AIEJI’s EUROPEAN BUREAU (AIEJI-EO)

a) The European Bureau General Guidelines

Since its creation, the European Burau has prioritised the following aims:

- To lead an action based on deliberation and contacts in order to succeed in the recognition of European professional diplomas within the European Union countries, through the ERASMUS network, in collaboration with the European committee of schools of social educators first, and after that, in collaboration with FESET (Federation of Social Educators Training).

- To lead an action which aim is to set up training for social educators as well as set up organisations of social educators in those countries where there are not such organisations yet.

- To improve the synergy between the already existing associations

b) The Work Plannings

AIEJI’s European Bureau is going to base its management on a Work Planning elaborated by taking in account the requests made by AIEJI’s members, and also the ones made by educators that want to let us know individually their suggestions.

The Work Plannings for the years 2002 and 2003 were put down on paper following the AIEJI’s European members’ suggestions and were the basis for the activities developed during that period. They were also a foundation for the 2004 and 2005 Work Plannings design, which would be changed depending on the aims achieved yearly.

c) The Work Planning for the year 2004

We are waiting for the members’ collaborations to design it completely.

1. Concerning the Professional Associationism

1.1 To manage the creation of a European Status for Social Educators
1.2 To update the map of European professional associations
1.3 To promote the European Professional Associations of Social Educators by means of including a link in AIEJI’s web site to each of their web sites.
1.4 To contact the Commission responsible for the Social Professions at the European Parliament.
1.5 To promote exchange programs supported by the European Union, similar to the Leonardo da Vinci one.
1.6 Organise a European meeting of professional associations for the beginning of the year 2003.


2. Concerning Academic Diplomas

2.1. To put all our efforts into making the diploma validations work, in order to achieve the free movement of professionals in the field of social education.

2.2 To support the communication between the European members via the Internet. The first action to do is to complete the database containing the members’ e-mails.

2.3 To support the actions from the groups of European Social Educators coming from different countries aiming at the regulation of academic diplomas.

3. Concerning the improvement of the social educational work

3.1. To create an European Working Group that participates in the AIEJI’s Committee of Ethics .

3.2 To improve the communication between the European members via the Internet. The first step could be to complete the database containing all the members’ e-mails.

3.3 To promote the relationship with other similar European organisations

3.4 To include the suggestions out of schedule made by the members in the Work Planning of the current year. Otherwise, to include them in the Work Planning of the next years.

d) The European Bureau’s Management

During the meeting of the Executive Committee that took place in November 2001, they entrusted the dynamization and the co-ordination of the European Bureau to Toni Julià, who is a member of the AIEJI’s Executive Committee, and who got elected for the second time in the General Assembly in Barcelona in June 2001. He is also a member of the Professional Association of Social Educators in Catalonia (CEESC).

You can contact him at:

Toni Julià
CEESC
C/ Aragó, 141, 4º- 08015 Barcelona
Telephone number: 34 93 452 10 08
Fax: 34 93 323 80 52
E-mail



e) Web sites list

Organization Country URL
APDES (Association professionnelle des Educateurs Spécialisés) Belgium
Belarussian Union of Social Pedagogues and Social Workers Bielorussia http://basw.unibel.by
SL (Socialpaedagogernes Landsforbund) Denmark www.sl.dk
Talentia Union of Social Workers in Finland Finland www.talentia.fi
VEGJD (Verein von Erziehern Gefährdeter Jugend in Deutschland e.V .) Germany www.vegjd.de
Deutscher Berufsverband für Sozialarbeit, Sozialpädagogik und Heilpëdagogik e.v. Germany www.dbsh.de
NVSPH ( Dutch association of social educators) Holland http://www.nvsph.nl
Troskathjalfafelag Islands Iceland www.throska.is
ANEP (Assozciazione Nazionale e d'Educatori Professionalli) Italy www.anep.it
Association Professionnelle des Educateurs/trices Gradué(e)s asbl A.P.E.G. Luxemburgo www.apeg.lu
Norwegian Union of Social Educators and Social Workers (FO) Norway www.fobsv.no
Conselho Nacional de Educaçao Social Portugal www.cnes.no.sapo.pt
Association of Social Pedagogues and Social Workers of the Russian Federation Russia
ASEDES (Asociación Estatal de Educación Social) Spain www.eduso.net
CEESC (Col•legi d'educadores i educadors socials de Catalunya) Spain www.ceesc.es
SPIYF (Social Pedagogermas intresse och yrkestörening) Sweeden www.spiyf.com
ASPAS ex-ASAS (Association Suisse des Assistants Sociaux et Educateurs Diplômés) Switxerland http://www.sbs-aspas.ch
SBVS-ASES (Association Professionelle Suisse des Éducateurs/trices Spécialisé(e)s) Switzerland http://www.swix.ch/sbvs/
FERTES (Fédération Suisse Romande des Travailleurs de l'èducation spécialisée Switzerland
Ukrainian Association of Social Pedagogues and Specialists in Social Work Ucrania