Organisation and coordination of a network on the EU coordination of social security schemes in EU/EEA/CH

training and reporting on European Social Security

trESS III

trESS was established in 2005 and is financed by the European Commission (DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion)

It is implemented by Ghent University in collaboration with independent experts from 31 countries

trESS III runs from 2011 to 2014

Objectives increase the knowledge base on the coordination

regulations build networks between people professionally

involved in social security coordination all over Europe report to the EC on the implementation of the EU

Regulations undertake legal and statistical analysis with regard to

topics connected with social security coordination provide analytical support to the European

Commission in relation to the application of social security coordination legislation

Main activities

training & networking

information-sharing

reporting & analysis

Highlights trESS III National seminars replaced by ‘specialised’

seminars

trESS now covers also the EEA countries (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein) and Switzerland

Some new tasks added analytical support to the EC (requests for information,

contribution to studies) mapping and analysis of statistics on social security

coordination

Network extended with specific areas of expertise

Training & Networking

Target groupsSocial security institutions and authoritiesSocial partners NGOs Judges and lawyersIndependent experts confronted with problems of implementation

Activities: Specialised seminarsE-learning moduleContact databaseRegular E-newslettersSocial media

Specialised seminars

Ca. 10 seminars per year, determined in accordance with a procedure of “internal calls for proposals”

All countries covered at least once over the course of the project Wide variety of seminars

Awareness-raising, practically-oriented or analytical General or focused on one particular topic/target group National, bi-or multilateral, in cooperation with other stakeholders

Attended by experts from the Commission and trESS Reports written by seminar reporters Agenda and PPT presentations posted on trESS website Participant satisfaction is monitored – Please complete the brief

participant satisfaction survey distributed at the seminar

Seminar calendar 2012

• Cases*Latvia-Lithuania (Riga) 19 April

Italy (Rome) 30 May

Greece (Athens) 27 June

Switzerland (Fribourg) 28 June

Estonia-Finland (Tallinn) 4 September

Cyprus (Nicosia) 24 September

Spain (Seville) 27 September

Slovakia (Bratislava) 9 October

Networking

How to join? • By sending a request to join to tress@ugent.be

• By submitting a request via the website

Current members are kindly requested to keep their details updated

Austria 73 Hungary 57 Slovak Rep. 41

Belgium 125 Ireland 29 Slovenia 72

Bulgaria 73 Italy 71 UK 130

Cyprus 65 Lithuania 45 Switzerland 2

Czech Rep. 72 Luxembourg 37 Norway 1

Germany 53 Latvia 50 Liechtenstein 1

Denmark 51 Malta 109 Iceland 1

Estonia 55 The Netherlands 109 Other 12

Greece 54 Poland 160

Spain 73 Portugal 127 TOTAL 2175Finland 119 Romania 111 * Status April 2012

France 155 Sweden 42

Networking

Subscriber status

4 issues per year

Contents Information on the project and its activities Interviews with top experts in the field of social security coordination Trends, challenges and developments in the field of coordination Case law reviews & developments at legislative level

2007 1732

2009 2732

2010 3210

2011 3513

April 2012 3575

Information-sharing: www.tress-network.org

Open access seminar information

e-learning

national resources

European resources

e-newsletter

Restricted access contact database

internal project matters

Website: e-learning module

General introduction into social security coordination

Glossary of 70 keywords, reflecting main concepts of social security coordination, with 190 questions & answers

Updated as necessary

Website: national resources

National case law

National bibliography

Seminar information

Website: European resources European Reports (2008 -) Think Tank Reports (2008 -) & Analytical Reports (2011 -) Texts of the main Regulations (in all available languages) Regulations database

Articles of the Regulations linkedwith relevant information

Latest developmentsLinkage between articles of

883/2004 and implementing articles of 987/2009Linkage between articles of 883/2004 and 987/2009, and relevant

decisions of the Administrative CommissionSelection of historical leading cases among case law linked to

1408/71 and 574/72

NEW: social media pages trESS on LinkedIn and Facebook Regular news updates on EU social security coordination Messages, comments and opinions How to join?

Become a member of LinkedInand/or Facebook

Join the trESS pages A direct link to the trESS social

media pages is available on thehomepage of the trESS website

Reporting on implementation

Yearly reports on the implementation of the coordination regulations in 31 countries

Either a European Report (covering application of the Regulations as a whole), or

a Thematic Report, focusing on a specific topic of coordinationIn 2012: Thematic Report (available December) on the coordination of benefits with activation measuresBased on contributions of national experts

Legal analysis

“Think Tank Study”: Legal research with a long-term perspective dealing with strategic questionsConducted by a Think Tank, composed each year from a pool of analytical expertsIn 2012: the coordination of unemployment benefits (available December)

Legal analysis

“Analytical study”: legal research based on fact-finding with relation to ad hoc analytical needsConducted by an analytical study group, composed each year from a pool of analytical expertsIn 2012: impact assessment report on the coordination of long-term care benefits

Contact trESS

www.tress-network.org

tress@ugent.be