The international organization, in cooperation with the host branch, organizes an international conference once every two years to preserve the vision and goals of the organization. The conferences present current professional topics and trends and allow the organization's members and friends to meet and create social and professional connections around the world.
Learn MoreThe exchange programs take place in various countries around the world and in different states in the U.S.A. The participants are professionals from the fields of social welfare, social science, nursing care, education, and related care-taking fields.
Learn MoreExchange Programs in Israel Israel holds exchange programs for professionals from abroad every year in the spring since 1998 and has hosted 38 professionals from various countries around the world: The U.S., Austria, Estonia, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Turkey, India, Latvia, Spain, Norway, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Taiwan, Swiss, Sweden and Thailand. The participants are professionals from the fields of behavior science, social welfare, nursing, education, and other related fields. Most of the participants are social workers. The exchange programs are unique in that the guests from abroad (the participants) are hosted in the private homes of the organization's members, while we conduct a structured program which includes orientation to the organizational, economic, social, and political system of the country, visits and meetings with active professionals here and acquaintance with the methods used in the social services here with-in the social-cultural context of the state. The hospitality in the homes affords the guests direct exposure and firsthand acquaintance with the unique Israeli way of living and enables them to absorb the atmosphere, get to know different lifestyles, cultural patterns, differences between the various ethnic groups and the rich variety of sub-cultures, and in this way, to become familiar with Israel in a broader way. The host families can have an eye-opening, human encounter with people from different cultures and to build friendly interactive relationships. The International Professional Exchange Program (IPEP) in Israel, was postponed twice due to the pandemic and took place in May 2022 with three participants from Spain, Taiwan and an Australian from Thailand and the last program was in spring 2023 with four participants from Turkey, Germany, Finland and Switz. The exchange program (IPEP) which was planned for 2024 was cancelled due to the war and is postponed to 2025, published in social media and can be found in the News link.
