CPRSW Mission Statement

​The development of this Mission Statement came at a time in 2024 when the International Advisory Board was doubled in size and there was a call for moving beyond capturing the past by beginning to plan for the future by creating a new ICPR Mission and Vision statement.

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The current ICPR Mission Statement includes:

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Core Value

ICPR promotes inclusion, social justice and change through sustaining social work practice research across sectors and contexts to promote excellent human and social services via collaboration among stakeholders.

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Current Initiatives

• an international platform for knowledge sharing in the form of biannual International Conferences

• a group of Practice Research Collaboratives to promote knowledge development in particular areas of social work practice.

• an internationally accessible website to provide information about all ICPRSW activities.

• a leadership group in the form of an International Advisory Board that meets quarterly online.

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Major Goals

• Building an evolving definition of practice research based upon the themes that emerged from previous international conferences.

• Building an international research agenda based upon the ideas that have emerged from the Practice Research Collaboratives

• Updating the 2016 definition of Practice Research to create the 2024 version of the definition.

• Increased representation at conferences and on the International Advisory Board from the Global South including countries in Africa, Latin America, Middle East, South and East Asia

• Building a pipeline for the advancement of future leaders of practice research, including an institute to educate early career researchers and doctoral students.

• Increasing the number of Practice Research Collaboratives

• Increasing the number of practice research entries in the ICPR Website Library