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 groups
Social security institutions and authorities Social partners NGOs Judges and lawyers Independent experts confronted with problems of implementation

Activities:
Specialised seminars E-learning module Contact database Regular E-newsletters Social 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

Latvia-Lithuania (Riga) 19 April

Italy Cases*(Rome)
Greece (Athens) Switzerland (Fribourg) Estonia-Finland (Tallinn) Cyprus (Nicosia) Spain (Seville) Slovakia (Bratislava)

30 May
27 June 28 June 4 September 24 September 27 September 9 October

Networking
Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Rep. Germany Denmark Estonia Greece Spain Finland France 73 125 73 65 72 53 51 55 54 73 119 155 Hungary Ireland Italy Lithuania Luxembourg Latvia Malta The Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Sweden 57 29 71 45 37 50 109 109 160 127 111 42 Slovak Rep. Slovenia UK Switzerland Norway Liechtenstein Iceland Other 41 72 130 2 1 1 1 12

How to join?
By sending a request to join to tress@ugent.be By submitting a request via the website

TOTAL 2175
* Status April 2012

Current members are kindly requested to keep their details updated

Networking
Subscriber status
2007 2009 1732 2732

2010
2011 April 2012

3210
3513 3575

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

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 linked with relevant information Latest developments

Linkage between articles of

883/2004 and implementing articles of 987/2009 Linkage between articles of 883/2004 and 987/2009, and relevant decisions of the Administrative Commission Selection 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 LinkedIn and/or Facebook Join the trESS pages A direct link to the trESS social media pages is available on the homepage 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 coordination

In 2012: Thematic Report (available December) on the coordination of benefits with activation measures Based on contributions of national experts

Legal analysis
Think Tank Study: Legal research with a long-term perspective dealing with strategic questions Conducted by a Think Tank, composed each year from a pool of analytical experts In 2012: the coordination of unemployment benefits (available December)

Legal analysis
Analytical study: legal research based on factfinding with relation to ad hoc analytical needs Conducted by an analytical study group, composed each year from a pool of analytical experts In 2012: impact assessment report on the coordination of long-term care benefits

Contact trESS

www.tress-network.org tress@ugent.be