Call for abstracts
Ten years ago the Thematic Network ECSPRESS
presented the results of research on the European Dimensions in the Social Professions during a Pan-European Conference.
The conference proceedings were published:
Oldrich Chytil/Friedrich W. Seibel (Eds) 1999: > European Dimensions in Training and Practice of Social Professions < Boskovice: Albert.
In the last decade the social professions were affected by the Bologna process, by neo-liberal social policies which dominate the social,
and by the fact that they are involved in a complex process of professionalisation and differentiation. It is time to reflect on these developments as a group of European academics and practitioners.
An international conference will take a place in Ostrava from October 3 to4, 2008 on the topic:
Social Professions for a Social Europe:
Review – Insights - Prospects
Three important actors representing the social professions (ECSPRESS) will organize this conference:
- The European Centre for Community Education - ECCE
- The European Association of Schools of Social Work - EASSW
- Association Européen des Centre de Formation au Travail Socio-Educative - FESET
The conference program will be available in due course on our website www.ecce-net.eu.
Apart from keynote speakers we expect colleagues from the social professions to contribute shorter papers in workshops and posters for AGORA (presentations of projects,
presentations of social service providers and schools. Apart from presentation the aim is finding partners for educational and research projects or praxis).
Corresponding to the format of the conference of 1998 the seminar in October 2008 will also concentrate on three thematic pillars:
- 1.European Dimensions in the Curriculum Development of the Social Professions
- 2.The Role of the Social Professions in Fighting Social Exclusion
- 3.Social Professions in Changing Socio-political contexts in Europe
The papers presented in the workshops will be published in the series ‘Ecspress Edition’.
We invite authors from all European countries to contribute.
- 1. Please submit an abstract for a paper which relates to one of the three thematic pillars mentioned above by 30th MAY specifying the thematic pillar to which your paper would relate best. Abstracts should be written in English, French, German or any Slavic language and should not exceed 200 words. Please indicate 4-5 Keywords.
- 2. Abstracts will be discussed and selected by the International Coordinating Committee (Anette Kniephoff-Knebel - ECCE, Jochen Windheuser – FESET and Günter J. Friesenhahn - EASSW) together with Oldrich Chytil – ECSPRESS – office (Ostrava) and Friedrich W. Seibel – ECCE-office (Koblenz). Authors will get a response before 1st July 2008 including instructions for format, referencing etc. of the full paper.
- 3. The final submission for the book will be limited to 5000 words (including references) and should be delivered in one of the languages before 1st of October 2008.
- 4. In the event of your abstract being accepted and you being invited to present a paper at the conference we ask you to prepare some slides, overheads or power point documents in English to illustrate your key points in that language.
- 5. The following questions should be helpful in drafting your abstract:
What are significant changes/developments in training patterns in your country?
How does/has the Bologna process influence/d the quality of training for the social professions?
Which are the most significant developments in the practice field and how do the social services and social professions (re-) act, how do they change?
Please send your abstract to fws@ecce-net.eu
The abstracts will be circulated to the other evaluators mentioned above.
Any further enquiries should be addressed to Ostrava@ecce-net.eu