Special Consultative Status with Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations | Associated with the Department of Global Communications (DGC) of the United Nations | Accredited to United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) | Observer Status with United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) | Member UNESCO MIL Alliance | Observer Status under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and NITI Ayog (former Planning Commission of India)
Association of Professional Social Workers & Development Practitioners (APSWDP) is a registered not for profit organization of professional social workers and development practitioners working in various social welfare domain across the country. Social issues like human rights, poverty, livelihood, health, education, water & sanitation, unemployment, disease control programme, urbanisation, youth issues of de-addiction and others have covered the whole gamut government, development agencies and academic institutions. Since, the influx of specialization and expertise has increased over the current decade in the country among implementation agencies, then requirement of trained social work professionals and practitioners is indeed a factual requirement. The association focuses on creating a country wide and global network of dedicated social work professionals and development practitioners from remote geographical rural areas, to discuss, debate and develop key framework on evidence & practice based interventions, methods. Focus will be to enable social workers and development practitioners all around the globe to share their ideas and working on various development issues. APSWDP will also offer a platform to youth leaders, scholars/researchers with striving passion to participate in bringing reformation through correctional measures in existing policies.