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Monica Persson, FSS Chair and Social Services Director, Karlstad Municipality, Sweden. A workshop about a cyberattack which resulted in the shutdown of IT systems in the municipality of Kalix
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This successful experience underlines that voucher solutions which channel social aid can efficiently enable all the stakeholders, public and private, collaborate towards a public social goal.
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Front-line social services is re-energising and getting off the ground in Sweden. Find out more about the approach to social services by ESN member and conference partner FSS
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Conference partner, Binti, discusses emerging policy and practice reforms which offer models for replication that can improve outcomes for children and address the increasing burden on child welfare systems.
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FSS, the Association of Directors of Social Welfare Services and ESSC partner welcomes you to Sweden
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Conference partner, Edenred, discusses with the European Federation for Services to Individuals how to better support and protect PHS workers as demand for household and care services continues to grow.
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Conference partner, Accenture shares their insights on how technology will be central to meeting the ever increasing demand for social services and how collaborations between the public & private sector
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By Delphine Chilese-Lemarinier, Head of EU Affairs, Edenred. The current Ukrainian crisis has shown the importance of social aid and assistance to relieve and protect the refugee population.
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Ian Ryan, Global Head, SAP Institute for Digital Government at SAP. As Social Services organizations seek to uncover the substantial potential benefits that utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) can deliver.
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Magnus Björkgren, PhD, Health Economist, Consultant, President & Co-Founder Oy Raisoft Ltd. Research Fellow interRAI. As the population ages innovation initiatives in social services are needed to ensure people’s access