SCI has several international working groups that focus on either a particular region or interest area, for example, MIDI (Mediterranean Working Group) or the Refugee Working Group. These working groups are made up of SCI branches, groups, partner organisations and interested individuals. They are recognised every year by the International Committee Meeting where their budgets and plans of action are approved.
The working groups are important for SCI as they bring people together to plan and develop their actions in a more focused way. Working groups are the specialists in their fields and have a number of different tasks. For example; communicating with new potential partners, organising seminars, overseeing the activity of branches, making decisions at the annual meeting and being the public face of SCI in that particular region or interest area.
These are the working groups currently active in SCI:
Regional working groups
Abya Yala - Latin America working group
AWG - Africa Working Group
SAVA - South Eastern Europe Working Group
AIWG - Asia International Working Group
Thematic working groups
YUWG - Youth and Unemployment Working Group
LTEG - Long-Term Exchange Working Group