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SYMPOSIUM
6th annual expert conference of NGOs
4th – 5th October 2007 Opava [PDF, 3 MB]

4. 9. 2007

Sixth annual conference of non-governmental, non-profit organizations active in the social assistance and social health care fields

VI international conference of NGOs

„Mainstreaming of social inclusion – effective changes in government policy, strategic planning and access to the public community“

Invitation [DOC, 128 kB]

Basic information

SKOK is a civic association registered by the Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic on May 14th 2002. The Association follows up the activities of the four national conferences of non-profit non-governmental organizations (further NGOs) active in the areas of social assistance and social health care which took place between 1996 and 2001.

SKOK offers membership to all who identify with its goals and mission. It associates its members not only as social and social health care services providers but also as employers of social and social health care workers.

The mission of the Association is to contribute to the development and improvement in the quality of social assistance and social health care services.

The goals of the Association:

  • to participate in the formation of social policies through advocacy of the interests and rights of the providers and clients of social assistance and social health care services;
  • to develop new forms of humanitarian aid within social assistance and social health care services;
  • to support NGOs as integral members of civil society;
  • to support NGO cooperation;
  • to provide information to the public on social assistance;
  • to act on behalf of its members;
  • to participate in European NGO network activities against poverty and social exclusion.