Women and poverty (French/English)
Women are directly concerned by poverty and in two distinct ways:  firstly as they are often the main victims, and secondly because their role in society makes them a key player in the fight against poverty.  As women are central figures in raising and educating children, they control the future of an entire generation.  With their position in the household and its finances, women determine whether a family is trapped in or avoids poverty.  Their decisions on contraception are also crucial.  For all these reasons, women’s rights are a strategic issue in the long-term fight against poverty.

Moderator:
Agnès Plassart (France), CEO, Public Interest Group for Health and Social Protection in the International Arena (GIP-SPSI)
Speakers:
Ketevan Dadunashvili (Georgia), Domus Mobiles
Yacine Diagne (Senegal), President, Association Femmes de la Médina
Elieth Eyebiyi (Benin), Graduate Student, Pluridisciplinary Graduate School,University of Abomey-Calavi (UAC)
Boram Hwang (Korea), Professor, Social Work Department, Pusan National University
Sabita Swain (India), Secretary,Social Education for Environment and development ( SEED)
Pei Xiaomeï (China), Professor, Sociology Department, Tsinghua University
  • 51/ Basic education, culture and social development (French/English)
Social development implies the daily participation of inhabitants in local affairs. Yet, this participation is restricted by a number of hurdles, for instance insufficient basic education or cultural barriers, especially for migrants. Bridges between inhabitants and social institutions must be built and multiculturalism be promoted. This workshop will present successful projects in this respect.

Moderator:
Association "Femmes-Relais" of Bobigny
Speakers :
Daoudi Malika (Morocco), Head, El Masira Centre for the protection of children in Jerada
Nam-Soon Huh (Korea), Professor, Social Welfare Department, Hallym University
Yun-Soon Koh (Korea), Professor, Social Welfare Department, Hallym University
Gi-Joo Yi & Il-Young Koh (Korea), Graduate Students, Social Welfare Department, Hallym University
Sangaré (Mali),  Association "Femmes-Relais" of Bobigny



  • 52/ Health and development (French/English)
In this workshop, we will look beyond the responses of international NGOs to situations of sanitary crisis. Through concrete examples, we will look at how international aid can give durable access to health care while supporting the development of mutual insurance systems. These systems can be adapted to local conditions and turned into viable models through the transfer of competences and structures.

Moderator:
Kulmie Samantar (France), Head, Division of International Relations and Cooperation, National Federation of French Mutual Insurance Companies (FNMF)
Speakers:
Henri Poizat (France), Director, Anjou-Mayenne Mutual Insurance Company
Lucia Silla (Brazil), Hospital of Clinics Porto Alegre (HCPA)
Thierno Aliou Ba (Senegal), President of the Centre Amadou Malick Gaye



  • 53/ "Codevelopment" (French/English)
World Bank figures for 2005 show that a total of $200 billion was transferred by migrants back to their home countries.  In Mali, the total amount of transfers is the equivalent of 25% of the State budget.  This situation could provide the basis for a policy, with co-development being defined as the voluntary contribution of migrants to development projects in countries in the “South”.  The workshop will be conducted by pooling experience and discussing both the difficulties and opportunities of co-development projects.

Moderator:
Antoine Zamora (France), accountant, Haute-Garonne County Health Insurance Fund

Speakers:
Muriel Muller de Tannegg (France), Overseas Insured Persons Direction, National Pension Fund for Employees (CNAVTS)
Jeremaiah Opiniano (Philippines), Executive Director, Institute for Migration and Development Issues



  • 54/Microfinance (English)
In spite of the fact that political relations remain the determining factor in the making of social policies, university research can be a major contributor in that area. This workshop will provide some examples of how university research can possibly contribute to social policies.

Moderator:
Eric Parpaillon (France), Administrator, Ministry of Health, Youth and Sports

Speakers:
Thanh Tu Nguyen (Vietnam), Graduate Student, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
Anuppalle R. Reddy (India), Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, Sri Venkateswara, University, Tirupati

  • 55/Continuation of Building a relationship between civil society and regional groupings of governments (workshop 45) (English)
As with workshop 45, workshop 55 will provide participants with the opportunity to work with each other to discuss and further extend their knowledge on working with regional groupings of governments.



  • 56/ Globalisation of social policies and access to social rights (English)
Originally elaborated within national frameworks on the basis of normative references codified at world level, what is labeled “social rights” is changing under the influence of social policies designed at an international scale and the emergence of a “social dimension of globalization”. The struggle against poverty, the liberalization and increasing flexibility of labor markets, as well as strives towards the extension of social protection to non-covered populations all tend to alter, in most countries of the world: the mechanisms of social protection systems, the meaning and contents of social rights, mechanisms of solidarity and responsibility that represent the political and financial foundations of social rights.
This workshop will discuss the following issues: the becoming of social rights at national scale, references used by international organizations promoting policies or actions related to social protection and development, specific initiatives taken towards improving and promoting the effectiveness of social rights.

Moderator:
Blandine Destremau (France), Senior researcher in Economics, French Centre of Scientific Research (CNRS)
Speaker:
Fazil Yozgat (Turkey), Assistant Professor of Economic and Public Administration, Cumhuriyet University


15h30-16h: coffee break


16h-17h30: Closing session


  • Denys CORRELL (Australia), ICSW Executive Director
  • Solveig ASKJEM (Norway), outgoing ICSW President
  • Christian ROLLET (France), President, French Council on Social Welfare (CNAS), and incoming ICSW President
  • Christine FANG (Hong Kong), Chair, Organizing Committee of the 2010 Joint World Social Work and Social Development Conference
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