News from IUPsyS:
- IUPsyS
Executive Committee and General Assembly will meet in Athens,
Greece during the International Congress of Applied Psychology
(www.icap2006.com)
The IUPsyS
Executive Committee Annual Meeting will take place on the
following days: July 19, July 22, July 23
The IUPsyS General Assembly Meeting will take place on July 20
14:00-18:00, and July 21 9:30-12:00
The General Assembly agenda and background materials will be
available to delegates on the IUPsyS website beginning in May,
2006
- World
Forum - an invitation to all psychological associations
The World Forum is a gathering of national and
international psychology association leaders to discuss current
activities and issues. The following is an invitation from the
presidents of the sponsoring organizations, IAAP and
IUPsyS:
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
We would like to invite you to participate in the forthcoming
26th
International Congress of Applied Psychology, which will be
held in Athens,
July 16-21, 2006 under the auspices of IAAP.
As you know, we have had the World Forum for the last four
International
conferences under the auspices of IAAP and IUPsyS. We very
much appreciate
the response that we received from other international
organizations to
participate in this World Forum. However, I think that we have
to think a
bit more about the purpose of our sessions as World Forum and
we wanted to
suggest to you that we should focus on policy orientation. It
would be
particularly interesting to get case studies, where something
worked well
for you in terms of where you got policy ideas out and could
actually
implement them in companies or in national or provincial
governments or in
international agencies, and we would also like to get case
studies where the
opposite happened, where is didn’t work very well.
We suggest that our next World Forum in Athens should be a two
hour session
in which we think of how we have done policy orientation,
whether we think
that it is useful to make policy orientation a common
principle and common
purpose of international associations, and how we should
proceed. We hope
that such a general discussion will give us a common purpose
and will draw
together the different international organizations to, for
example, work on
certain policy issues together.
As soon as the meeting place becomes known through the offices
of the
congress organizers, we shall let you have the details and the
agenda for
the meeting. The World Forum will be co-chaired again by the
Presidents of
IAAP and IUPsyS respectively.
Yours sincerely,
Michael Frese IAAP President
Michael Knowles, IAAP President Elect
Bruce Overmier, IUPsyS President
ARTS 2006 -
programs in Greece
ARTS -
"Advanced Research Training Seminars" have been
presented at international Congresses for over a decade. The
ARTS programme is designed to do two things -- to provide
intensive training and capacity building in methodology and
research techniques to psychologists primarily from majority
world countries, and to provide an incentive and a means through
which psychologists from these countries can attend the
associated International Psychology Congress. This year there
will be three ARTS seminars in Greece in association with the
International Congress of Applied Psychology:
- Design and methods in
cross-cultural psychology, Athens, July 14-16, convened by
Professor Fons van de Vijver, Netherlands
- Stress, Health and
Well-Being in the Face of Major Trauma, Athens, July 21-23
convened by Professor Stevan E. Hobfoll, USA
- Universal and
Ethnocyncratic Couple Patterns from Evolution to Culture and
from Theory to Research, Spetses, July 8-10, convened by
professor Rolando Diaz-Loving, Mexico.
The ARTS
programme provides a unique opportunity for scholars from the
majority world to participate in international congresses and to
gain skills and understanding in research techniques, and to
make contacts with scholars from other parts of the world. ARTS
provides scholarships which cover costs of accommodation,
subsistence and participation in the ARTS workshop, contribution
to costs of travel, and support for congress costs. Applications
are welcomed from psychologists from the majority world: details
of application are on the website
(www.iupsys.org/arts/artsann.html) and the deadline has been
extended to March 10.
Draft
Universal Declaration of Ethical Principles for Psychologists
by Janel
Gauthier, Ph.D.,
Chair, Ad Hoc Joint Committee for the Development of a Universal
Declaration of Ethical Principles for Psychologists
International Union of Psychological Science; International
Association of Applied Psychology; International Association for
Cross-Cultural Psychology
In 2002, the General
Assembly of the International Union of Psychological Science
(IUPsyS) approved a motion to create an Ad Hoc Joint Committee
to develop a universal declaration of ethical principles for
psychologists. In 2004, the Assembly approved continuing the
project in the expectation that a full draft of a universal
declaration would be available for discussion at the 2006 IUPsyS
General Assembly.
It is my
pleasure to announce on behalf of the Ad Hoc Joint Committee
that a draft of the Universal Declaration of Ethical Principles
for Psychologists is now available for consultation. This draft
is the work of an international committee, and has not been
approved by IUPsyS or any of the other sponsoring organizations.
Comments and suggestions from the psychology community are
solicited. These may lead to further revisions and further
drafts. It is important that the final document reflects human
values that are shared and supported world-wide.
A web page
is being created for the document and supporting materials to
make them available to IUPsyS National Members and the larger
psychology community. Progress reports, updates, and new
materials will be posted whenever available. Psychologists world
wide are invited to comment on the draft Declaration. The
address for the web page is http://www.iupsys.org/ethicsdoc.html.
A
discussion of the draft Universal Declaration is on the agenda
of the IUPsyS General Assembly and of the IAAP Board of
Directors for meetings to be held July 2006 in Athens, Greece.
In addition, the draft Declaration will be presented in a
symposium during the 26th International Congress of Applied
Psychology Congress in Athens, and in a group discussion during
the International Congress of Cross-Cultural Psychology in
Spetses, Greece.
In its
current form, the Universal Declaration of Ethical Principles
for Psychologists has a preamble followed by four sections, each
relating to a different principle. Each section includes a
statement outlining the fundamental moral values contained in
the principle and a series of articles that relate directly to
these moral values.
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Michel Denis,
IUPsyS Past-President, was re-elected to the Executive Board of the International Council for Science (ICSU)
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Pierre
Ritchie, IUPsyS Secretary-General, was re-appointed to the
ICSU Committee for Policy and Scientific Research
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Bruce
Overmier, IUPsyS President, was appointed to the steering
committee for an inter-union project on Science for Health
and Well Being.
Report of
the General Assembly, International Council for Science (ICSU)
The 28th General
Assembly of the International Council for Science was held in
China during October 2005. The Scientific Fora occurred in
Shanghai and the business meetings were in Suzhou. The IUPsyS
delegation was headed by President Bruce Overmier, assisted by
Secretary-General Pierre Ritchie and EC member Kan Zhang.
Scientific Fora. Professor Ritchie served as a panelist
for the Science Forum on Science and Wellbeing, focusing
primarily on the Union's work with the World Health
Organization.
Business
Meetings. The business meetings concentrated
on ICSU's proposed Strategic Plan, the first comprehensive
multi-year delineation of strategic goals and priorities in
ICSU's 75 year history. Union Past-President Michel Denis, as a
member of the ICSU Executive Board, and Secretary-General
Ritchie as a member of ICSU's Committee on Scientific Planning
and Research, contributed to the development of the Strategic
Plan. The Union's Officers also submitted detailed comments on a
draft of the Strategic Plan. The GA adopted the proposed
Strategic Plan with few revisions.
ICSU's Vision. Integral to the Strategic Plan is the ICSU
vision: The long-term ICSU vision is for a world where
excellence in science is linked to policy making and
socio-economic development in all countries across the world. In
such a world, universal and equitable access to scientific data
and information is a reality and all countries have the
scientific capacity to use this and to contribute to generating
the new knowledge that is necessary to establish their own
development pathways in a sustainable manner.
The Plan's goals include fostering international research
collaboration and policy development in the areas of
environment, sustainable development, health and wellbeing, and
monitoring new scientific horizons to ensure that these can be
addressed in a timely manner by the relevant members of the ICSU
family. The link between science and policy is accorded
particular emphasis to ensure that science is integrated into
policy development at the international and national level and
that relevant policies take into account both scientific
knowledge and the needs of science. There is also a commitment
to foster greater awareness of the valuable contribution of
science to society and improved mutual understanding between
science and other sectors of society, with a particular emphasis
on ICSU’s scientific priorities.
ICSU elections. The ICSU GA elected a new Executive Board
(EB) to serve during the 2005-08 triennium. Union Past-President
Denis was re-elected for a second term. Subsequently, the new EB
re-appointed Secretary-General Ritchie to the Committee on
Scientific Planning and Research. It is likely that other
psychologists will be appointed to ICSU bodies in the coming
year.
Other IUPsyS Activities. While in China, President
Overmier and Secretary-General Ritchie met with numerous
colleagues active in Chinese psychology. These activities were
ably coordinated by EC member Kan Zhang of the Beijing-based
National Institute of Psychology. Professors Overmier and
Ritchie also met with the senior leadership of the Chinese
Psychological Society on the eve of their national congress at
which Professor Zhang was re-elected President.
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Bruce Overmier, IUPsyS President, received
the APA Award for Distinguished Service to Psychological
Science, 2005
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Pierre Ritchie, Secretary-General, received
an APA Presidential Citation for distinguished service to
international psychology
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Kan Zhang (EC member,
China) was elected
President of the Chinese Psychological Society
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Michel Sabourin,
Treasurer, will receive the CPA Award for Distinguished
Contributions to Psychology as a Profession
-
James Georgas (EC Member, Greece) was
granted Professor Honorario, Universidad del Salvador,
Buenos Aires in June 2005; In addition he was a Senior
Visiting Scholar of the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit
Foundation for a lecture tour to major American universities
to speak on ‘Families
across cultures’
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Former EC members Jing Qicheng
(Vice-President), and Zhang Houcan (Vice-President) have
each received the high honor of honorary doctoral dress at
the Fu Ren University, Taiwan; Kurt Pawlik (Past-President)
has been granted honorary membership in the Academy of
Sciences, Hamburg
IUPsyS is an accredited Non Government Organization (NGO) at
the United Nations with special consultative status. Professor Harold
Cook, who has been a representative for the past two years, is
the IUPsyS Main Representative. Professor Morton Deutsch has
just agreed to become a second IUPsyS representative.
Prof.
Deutsch, is the Edward L. Thorndike Professor Emeritus at
Teachers College ,Columbia University and Founding Director of
the Center for Conflict Resolution there. He has a
distinguished, long and continuing career as a Social
Psychologist, with expertise in the areas of conflict
resolution, distributive justice, and cooperation. He has just
received his credentials at the UN and has begun to explore his
involvement in the UN in areas of his interests dealing with
disarmament, peace and security, and human rights.
Activities at the UN
The IUPsyS team serves on the following committees:
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NGO Committee on the Family
(Co-chair)
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Executive Committee of the NGO Committee on Mental Health
(co-chair of a working group on Children, Youth and Mental
Health)
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UNICEF working group on Children, Armed
Conflict and Violence
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North American Regional Steering Committee of the UN
Global Study on Violence Against Children
Current Activities
include
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Organization/moderation of NGO information panels:
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'Approaches to Global Poverty: What works for
Families' for the meetings of the Commission for Social
Development
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'The Convention on Disabilities', which when signed
and ratified by governments, will be an international
legally binding document
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'Man Made Disasters: the Effect on Families'.
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Statements submitted:
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on the UN millennium development goals to the
Commission for Social Development (accepted as part of
the official proceedings)
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on the mental health needs of women to be presented to
an upcoming meeting of the Commission on the Status of
Women.
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Planning committee to organize a briefing for the
International Day of the Family, with a tentative topic 'The
Changing Family Structure'
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Working with the
North American Regional Steering Committee on Violence
Against Children to help ascertain accuracy and reliability
of statistics and research findings; planning for the launch
of the final report in November, 2006 to the General
Assembly, and trying to encourage the US government, US
NGOs, civil society and youth to become more involved in the
launch and follow-up.
IUPsyS recruiting additional UN representatives
IUPsyS is currently recruiting at least two
additional UN representatives.
Prospective candidates should be psychologists from the New York
City area with a strong background in psychological science.
They should be available and willing to attend one regularly
scheduled, weekly briefing, as well as additional meetings of
various committees and commissions at UN headquarters in New
York. They should have some understanding of the functioning of
the UN, some knowledge of IUPsyS as an organization, an interest
in international affairs and in providing scholarship-based
psychological knowledge and understanding to policy makers of
governments, UN agencies and other NGO's in the United Nations
System on a wide range of global issues, such as human rights,
women's issues, poverty, health, mental health, aging,
disarmament and peace, armed conflict, the environment,
sustainable development, etc. The candidate must have
demonstrated experience in multi-cultural and/or global issues
that deal with the UN agenda, and be willing to work as part of
a team. The position is pro bona, although some funds will be
available for reimbursement of expenses. Interested candidates
should send via email, a letter of interest, cv and three
letters of recommendation to: Harold Cook (hc137@columbia.edu)
The final report from the IUPsyS workshop:
Building
Psychosocial Interventions in the tsunami aftermath - a workshop is
now posted on the IUPsyS website at www.iupsys.org/archive/singworkrep.pdf
News from Around the World-
Here is the
abstract:
ASIAN
APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY INTERNATIONAL-REGIONAL CONFERENCE,
Bangkok, Thailand.
by Mike Knowles, Monash University, International Association of Applied Psychology
The
Asian Applied Psychology International-Regional Conference (AAPI-RC)
was held in Bangkok from 14-16th November 2005 under the auspices
of the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP), the
International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS), and the
International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP).
The Conference was organized by
Thammasat
University
and the Thai Psychological Association under the conference
Presidency of Ubolwanna Pavakanun. The Conference attracted
a large number of Thai psychologists and students as well as a
wide range of delegates from 24 other countries, most from
Thailand
’s near and far neighbours but others also from Europe and
North America
. Apart from the merits of its Scientific Program the
Conference had two important outcomes in addition. One was to pave
the way for the formation of a National Committee which will
enable
Thailand
to become a member of the International
Union
of Psychological Science. The other was to facilitate the
holding in August 2006 of the first Convention of the newly formed
Asian Psychological Association.
Two
new regional Asian associations of psychology have been formed.
The ASEAN Regional
Union of Psychology Societies (ARUPS) is a group
consisting of 10 psychological associations from the member
countries of the ASEAN (Association of SouthEast Asian COuntries
- see http://www.aseansec.org/). Their first meeting is planned for July 31- August
2, 2006, in Jakarta Indonesia.
The
Asian Psychological Association (APsyA) is a new professional
society founded in 2005 to bring together psychologists
in the rapidly developing countries of Asia. The new
organization will join regional associations in other
geographical areas including Europe (EFPA), the Middle East (MENA)
and the Americas (SIP).
APsyA’s mission is to advance the science and practice of
psychology throughout Asia. To this end APsyA seeks to
strengthen regional and international bonds between
psychologists and to promote and to facilitate channels of
communication between individual psychologists.
APsyA will hold its first convention, August 18-20, 2006,
in Bali, Indonesia, with the theme of : Asian solidarity
for diversity: Towards a better quality of life in Asia. CIRP
member Ray Fowler will present a plenary address at the
conference. Membership in the new association will focus on, but
not be limited to, psychologists living in Asia. Other
psychologists who have an interest in Asian issues are welcome
to join and participate in its activities.
To organize the association and plan for its initial convention
in 2006, an Interim Board of Directors has been formed, with Dr.
Sarlito W. Sarwono of Indonesia serving as interim president.
Other officers and directors-at-large include psychologists from
the Philippines, Australia, Canada and Malaysia as well as other
Asian countries.
Psychologists interested in knowing more about APsyA are
encouraged to visit the website at: www.apsya.org
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