Collaboration project between assistance service for families with children and centre of educational care in Decin (Czech Republic)

Martina Volfova, Decin (Czech Republic)

The assistance service for families with children, held by the Charity Association Decin (a civic association), is a registered social-activating service for families with children and it has been working in Decin since 1997. (more…)

Social support of People with Handicaps in Russia: Problems and Perspectives

Olga I. Borodkina and Yulia S. Victorova, St. Petersburg (Russia)

Background

According to official data there are more than 780 000 disabled people registered in St.Petersburg (more…)

Conference Report: «Development of a social service system in the field of HIV prevention»

Olga I. Borodkina ,St. Petersburg (Russia)

According to official data on 30.06.2009 494 074 HIV-infected people have been registered in Russia, including 4165 children. (more…)

Searching Roots

Marie Špiláčková, Ostrava (Czech Republic)

This article deals with the history of social planning in Ostrava. It describes the development of social planning and methods of social work in the region of Ostrava in the 1970ies and 1980ies. (more…)

New Master in Comparative European Studies

Zuyd University of Applied Sciences and the London Metropolitan University, in co-operation with an extended network of 37 universities and colleges all over Europe, offer the MA Comparative European Social Studies. (more…)

Report on the International Conference “Preventive Social Work in Russia and Europe”

Olga Borodkina, Anna Smirnova and Yulia Victorova, St. Petersburg (Russia)

The Conference has been held in St. Petersburg (more…)

Thoughts about Social Work with Communities in Romania

Szabó Béla, Cluj-Napoca (Romania)

In search of the community

It is very hard to talk about “a first time” when studying the issue of community. (more…)