Projects
Organisation and coordination of a network on the co-ordination of social security schemes within the European Union - Lot 1: Expertise in social security coordination Ghent University
The project is a network of experts who conduct research into the problems regarding social security for migrants, in particular as drawn up in the European Regulations on social security (883/2004 and 987/2009). The research is done by means of national reports which provide an insight into the application problems, as well as by means of a number of analytical reports which investigate certain topics more closely and which formulate ...
The right to social security in the European Union: a comparative analysis on the basis of the constitutional traditions common to the EU Member States, the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Social Charter. KU Leuven
The outbreak of the financial and economic crisis had a severe impact on national economies worldwide, including those of the member states of the European Union (EU). Several EU member states with financial difficulties received financial support by the EU institutions. In return, they were obliged to reduce public spending and as a result, national social security systems were drastically reformed. Since the financial and economic crisis, ...
Towards a balance in the new welfare state: dynamic comparison of the social security systems in five leading European countries and their performance in terms of old and new social risks. University of Antwerp
The Internal Coordination of Professional Social Security Systems within the EU: A Comparative Analysis KU Leuven
Social security systems are classified, on the grounds of their personal scope of application, into two fundamental categories: universal and professional systems. Professional systems – currently apparent in many EU countries – protect persons on the basis of their individual professional activities and hence take into account the different professional groups (e.g., employees, self-employed, civil servants, etc.), often by operating ...
The Hidden European welfare state. A socio-economic assessment of the EU-rules on social security coordination KU Leuven
While social security falls under the competency of Member States and each Member State remains free to determine the details of its own social security system, the European Union has a subsidiary role in the area of social security. The European Union has the task to coordinate the social security systems of Member States. This EU competency is regulated by the ‘Basic’ Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 and the ‘Implementing’ Regulation (EC) No ...
Organisation and coordination of a network on the co-ordination of social security schemes within the European Union - Lot 2: Information and training Ghent University
The project is a network of experts who conduct research into the problems regarding social security for migrants, in particular as drawn up in the European Regulations on social security (883/2004 and 987/2009). This projectU+2019s objective is to provide broad information about the European framework and about the problems regarding social security for migrants for an expert audience, consisting of the social security institutions with ...
Social security, territoriality and the principle of assimilation. An exploration of the outer limits of the principle of non-discrimination. Ghent University
The new principle of assimilation prescribes the equal treatment of facts in the assessment of the social security position of migrants in the European Union. This project aims to unveil the obscurities surrounding the scope and application of this principle, as well as its incidence on national social security schemes and the European coordination thereof.
The adequacy of the lex loci laboris principle for social security coordination within the European Union KU Leuven
Within the European Union, the competence concerning social security firmly remains in the hands of the Member States. However, to ensure the implementation of the freedom of workers within the Union, coordination is crucial. To that end, coordination to determine the applicable social security legislation for cross-border work between the Member States of the European Union is regulated by reg. no. 883/2004 and its implementing regulation. ...