Opening of the Plenum Conference 2017

Prof. dr. Rudi Roose, TiSSA Executive Board and Chair of the international Steering Committee

Prof. dr. Ewa Kantowicz, Chair of the Local Organizing Committee.

Prof. Ryszard Górecki, Rector of the University of Warmia & Mazury in Olsztyn

Prof. dr. Slawomir Przybylinski, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Warmia & Mazury in Olsztyn

Kortowo Folk Team

Session 1: Restructured societies (Old Boiler Auditorium)

Chair: Rúna í Baianstovu

Ingo Stamm, Tuuli Hirvilammi, Aila-Leena Matthies  & Kati Närhi (FI) - Ecosocial innovations in Europe – new models for social work action?

Rúna í Baianstovu (SW) - Towards a theory of power and communication in social work.

Session 2: Dialogue & co-operation (Old Boiler Room 1)

Chair: Lucy Holland

Lucy Holland, Milena Heinsch & Mel Gray (AU) - Social work: an important facilitator of dialogue and cooperation in the evolution of holistic models of patient-centred care for young people with chronic illness.

Griet Verschelden (BE) - System _ D in Brussels: from giving voice to giving a stage for dialogue 

Julija Eidukevičiūtė (LT) - Constructing diversity in social work with families: searching for practices to dialogue and involve clients in Lithuania 

Session 3: Social work research & knowledge (Old Boiler Room 2)

Chair: Paula Sousa

Paula Sousa & José Luis Almeida (PT) - Education for cultural sensitivity and cultural competence in social work.

Tijs Van Steenberghe, Jessica De Maeyer, Didier Reynaert & Griet Roets (BE) - Challenges for social work in the co-creation of knowledge.

Cezary Kurkowski & Katarzyna Białobrzeska (PL) - Motives for undertaking studies in the field of social work – comparative analysis 

Elżbieta Wołódźko (PL) - Action research in pedagogues’ professional education

Session 4: Symposium (Old Boiler Room 3)

Bart Van Bouchaute, Tim Vanhove, Reyhan Görgöz & Raf Debaene (BE) - “Getting back in by the backdoor": the inescapability of the deradicalisation pitfalls in policy and practise.

The European Association of Education and Progress “PIONIER” (l. Warmińska 14/2, Olsztyn)

ESER ‘PIONIER’ was founded November 29, 2006. Currently, the association employs ten people and work with a group of about 100 volunteers who are students of the University of Warmia - Mazury in Olsztyn. The organisation is primarily the implementation of projects, which primary purpose is non- formal education, improving social skills, community mobilization, intercultural dialogue. They are also connecting youth and non-profit generation in the field of social media.

The main objectives of the NGO are: (i) to propagate the idea of education and social skills amongst young people,
(ii)  to initiate meeting of young people from all around the world, (iii) to react and help to eliminate problems concerning children and young people, (iv) to support social initiatives aiming at development and non-formal education and (v) to combine partners for mutual undertakings.


Community Self-Help Housing “Dworek” (Królowej Jadwigi 4 street, Olsztyn)

Community Self-Help Housing “Dworek” is a day stay facility, designed for people with mental disorders. Their goal is to create suitable rehabilitation conditions and a friendly atmosphere for skills development in the workshops such as cooking, plastic arts, computer, technical, handicraft, motorial improvement and world experience. They provide assistance in solving daily life problems by trainings preparing for independent living, work and self-care. They teach classes of social therapy and memory training, arrange common excursions, visits to the cinema, theatre and exhibition, walking.

Social Cooperation HuManus (M. Kotanski 1 street, Olsztyn)

Social Cooperation HuManus was founded in 2014 on the initiative of the Federation of Social Organizations of Warmia and Mazury Moat and Food Bank in Olsztyn. The idea of ​​the Cooperation and the main range of activities based on the creative production and process of everyday objects and activities giving them a new and unique shape and purpose. The employees of the Cooperation work mainly in the sectors such as wood, glass, metal; paint, Sculpture making, and drawing the posters for different events the headquarters of the Cooperative Street. M. Kotański 1, there is a workshop, studio, and art gallery, where you can have a cup of coffee, and make plans for you and as well other daily activities under the guidance of qualified artists who have rich experience in the field of art, furniture, decoration items, etc. and they have to perform everyday activities in such sector.

Residential House for the Elderly -„Home on the Valley” (ul. Różnowo 70A | 11-001 | Dywity)

The Dom Opieki i Dom Pomocy Społecznej - "Dom Nad Doliną" centre is an organisation for seniors who want to spend the last years of their life in a nice atmosphere. It offers all kinds of special care and medical treatment as well as various possibilities for social activities. The centre also provides elderly with medical interventions for short periods of hospitalization and care. The elderly can live in single, double apartments or three person’s apartments with all needed house facilities and bathroom. „Home on the Valley” has got its own training hall, rehabilitation rooms, kitchen services and a dining room. Thanks to high qualified personnel, it offers good professional care, therapy and activation.