Forum Schuldnerberatung: conference on debt counselling.

The Forum Schuldnerberatung is an annual professional conference aimed at professionals working in debt counselling. It is organised by the Deutscher Verein für öffentliche und private Fürsorge, a German welfare association, together with the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Schuldnerberatung der Verbände (AG SBV). It focuses on current professional and socio-political developments and challenges in debt counselling, including the focal topic "Wie komme ich an mein Geld?" – when the special account (P-Konto) becomes a problem account – the implementation of the Schuldnerberatungsdienstegesetz and the involvement of volunteers in social debt counselling. Discussions explore practice-relevant developments, possible solutions and their effects on overindebted households and counselling services.