MELBOURNE has won the rights to host the Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development in 2014.
The biennial event, to be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, is expected to draw 2,000 delegates from around the world, and inject an estimated A$7.6 million (US$7.5 million) into Victoria’s economy. It will be jointly hosted by the International Association of Schools of Social Work, International Council on Social Welfare, and International Federation of Social Workers.
Victorian Minister for Tourism and Major Events, Louise Asher, said: “This conference will not only deliver valuable tourism dollars to the state, it will also provide an excellent opportunity to showcase the extensive work undertaken in Victoria in the development of social welfare policy and service delivery.”
This year’s Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development will take place in Stockholm, Sweden, in July.
