Occupational Welfare in Europe: Risks, opportunities and social partner involvement
Natali D., Pavolini E. with Vanhercke B. (Eds)
European Trade Union Institute – European Social Observatory, Brussels, 2018, 267 p.
39 years of independent expertise in European social policy
Industrial relations
Unemployment and Pensions Protection in Europe: The Changing Role of Social Partners
The new PROWELFARE, financed by the European Commission, started in December 2014. It is a two-year project coordinated by the European Social Observatory (OSE) which involves 10 partners (see the dedicated website). PROWELFARE examines the role of social partners - particularly of trade unions - in the provision of welfare protection through occupational schemes. Specific objectives of the project are:
Providing welfare through Social Dialogue: A renewed role for Social Partners? (PROWELFARE)
The OSE and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), together with the Institute for Economic and Social Research
Ramón Peña-Casas
Sociologue de formation et doté d'une grande expertise en matière d'analyse socio-économique et de techniques empiriques, Ramón Peña-Casas a rejoint l'équipe de l'OSE en 2000.
Team OSE
Welfare State and Industrial Relations Trends in Poland and the European Union
Poland, just like many other European countries, is facing the important challenge of modernising its welfare system in a challenging economic context and at a time of ongoing fiscal consolidation. Against this background, this public Roundtable discussion represents a key opportunity for scholars as well as national and European stakeholders and policymakers to discuss the contribution of social dialogue to welfare state developments in Poland and the rest of Europe.