2012    NEUJOBS Stakeholder workshop in Rome Adjudication by the European Court of Justice in the shadow of EU policymaking: fact or (political science) fiction? Italy is facing major challenges in the Euro crisis, given its high unemployment figures, and especially in view of the situation for the young, women and other disadvantaged groups in the labour market, and the challenges they face. This workshop represents the first NEUJOBS event involving national stakeholders. It is an opportunity for European scholars and national (and European) stakeholders to meet and debate key issues for tackling the labour market transition. Leading scholars from NEUJOBS (FP7 Project) will explain their understanding of present and future challenges to European labour markets, focusing specifically on the case of Italy. Venue: hosted by LUISS Guido Carli University -  Rome - Italy  04 | 05 | 2012 Interpretation: English, Italian   Programme (PDF) Invitation (PDF) More info : verri@ose.be OSE Lunchtime Sessions Adjudication by the European Court of Justice in the shadow of EU policymaking: fact or (political science) fiction? Speaker: Koen Lenaerts, Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Union and Professor of European Law, University of Leuven  Discussant: Gareth Davies, Professor of European Law, VU University Amsterdam Two eminent legal scholars, Koen Lenaerts and Gareth Davies, addressed the question whether EU-level policymaking influences the CJEU when interpreting EU law.  Book Koen Lenaerts and Piet Van Nuffel, European Union Law, London, Sweet&Maxwell, 2011.  LINK  The OSE Lunchtime Sessions gather the OSE team and their guests. A short and well-structured presentation is followed by an informal debate.   23 | 04 | 2012 Venue:  Via Louiza, Brussels   Language: EN   Conference Addressing Pension Challenges: EU and Stakeholders' Approaches This conference organised by the OSE, together with ETUI, TURI and INCA Osservatorio represented the first opportunity to relaunch dialogue between EU representatives, stakeholders and analysts after publication of the White Paper on adequate, safe and sustainable pensions. It provided an opportunity to address the most urgent questions on present and future pension rights in Europe, while at the same time assessing the most recent reforms. Interventions (Slides and document) Adequate, Sustainable and Safe Pensions? D. Eatock, DG Employment, EC  PDF Demographic Crisis or Challenge? J. Wöss, Bundesarbeiterkammer (AK)  PDF Pension Policy after the Crisis D. Natali, OSE  PDF What follows the Pension Cutbacks? The Changing Role of Social Partners E. Pavolini, University of Macerata  PDF Scope of Coordination in the Pension Field D. Ghailani, OSE  PDF (FR) Transnational Action in the Coordination Field: A focus on non-standard work P. Cammilli, INCA Belgium-TESSE  PDF Trade Unions’ Action for Individual Protection: A cross-country analysis C. Caldarini, INCA CGIL   SLIDES (FR, PDF)    DOCUMENT (EN, PDF) Conclusions (Slides) Pensions, a Comparative Analysis of Recent Reforms  D. Natali, OSE  PDF Open debates (Slides) F. Briganti, European Association of Paritarian Institutions (AEIP) SLIDES (PDF)  17 | 04 | 2012 Venue: EESC, Brussels   Language:  EN-IT-FR   Programme and information (PDF) OSE Lunchtime Sessions Is the European Governance of the Crisis Consistent with International Labour Standards? Speaker: Rudi Delarue, Director of the ILO Office for the EU  Discussant: Georges Dassis, President of the Workers' Group of the European Economic and Social Committee This session provided an opportunity to hold a one-off dialogue around a highly topical issue: namely, is European crisis management compatible with international labour regulations? In an attempt to answer this question, Rudi Delarue and Georges Dassis agreed to come along and share their experiences as key players in a mostly little-explored realm of the crisis. Despite the proliferation of institutional reform and 'bailout packages' in Europe, both speakers regretted the lack of attention being paid to labour law in crisis management, while offering a sophisticated yet clear analysis of this management. The discussion that followed then made it possible to better pinpoint the legal, but also the social and political, challenges raised by the EU's current 'enhanced economic governance'. These are large in number but do appear more than ever to necessitate close scrutiny, if the European social model is not rapidly to become just a distant memory. Background documents ILO Working paper on social dialogue and collective bargaining in Greece (Feb.2012)  PDF Report of the ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions  LINK  (EN/FR/ES) Article « La troïka pousse l'Europe hors la loi », by Cedric Leterme. This article draws on the presentations and discussion at the OSE Lunchtime session: it was published in the (online) European social  activity journal Metis on 22 March 2012.     ARTICLE  (FR)  15 | 03 | 2012 Venue:  OSE Language: EN OSE Lunchtime Sessions The crisis and beyond. Is there a Future for Social Europe? with Jérôme Vignon, President of the National Observatory of Poverty and Social Exclusion, France and Bea Cantillon, Center for Social Policy, University of Antwerp Venue: Mouvement des Femmes ASBL, 1050 Brussels  26 | 01 | 2012 Language: EN

 

2011    OSE Lunchtime Sessions 'Social Europe' versus the 'Internal Market': A False Dichotomy?   avec Ian Fraser, DG Enterprise & Industry. Discussant: Stefano Boy, Senior Researcher, European Trade Union Institute (ETUI)  15 | 12 | 2011 Venue: OSE Language: EN Conference / Simulation / Policy Seminar The future EU framework for health systems governance: from coordinating cross-border care to improving performance A two-day event looking at key issues for the future of European health systems, organised by the OSE  together with the European Health Management Association, the Association Internationale de la Mutualité (AIM) and the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, with the financial support of the Belgian National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance (NIHDI/RIZIV/INAMI).  24-25 | 11 | 2011 Venue : Brussels   More info and documents : Conference Website OSE Lunchtime Sessions Mécanismes de crise financière, réforme de la gouvernance économique et contrôle démocratique with Bruno De Witte, Professor of European Union Law, Maastricht University and European University Institute (Florence). Discussant: Cécile Barbier, Senior Researcher, OSE The European Treaty Amendment for the Creation of a Financial Stability Mechanism Bruno De Witte, SIEPS paper. PDF   Background Documents Treaty establishing the European Stability Mechanism, 11.07.2011 PDF A roadmap to stability and growth, COM (2011) 669, 12.10.2011 PDF Protocol on the concerns of the Irish people on the Treaty of Lisbon, 2.09.2011 PDF Protocol on the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU to the Czech Republic, 6.09.2011  PDF  18 | 11 | 2011 Venue:  OSE Language: Speech: FR Debate: FR/EN OSE Lunchtime Sessions What's "Social" About the European Social Fund Beyond 2013? with Thomas Bender, Head of Unit "ESF Legislation and Policy, Financial Engineering", European Commission Discussant : Benedicta Marzinotto, Fellow at Bruegel - Lecturer at Udine University Background documents Cohesion Policy 2014 -2020 : Investing in growth and jobs  PDF Draft ESF regulation  PDF Q&A on the legislative package of EU regional, employment and social policy for 2014-2020  (Memo) PDF Commission lays foundations to boost impact of cohesion investments after 2013  (EC Press Release)  Link ESF Impact Assessment (Commission Staff Working Paper)  PDF Eurochild Position Paper Budget 2020  PDF  27 | 10 | 2011 Venue: MAI, Brussels     Language: EN OSE Lunchtime Session with VLEVA and Neujobs Closing the gap in educational outcomes between Roma and non-Roma: Why the European Union matters Keynote speaker Costel Bercus, Chairman of Roma Education Fund (Hungary) | Slides PDF     Discussants Anaïs Faure Atger, Researcher Justice and Home Affairs, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)   Jean-Paul De Beleyr, Flemish department for Education and Training | Slides 1 (EN/NL)  PDF | Slides 2 (NL) PDF    Rowan Eykens, Mediator education, city of Diest, (Local Consultation Platform – “Bridge” Poject) | Slides PDF    Chair: Bart Vanherck, Co-Director OSE    | Session summary : PDF     Background documents Roma Inclusion in Education Roma Education Fund   | PDF    Preventing Social Exclusion through the Europe 2020 Strategy: Early Childhood Development and the Inclusion of Roma Families UNICEF and European Social Observatory (OSE), in collaboration with the Belgian Federal Planning Service for Social Integration   | PDF  27 | 06 | 2011 Venue : VLEVA, Brussels  Language: EN    Conference-debate Social Developments in the European Union 2010 To mark the publication of this book, which explores the social policy issues that featured on the European agenda during the past year, the OSE and ETUI held a conference-debate at the European Economic and Social Committee. Reforming the EU economic governance  Jacques Le Cacheux   (Slides)  PDF  Social Developments in the EU 2010: Austerity and other future risks David Natali   (Slides)  PDF  Is the ‘Social Dimension of Europe 2020’ an Oxymoron? Bart Vanhercke   (Slides)  PDF  The EU needs a social investment pact Frank Vandenbroucke   (Slides)  PDF  Program  (EN-NL-FR)  PDF   30 | 05 | 2011 Venue : EESC, Brussels Language: EN - FR - NL OSE Lunchtime Sessions (Les midis de l'OSE) A smart social inclusion policy for Europe 2020: the role of education and training with Ides Nicaise, Professor, HIVA (KULeuven), Department of Education Whereas in 2000 the EU had heralded the knowledge-based society as its motto ‘with more and better jobs and stronger social cohesion’, the past decade has led to greater inequality and (at best) as status-quo in poverty. Europe 2020 seems to acknowledge this failure and to aim to reconnect social inclusion with the knowledge-based strategy. Ides Nicaise discusses the education-inequality nexus and shows what strategic and institutional measures need to be implemented for a ‘smarter’ social inclusion policy: a better balance between knowledge-intensive and knowledge-extensive policies, an extension of EU anti-discrimination law in the field of education, integration of the OMC in education and training (E&T) in the social OMC (including the social re-orientation of the structural funds), and peer learning focused on structural reform of E&T systems. Slides of the intervention PDF  Background documents: Communications from the European Commission Early school leaving  Link Early Childhood Education and Care  Link The OSE Lunchtime Sessions gather the OSE team and their guests. A short and well-structured presentation is followed by an informal debate.  A limited number of additional places is available: enrolment is therefore mandatory.  19 | 05 | 2011 Venue : OSE, Brussels Language: EN   Final Exchange Meeting RECWOWE Reconciling Work and Welfare in Europe: research findings and policy challenges  With Denis Bouget, Bruno Palier, Tine Rostgaard, Sophie Jacquot, David Natali, Pascale Vielle and Philippe Pochet. The idea behind this meeting is to provide scope for dialogue at the EU level among social and employment policy analysts and representatives of the European political foundations regarding present and future challenges to the European social model following the recent economic and financial crisis.   Europa, Europae: The EU and the Domestic Politics of Welfare State Reforms Sophie Jacquot   (Slides)  PDF  EUROPE 2020: Towards a more social EU? David Natali   (Slides)  PDF  Towards a social investment welfare state? Nathalie Morel, Bruno Palier, Joakim Palme   (Slides)  PDF  Care,Work and Welfare in Europe Tine Rostgaard   (Slides)  PDF  Programme  PDF  RECWOWE  is a network of excellence funded by the 6th EU Framework Programme.  18 | 03 | 2011 Venue : The National Employment Committee of Belgium, Brussels. Language: EN OSE Lunchtime Sessions (Les midis de l'OSE) Assainissement budgétaire et politique fiscale : quels enjeux pour les Etats membres et l’Union européenne ? avec Christian Valenduc, Conseiller général des finances (SPF finances) et Maître de conférences aux universités de Mons-Fucam et de Louvain-La-Neuve   Slides of the intervention (in French)   PDF The OSE Lunchtime Sessions gather the OSE team and their guests. A short and well-structured presentation is followed by an informal debate.  21 | 02 | 2011 Venue : OSE, Brussels Language: FR OSE Lunchtime Sessions (Les midis de l'OSE) Présidence belge de l’Union européenne : bilan et perspectives avec Eric Vanden Abeele - Conseiller aux affaires économiques et Annemie Pernot - Attachée sociale, Représentation permanente de la Belgique auprès de l’Union européenne Avec la participation de Muriel Rabau et d’Alexandre De Streel (attachés sociaux, RP).  13 | 01 | 2011 Venue : OSE, Brussels Language: FR

2010    Conference Employment and Poverty: the Role of Social Partners in the Fight against Poverty and Social Exclusion Conference organized in the framework of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, with the network of excellence RECWOWE. More information : Conference Web page RECWOWE  is a network of excellence funded by the 6th EU Framework Programme.  20 | 10 | 2010 Venue: Brussels OSE Lunchtime Sessions (Les midis de l'OSE)   Decent Work in Europe : Challenges in view of social dialogue and social inclusion with Mathias Maucher, Social Policy Coordinator, Solidar. During this Lunchtime Session, Mathias Maucher explained that the one-year PROGRESS-funded project “Decent Work for all : A key to Effective Industrial Relations” aims to assess to what extent decent work can be promoted through social dialogue and by involving governments and trade unions. The discussions (with representatives from ETUI, Conseil National du travail, EAPN, Vleva, Centre pour l'égalité des chances, Federal Public Service employment and OSE) were focused on the topics of working conditions of precarious workers, the role of social partners, and minimum wages. The OSE Lunchtime Sessions gather the OSE team and their guests. A short and well-structured presentation is followed by an informal debate.    Social dialogue: a tool to promote and defend decent work and quality jobs in Europe   PDF Decent Work and Quality of Jobs in Europe (solidar website) Link  21 | 09 | 2010 Venue: OSE Language: EN Conference   EU coordination in the social field in the context of EU 2020: looking back and building the future Conference organized in the framework of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union with the Federal Public Service Social Security and the network of excellence RECWOWE (Pudiac). Background Document “EU coordination in the social field in the context of Europe 2020: Looking back and building the future”  PDF Bart Vanhercke Presentation PDF Description and documents (FPS Social security Web site)  Link  14-15 | 09 | 2010 Venue: La Hulpe Language: FR-NL-EN RECWOWE  is a network of excellence funded by the 6th EU Framework Programme. Conference Assuring Adequate Pensions & Social Benefits Conference organized in the framework of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Programme PDF Description and documents (FPS Social security Web site)  Link  7-8 | 09 | 2010 Venue: Liège Language: FR-NL-EN OSE Lunchtime Sessions (Les midis de l'OSE) Does the EU really matter in Higher Education reforms and changes? with Giliberto Capano, Professor, University of Bologna/Forli. The "Midis de l'OSE" (OSE Lunchtime Sessions) gather the OSE team and their guests. A short and well-structured presentation is followed by an informal debate.    Slides of the presentation  PDF Background document :  “Building Up the European Higher Education Area: The Struggle Between Common Problems, ‘Shared’ Goals and National Trajectories.”  PDF  6 | 09 | 2010 Venue : OSE, Brussels Intervention & Debate : EN PUDIAC Meeting /Conference Understanding the Europeanization of Domestic Welfare States: How does the EU affect National and Regional Social Policies? From an interdisciplinary jungle to a book Pierre-Paul Van Gehuchten, Université Catholique de Louvain | Slides ( PDF)   Europeanization of work and Welfare: Key Research Findings from RECWOWE Paolo Graziano, Università Bocconi, member of RECWOWE    The European Social fund and Domestic activation Policies: Europeanization Mechanisms Gert Verschraegen, Universiteit Antwerpen | Slides ( PDF)    Open Coordination as a selective amplifier of Domestic social Protection and Social Inclusion Policies Bart Vanhercke, European Social Observatory | Slides (PDF)    EU Law as a Driver of Domestic Gender Policies ? Pascale Vielle, Université Catholique de Louvain, member of RECWOWE | Slides ( PDF)    Hybridisation of EU Social Policy Instruments ? Yannick Vanderborght, Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis | Slides ( PDF)  The seminar will be chaired by Philippe Pochet, European Trade Union Institute and Jos Berghman, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Venue: European Economic and Social Committee, Brussels 02 | 07 | 2010 Venue : EESC, Brussels Language: English Programme (PDF) This event is organised by the Observatoire social européen in collaboration with the Committee of the Regions and the Belgian Federal Public Service Social Security. RECWOWE is a network of excellence funded by the 6th EU framework programme.   Seminar De Socialprofitsector tussen algemeen belang en markt: toepassing van de Europese interne markt regels en de dienstenrichtlijn The Social Profit Sector between General Interest and the Market: Applying the European Internal Market Rules and the Services Directive The OSE, Kleis (Kennisnetwerk Sociaal Europa voor de Vlaamse socialprofitsector), the VLEVA (Vlaams-Europees verbindingsagentschap) and Pour la Solidarité are organizing a seminar (in Dutch) on the social profit sector and the application of the European Internal Market Rules and the Services Directive. 16 | 06 | 2010 Venue : VLEVA, Brussels Language: Dutch More info (Website NL)   OSE Lunchtime Sessions (Les midis de l'OSE) Doing something about it: How member states influence EU health policymaking With Scott L. Greer, Assistant Professor of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health Background document : Becoming European: How France, Germany, Spain and UK Engage with European Union Health Policy Scott L. Greer, Nuffield Trust, 2008   LINK (Full text) Also by this author :  The Politics of European Union Health Policies Scott L. Greer, Open University Press, 2009   LINK 03 | 06 | 2010 Venue : OSE, Brussels Intervention: EN   Debate:  EN-FR Conference-debate Social Developments in the European Union 2009 To mark the publication of this book, which explores the social policy issues that featured on the European agenda during the past year, the OSE and ETUI will be holding a conference-debate at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). Introduction by Philippe Pochet et Bart Vanhercke | Introduction BV (PDF)   | Slides BV (PDF) Presentation of the 2009 edition by Christophe Degryse | Slides FR ( PDF)  The Future of Social Europe beyond EU 2020  David Natali  | Slides (PDF) Socio-environmental issues Pierre Jonckheer Launching the debate by Pierre Defraigne Social Europe from The Lisbon Strategy to EU 2020 Frank Vandenbroucke | Intervention (PDF)   | Slides (PDF) The European Union and the Economic and Social Crisis in Greece  Georges Dassis 19 | 05 | 2010 Venue : EESC, Brussels FR-EN-NL Invitation/ Programme (PDF)   PUDIAC Meeting | Conference RECWOWE-TURI: Exchange of Research Agendas on the Crisis In the framework of a conference organised by TURI (Trade Union-related Research Institutes), ETUI, Fundación 1° de Mayo, Fundación Francisco Lar go Caballero on "The implications of the crisis for the labour market", the OSE organises a DIAC meeting on "Exchange of Research Agendas on the Crisis between the RECWOWE and the TURI networks". The meeting represents the occasion to develop a dialogue between the two networks on the issues related to the crisis and its impact on the labour market. It is an opportunities for Recwowers to diffuse their own research products and to shed light on future synergies with other research institutions.  4-5 | 05 | 2010 Venue :  Madrid Language :  EN - SP Programme (PDF) RECWOWE  is a network of excellence funded by the 6th EU Framework Programme. Les midis de l'OSE (OSE Lunchtime Sessions) :  Les politiques sociales européennes après le Traité de Lisbonne : le point de vue de la Présidence espagnole With Carlos García de Cortázar, Labour and Social Affairs Counsellor, Permanent Representation of Spain to the European Union The "Midis de l'OSE" (OSE Lunchtime Sessions) gather the OSE team and their guests. A limited number of additional places is available on request. A short and well-structured presentation is followed by an informal debate.  29 | 04 | 2010 Venue : OSE, Brussels Intervention: FR / Debate: FR- EN Social Dialogue in Times of Crisis  Waltraud Schelke - London School of Economics and Political Science Reconfiguring Welfare States after the Crisis: What Role for Social Partners? Jean De Munck - Catholic University of Louvain Capabilities and Transitional Labour markets - A New Deal for Social Rights? Maarten Keune -  Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies Negociating out of the Crisis? Collective bargaining in EU During the Economic Downturn Lowell Turner - Cornell University Labor, Obama and Countermobilization: Political Paralysis on the Way to Economic Transformation Debate animated by: David Natali (Professor, Università di Bologna) and Philippe Pochet (Director, European Trade Union Institute). Venue: European Economic and Social Committee - Brussels 11 | 03 | 2010 Venue : Brussels Language: English  This event is organised by the Observatoire social européen in collaboration with the European Economic and Social Committee.  RECWOWE is a network of excellence funded by the 6th EU framework programme. Les midis de l'OSE (OSE Lunchtime Sessions) :  Reinforcing the EU Strategy on Social Inclusion.  OMC, economic crisis and the EU 2020 Strategy With Anne Hoël, Policy Coordinator, Plateform of European Social NGOs (Social Platform). The "Midis de l'OSE" (OSE Lunchtime Sessions) gather the OSE team and their guests. A limited number of additional places is available (We therefore expect you to give adequate prior notice in case of no-show). A short and well-structured presentation is followed by an informal debate.  Background documents  :  Social Platform recommendations to reinforce the Social OMC EN | FR  (PDF) Social Platform response to the EU 2020 consultation: Social Platform does not buy into the EU 2020 agenda and makes four proposals for improvement  EN (PDF) Spring Alliance Manifesto, for an EU that puts people and planet first EN | FR | NL  (PDF) 08 | 02 | 2010 Venue : OSE, Brussels Intervention: French Discussion: French/English More info : smoes@ose.be       2009    Les midis de l'OSE (OSE Lunchtime Sessions) :    Services sociaux d’intérêt général dans l’Union européenne With Barbara Sak, Managing Director, International Center of Research and Information on the Public, Social and Cooperative Economy (CIRIEC) The "Midis de l'OSE" (OSE Lunch Sessions) gather the OSE team and their guests. A short and well-structured presentation is followed by an informal debate. Background document :  Study on Social and Health Services of General Interest in the European Union Final Synthesis Report Manfred Huber, Mathias Maucher, Barbara Sak Prepared for DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities 14 | 12 | 2009 Venue :  OSE, Brussels Language: French  Les midis de l'OSE (OSE Lunchtime Sessions) :    Rôle et influence du Comité européen de la protection sociale:  quel bilan à l'approche de la fin de la Stratégie de Lisbonne ?  With Elise Willame, former chair of the Social Protection Committee. 13 | 11 | 2009 Venue :  OSE, Brussels Language: French  PUDIAC Meeting :    Employer’s recruitment decisions, Labour Market Disadvantage and Active Labour Market Policies Presented by Giuliano Bonoli, Professor of Social Policy, Swiss Graduate School of Administration (IDHEAP). The presentation will be discussed by Ides Nicaise, Professor and Research Manager, Higher Institute for Labour Studies (HIVA), University of Leuven. Venue:  European Trade Union Institute,  Brussels PUDIAC meeting organised in the framework of dissemination activities of the European Network of Excellence on Reconciling Work and Welfare RECWOWE.  With the support of the 6th Framework Programme. 09 | 11 | 2009 Venue : Brussels Language: English  This event is a collaboration between the European Trade Union Institute and the Observatoire social européen.  International Study Day on "Eastern Feminisms" at the Brussels University (ULB) Anna Safuta (OSE) has contributed to the debate as a Speaker. 08 | 10 | 2009 Université des femmes Website PUDIAC Meeting : The Gender Dimension of Job Quality Presented by Colette Fagan, Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the European Work and Employment Research Centre, University of Manchester The presentation will be discussed by Maria Jepsen, Head of Research Department, European Trade Union Institute.   PUDIAC meeting organised in the framework of dissemination activities of the European Network of Excellence on Reconciling Work and Welfare RECWOWE.  With the support of the 6th Framework Programme. 30 | 09 | 2009 Venue : Bruxelles This event is organised in collaboration with with the Federal Public Service Social Security and the Observatoire social européen. Conference 'Health Care and EU law' Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands The focus of the conference is on the impact of EU internal market and competition law on the organisation of the national health care systems of the Member States. 01-02 | 10 | 2009 More info : Website Radboud University Flexible today, secure tomorrow ?  Labour markets, pensions reforms in a context of economic crisis Presented by Prof. Karl Hinrichs, University of Bremen and Niels Ploug, The Danish National Institute of Social Research. The discussion will be introduced by Elise Willame, former President of the European Social Protection Committee. The presentation will be discussed by Jos Berghman, Professor at the Catholic University of Leuven. In recent decades labour market reforms have led to the growing relevance of new so-called “atypical” jobs, and income security during old-age has been challenged by pension reforms. As a result of both trends, some questions are still to be addressed: to what extent do the new “atypical” contracts provide social protection against old-age? Which are the pension prospects, of those (mostly young) workers who spend at least a part of their career in flexible employment relationships ? The meeting will focus on these tensions and other relevant questions by presenting the conclusions of the research task ‘Flexible Today, Secure Tomorrow?’ chaired by K. Hinrichs (University of Bremen), M. Jessoula (University of Milan) and N. Ploug (Danish Institute of Social Research), where the concept of flexicurity has been analysed in term of the relationships between job (in)security and income (in)security during the old-age. 23 | 03 | 2009   Public debate Venue : Brussels This event is organised in collaboration with the Central Economic Council, the National Labour Council and the Observatoire social européen.  With the support of the 6th Framework Programme  This initiative is organised by DIAC, the Dialogue Centre of RECWOWE. Working conditions and Health and Safety surveys in Europe: stocktaking, challenges and perspectives Expert seminar oranised by The Observatoire social européen (OSE) on behalf of the European Trade-Union Institute (ETUI). Brussels, 18-19 March 2009. Working languages : French and English. It is mainly aimed at producers and users of Working Conditions/Health and Safety (WC/HS) surveys throughout Europe and expected to be a unique opportunity to exchange around a variety of issues raised by the outcomes highlighted in the various surveys undertaken in the European Union, either at transnational, national or sectoral levels. 18-19 | 03 | 2009   Seminar   Slides of the interventions >> La réforme des systèmes de protection sociale: nouveaux risques sociaux, nouvelles politiques ? Levensloop: onderzoek en beleid Robert Maier, Professeur à l’Université d’Utrecht.  La réforme des retraites : nouvelles dynamiques et effets redistributifs David Natali, Professeur à l’Université de Bologne.   Lieu : Conseil central de l'économie, Conseil national du travail, Bruxelles   Débat public à destination des acteurs socio-économiques dans le cadre du projet RECWOWE, organisé en collaboration avec le Conseil central de l’économie, le Conseil national du travail et l’Observatoire social européen 05 | 02 | 2009   Public debate Languages : FR / NL with translation De hervorming van de welvaartssystemen: nieuwe sociale risico’s, nieuw beleid ? Levensloop: onderzoek en beleid Robert Maier, Professor aan de Universiteit van Utrecht La réforme des retraites : nouvelles dynamiques et effets redistributifs David Natali, Professeur à l’Université de Bologne Openbaar debat gericht naar deelnemers uit het sociaal-economische beleidsdomein en georganiseerd in het kader van het RECWOWE project, in samenwerking door de Centrale Raad voor het Bedrijfsleven, de Nationale Arbeidsraad en het Observatoire social européen.         2008    Développement durable et politiques de changement climatique : quelles implications pour l’emploi en Europe ? Avec Sophie DUPRESSOIR (CES) Midi de l'OSE, Bruxelles 15 | 12 | 2008   Midi de l'OSE Compte-rendu Folio-IPSE LA GOUVERNANCE DES SYSTEMES DE SANTE EN EUROPE : le rôle du Droit et de la Politique dans l'UE Conférence, Bruxelles Communiqué de presse présentant la conférence et l'étude qui sera prochainement publiée. FR | EN  (PDF) 11 | 12 | 2008 Website