The primary mission of the social work profession is to enhance human well-being and help meet thebasicneeds of all people, with particular attention to those who are vulnerable, oppressed, and living in poverty.
It is an important event for the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as for the whole of the international community committed to the idea that the social sciences have a major contribution to make to the development and implementation of development policies that are sustainable and that respect theneeds of peoples and basichuman rights.