The European Social Insurance Platform (ESIP) has signed a joint-letter, alongside 19 Social and Health organisations, calling for "Integrating Social and Health ambitions into the next EU Strategic Agenda 2024-2029".

Europe’s social security systems: A key pillar for a strong Social Europe

But how do we get there? What should the headline priorities for the next five years be?

ESIP members adopt a set of recommendations for the digitalisation of social security coordination in Europe

ESIP Members have adopted their Recommendations on the digitalisation of social security coordination in Europe. This comes as a response to the European Commission's Communication on the matter published on the 6^th of September 2023. These recommendations chart the course for European institutions to take in implementing fit-for-purpose, business-oriented, user-friendly digital tools for social security coordination. It is critical to remember that digitalisation is a means to an end, rather than the other way around.

ESIP reacts to the Commission's Communication on digitalisation in social security coordination

A step in the right direction: “Digitalisation is at the core of the modernisation of our social security systems. When deploying new digital solutions, it is crucial to remember that those are not a goal in itself, but a means to offer better services to citizens and businesses. Social security institutions are ready to offer their experience and expertise to design new digital solutions that are people-centred, consistent and implementable”, says Anne-Claire Le Bodic, ESIP President

2nd ESIP Annual Forum: Europe's social security systems and the changing world of work

Following the success of the first edition, the European Social Insurance Platform (ESIP) held its second Annual Forum on the 12th of October 2023 at Scotland House in Brussels.

"Europe's social security systems and the changing world of work" is this year’s theme.

New Board of Governors elected

On 14 June 2023, the European Social Insurance Platform (ESIP) held its General Assembly meeting in Nice (France), hosted by its member organisation Urssaf. On this occasion, ESIP Members elected their new Board of Governors with a three-year mandate, in accordance with the new ESIP Statutes. 

ESIP-FNA workshop on pension and inflation

The European Social Insurance Platform (ESIP) and the & Research Network on Old-Age Provision (FNA) of the German Federal Pension Insurance invite you to the public workshop:

‘Inflation – Fear number one!’

ESIP contribution to the activities of the High-Level Group on the future of social protection

Social security institutions represented by ESIP play a key role in turning rights into reality for the EU’s population, including in cross-border situations, by implementing national and EU legislation. They are also innovators who strive to improve their systems and services.

ESIP High-level conference on the digitalisation of social security

On 22 September, ESIP hosted the High-level Conference on "E-Social Security 2.0" under the auspices of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU. The event successfully gathered 20 speakers, 130 participants in person and more than 50 online. Members of the ESIP community, the European Commission (EC), Member States and many others from the Brussels stakeholder pool were in the audience.

The programme of the event is available here. 

This was a major opportunity to launch the ESIP Statement on Digitalisation summarising ESIP Members’ reflection on digital social security leading towards the conference.

ESIP position paper on the directive on platform work

ESIP publishes today its position on the European Commission proposal for a Directive on Improving the working conditions of platform workers. The statutory social protection institutions represented within ESIP welcome the proposal as support to tackle the challenge linked to the emergence of platform work.