Peña-Casas R., Ghailani D. and Sabato S.
Unpacking Policy Synergies and Challenges
WeLaR project. HIVA-KUL, Leuven (2025)
Social inclusion
Thil, L., Lenaerts, K., Barslund, M., Dunne, A., Holtgrewe, U., Bruckmayer, M., Peña-Casas, R., Sabato, S., Ghailani, D. and Spasova, S.
WeLaR project. HIVA-KUL, Leuven (2025)
Peña-Casas, R., Ghailani, D. with K. Kominou (2023)
Policy Working Yet Poor - Workyp project, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Peña-Casas, R., Ghailani, D. with K. Kominou (2023)
in Ratti L. and P. Schouckens (Eds), Working Yet Poor - Challenges to EU Social Citizenship, Hart Publishing:Oxford .pp. 189-206.
An analysis of policies in 35 countries
Baptista I., Marlier E., Spasova S., Peña-Casas R., Fronteddu B., Ghailani D., Sabato S. and Regazzoni P.
European Social Policy Network (ESPN), Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.
Sabato S.
in Jessoula M. and Madama I. (eds.), Fighting Poverty and Social Exclusion in the EU. A Chance in Europe 2020, Routledge, pp. 166 - 185.
The OSE is a partner in a new Horizon Europe-funded research project (2022-2025) looking at ‘Welfare systems and Labour market policies for economic and social resilience in Europe’ (‘WeLaR’). The project is coordinated by the Research Institute for Work and Society (HIVA, KU Leuven) and brings together research institutes from six European Union countries: Austria (ZSI-WIIW), Belgium (OSE), Germany (ZEW), Italy (UNIPG), Luxembourg (LISER), Poland (ALDGATE-IBS) – as well as Serbia (EKOF).
The OSE was awarded a new contract with the Belgian Federal Public Service Social Security with a view to writing the ‘European and International Digest’ for the quarterly Revue Belge de Sécurité Sociale (RBSS/BTSZ). The Digest will continue to provide a regular overview of international developments (EU, OECD, ILO etc.) that have a direct or indirect impact on social protection and social inclusion policies and debates. As of 2019, this Digest includes information on environmental decisions taken by these institutions with a direct impact on public health and welfare.
The OSE is the lead partner of this Commission-funded project. The partnership is made up of ten institutions. These include universities (the University of Macerata, Uppsala University and University of Turku); trade union-related research institutes (the European Social Observatory, the Hans Boeckler Foundation’s Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI), and the Institute for Social and Trade Union Research (ISTUR); independent research centres (the Centre for Studies for Social Intervention (CESIS), the Bulgarian Academy of Science and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Since 2014, the European Social Policy Network (ESPN) has been supporting the European Commission with independent information, analysis and expertise on social policies to foster the development of evidence-based social policy initiatives at European level. In particular, the ESPN supports the Commission in monitoring progress towards the EU’s social protection and social inclusion objectives as set out in the Europe 2020 Strategy, the European Pillar of Social Rights and the European Semester.