European Social Services Conference 6-8 July

The 19^th European Social Services Conference took place in Warsaw from 6-8 July 2011 in partnership with the Polish Presidency of the European Union. This year’s theme is: Building an Active and Caring Society: Innovation, Participation, Community.

The annual European Social Services Conference is our flagship event intended for all those concerned with planning and delivering European social care and health. Through top-quality plenary presentations and a highly topical workshop programme, the conference offers strategic and practical learning and networking opportunities to all those responsible for planning and implementing services in different European regions: planners, politicians, managers and professionals.

The conferences attracted over 400 delegates from over 30 different countries.

Our last 18th European Social Services Conference ‘Challenges and Opportunities for Social Services in Europe: promoting care and inclusion in a difficult economic environment’ took place in Barcelona from 21-23 June 2010 and was organized in cooperation with the Spanish European Council Presidency. It brought together Over 450 professionals, managers, researchers and policy-makers from 33 European countries.