Vanhercke Bart	Administrative Director
Policy analyst Specialist fields : European integration, social protection and social inclusion

	Short Biography
Bart Vanhercke, Master of Science in Sociology, is administrative and financial director at the OSE and therefore in charge of managing the budget and the internal organization of the team, directing the administrative staff, and overseeing the Newsletter and the Website. He is also writing a PhD at the University of Amsterdam (Amsterdam School of Social Science Research - ASSR) on "The hard politics of soft policy coordination". His current research and publications focus on the Europeanization of domestic social inclusion, healthcare and pensions policies through different EU policy instruments (law, soft governance and financial instruments), topics on which he also works as associate academic staff at the Centre for Sociological Research (CESO), the University of Leuven. Earlier research experience dealth with the social challenges of EMU and EU enlargement, and the role of local administrations with regard to rendering health care accessible for welfare beneficiairies. Bart Vanhercke previously worked as European advisor to the Belgian Minister for Social Affairs (1999-2004), and in this function coordinated the "Social Affairs" Task Force of the Belgian Presidency of the EU (2001). He was an assistant in the European Parliament (2004-2006), which included providing political advice on internal market directives (such as machinery, professional qualifications, motor vehicle insurance). Bart Vanhercke started his career as research assistant at the Center for Sociology of Health (Centre de sociologie de la Santé) of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB).

 

	Publications
2010 The Europeanisation of National Health Care Systems: Creative Adaptation in the Shadow of Patient Mobility Case Law Baeten, R., Vanhercke, B. and Coucheir, M. (2010) OSE Paper Series, Research paper No. 3, July 2010, 30p.   The hard politics of soft law: the case of health Vanhercke, B. and Greer, S. L. (2010) in Mossialos, E., Permanand, G., Baeten, R., Hervey, T. (eds.), Health Systems Governance in Europe : the role of EU law and policy, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp.186-230. WEB   Healthcare and the EU: the law and policy patchwork Vanhercke, B. and Hervey, T. (2010) in Mossialos, E., Permanand, G., Baeten, R., Hervey, T. (eds.), Health Systems Governance in Europe : the role of EU law and policy, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp.84-133. WEB   2009 Against the odds. The OMC as a Selective Amplifier for Reforming Belgian Pension Policies Vanhercke, B. (2009) in Kröger, S. (ed.), What we have learnt: Advances, pitfalls and remaining questions of OMC research, European Integration online Papers, Special Issue 1 (13), November 2009. FLYER     WEB  (Texte complet)   The Open Method of Coordination and domestic social policymaking in Belgium and France: window dressing, one-way impact, or reciprocal influence? Hamel, M.P., Vanhercke, B. (2009) in Heidenreich, M., Zeitlin, J. (eds.), Changing European Employment and Welfare Regimes: The influence of the open method of coordination on national reforms, Routledge, London. FLYER    WEB   Hoezo, ver van ons bed? Over de wisselwerking tussen het Belgische en Europese armoedebeleid Vanhercke, B. (2009) in Vranken, J., Campaert, G., Dierckx, D. en Van Haarlem, A. (red.), Arm Europa. Over armoede en armoedebestrijding op het Europese niveau, Leuven: Acco, pp 79-100.   WEB   Lokaal Sociaal Beleid Onder de Radar. Activerende Sociale Insluiting via het Europees Sociaal Fonds Vanhercke, B., Campaert, G., (2009) in Vranken, J., Campaert, G., Dierckx, D. en Van Haarlem, A. (red.), Arm Europa. Over armoede en armoedebestrijding op het Europese niveau, Leuven: Acco, pp. 65-77.   WEB   L'Europe en Belgique, la Belgique dans l'Europe. Configuration et appropriation des politiques sociales Vanhercke, B., Verschraegen, G., Van Gehuchten, P-P. (Eds.), avec Beckers, M., Bellal, S., Berghman, J., Hamel, M-P, Hubert, G., Paye, O., Pochet, P., Ramos Martín, N., Reyniers, P., Vanderborght, Y., van Gerven, M., Vielle, P. et Verpoorten, R., avec la collaboration de Degryse, C. et Stoffel, S. (2009) Rapport final du projet de recherche ‘Outils européens et politique sociale Belge’ (ETOS.be) dans le cadre du programme “Société et Avenir”, Bruxelles: Politique Scientifique fédérale, 2009, 280p.    RAPPORT    2008 Politique nationale et coopération européenne: la méthode de la coordination ouverte est-elle devenue plus contraignante? Hamel, M.P., Vanhercke, B. (2008) Revue Belge de Sécurité Sociale, No.1, pp.73-111. FR   Harde’ nationale politiek en ‘zachte’ Europese samenwerking. Heeft Open Coördinatie (dan toch) tanden gekregen? Hamel, M.P., Vanhercke, B. (2008) Belgisch Tijdschrift Voor Sociale Zekerheid, No.1, pp.75-114. NL   2007 The Operation of the Social Protection and Social Inclusion OMC in Belgium: a Hybrid Policy Instrument between Hard and Soft Law Vanhercke, B. (2007) Paper presented at the European Union Studies Association (EUSA) Tenth Biennial International  Conference, Montreal, 17-19 May 2007. WEB   2006 Political Spill-Over, Changing Advocacy Coalition, Path Dependency or Domestic Politics? Theorizing the Emergence of the Social Protection OMC’s Vanhercke, B. (2006) Paper presented at the Conference on Governing Work and Welfare in an Enlarged Europe, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 19-20 May 2006. Conference Wisconsin May 2005   Variations in Institutionalisation of Hybrid Social Protection OMC’s: the Choice for Non-Constitutionalisation and the Emergence of ‘Hard Soft Law’ Vanhercke, B. (2006) Paper presented at the 2006 ESPANET Conference, Bremen, 21-23 September 2006. Paper ESPANET Bremen September 2006

  

	Earlier Publications
Het jaar van de Lakmoesproef Vanhercke, B. (2006) Intermezzo, No.3, pp.11-12.   Protection sociale et Union économique et monétaire Vanhercke, B. (1999) Revue Belge de Sécurité Sociale, No.1, pp.1-31.   Sociale Bescherming en Economische en Monetaire Unie Vanhercke, B. (1999) Belgisch Tijdschrift Voor Sociale Zekerheid, No.1, pp.1-31.   20 ans CPAS : vers une actualisation du projet de société  Vranken J., Vanhercke B. (1998) Carton, L. (eds.), Acco, Leuven, pp.300.   20 jaar OCMW : naar een actualisering van het maatschappijproject Vranken J., Vanhercke B. (1998) Carton, L. (eds.), Acco, Leuven, pp.301.   Social Protection in the European EMU: Hypotheses, Facts and Perceptions Vanhercke, B. (1998) in European Trade Union Yearbook, European Trade Union Confederation, Brussels, pp. 253-282.   Social challenges of economic and monetary union Pochet, P. et Vanhercke, B., (eds.) (1998) European Interuniversity Press-PIE, (Collection Work & Society, No.18), Brussel. WEB  WEB PIE-Peter Lang   De sociale knelpunten van de Economische en Monetaire Unie Pochet, P. et Vanhercke, B., (eds.) (1998) Presses Interuniversitaires Européennes-PIE, (Collectie Work & Society, No.19), Brussel, Werk & Samenleving. WEB  WEB PIE-Peter Lang   Les enjeux sociaux de l'Union économique et monétaire Pochet, P. et Vanhercke, B., (eds.) (1998) Presses Interuniversitaires Européennes, (Collection Travail & société, No.17), Bruxelles. WEB  WEB PIE-Peter Lang   Santé et pauvreté: le rôle des C.P.A.S. Herscovici, A., Vanhercke, B., Moulin, M. et Godard, M., (1996) Centre de Sociologie de la Sante, Université Libre de Bruxelles, pp.54.   Gezondheid en armoede. Medische steuntoekenning door de Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn Herscovici, A., Vanhercke, B., Moulin, M. en Godard, M. (1996) Syntheserapport, Centre de Sociologie de la Sante, Université Libre de Bruxelles, pp.60.

 

	Presentations
2009 La MOC est-elle le cheval de Troie de la politique nationale en matière de sécurité sociale? Vanhercke, B. (2009) Guest Lecture, Cours "Droit social international et européen" (Prof. Pierre-Paul Van Gehuchten), Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), 23 avril 2009.   EU Social Policy Under the Radar? Promoting Active Social Inclusion through the European Social Fund and the Open Method of Coordination Vanhercke, B. (2009) IMPALLA Course on Comparative and International Socio-Economic Policy (Prof. Frank Vandenbroucke), KULeuven, 23 March 2009.   2008 What future for the Open Method of Coordination on social inclusion? Vanhercke, B. (2008) Presentation at the Social Platform annual conference, Civil Dialogue - How can we shape the Europe we want ?, Brussels, 9-10 December 2008.   When immovable objects meet ideas whose time have come. The soft Europeanisation of pension policies in Belgium Vanhercke, B. (2008) Presentation at the Workshop The OMC within the Lisbon strategy: Empirical assessments and theoretical implications, Vienna, Austrian Academy of Sciences, 28-29 November 2008.   L’Union européenne est-elle le cheval de Troie de la politique nationale en matière de sécurité sociale? Vanhercke, B. (2008)  Formation des formateurs pour l’Asbl FEC (Formation, Education, Culture), Bouge, 27 juin 2008.   Is de Europese Unie het Paard van Troje van het nationale gezondheidszorgbeleid? Vanhercke, B. (2008) Seminarie, Cursus Health Policy and Politics, KULeuven, 16 april 2008.   Open Coördinatie van Sociaal Beleid: Kerstboom, Eenrichtingsverkeer of Wederzijdse beïnvloeding? Vanhercke, B. (2008) Hoorcollege, KULeuven, Cursus Sociaal Beleid, 11 maart 2008.   The OMC and Domestic Social Policymaking in Belgium and France: Window Dressing, One-Way Impact, or Reciprocal Influence? Vanhercke, B. (2008) Guest Lecture, IMPALLA Course on Comparative and International Socio-Economic Policy, KULeuven, 3 March 2008.   << Team