Overview
Lobbying Costs
750,000€
Financial year: Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
13.5 Fte (15)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Observatoire social européen (OSE)
EU Transparency Register
578408218330-43 First registered on 28 Jul 2015
Goals / Remit
The OSE was founded in 1984 and is nowadays a leading centre for research, information and training, specialised in the social dimension of the European Union. It has a forward-looking approach and operates as a think-tank, identifying issues as they emerge.
The OSE is a partner organisation in several European Framework Programmes and is actively involved in some major networks of academic excellence in Europe and North America.
The OSE works closely with the Belgian and European public authorities, as well as with trade unions (including in the context of TURI, a network of research institutes close to the trade unions) and civil society organisations. As a result, it has acquired specialist, in-depth knowledge on the social dimension of European integration and a profound understanding of the European context.
Following a decision of the federal government in July 2014, the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office has recognised the OSE as ‘Scientific Institution’, thereby acknowledging the quality of its independent research.
The OSE’s main goals are to produce independent and state-of-the-art critical analysis of the social dimension of European integration. This implies, more concretely, that we:
· Analyse the impact of European integration on social and employment policies both at EU level and within the Member States.
· Conduct research, formulate policy proposals and produce training toolkits.
· Provide an ongoing platform for discussion for a wide range of stakeholders, esp. trade union organisations.
· Widely disseminate the results of our reflections through our website, Newsletters, publications (incl. the OSE Working Papers Series), social media (Twitter and LinkedIn) and events.
The OSE consists of a multidisciplinary and multilingual team of researchers and analysts – bolstered by research associates and by interns from all over Europe and North America.
The OSE team:
· Has a variety of expertise in cross-cutting areas such as economic and monetary union and its impact on the social dimension of European integration, institutional
issues and the EU’s social policy-making mechanisms (including policy coordination, EU legislation, social dialogue and EU funding).
· Is able to draw upon a broad-based network of public authorities, (academic and other) researchers, think-tanks, European and national trade unionists, social
partner representatives and other social stakeholders.
· Has more than 20 years of expertise in organizing both major (amongst other things, within the framework of the Belgian Presidencies of the EU in 2001 and 2010) and smaller events (incl. the OSE Lunchtime sessions).
· Can draw on in-house resources, which include our website; our three-monthly Newsletter; our Health Care Newsletter (in English, French and Dutch); our Working Paper series (Research, Briefing and Opinion papers); our Lunchtime Sessions; our LinkedIn page and Twitter account.Main EU files targeted
- The social dimension of the EU's economic governance (incl. the Social Dimension of EMU and the socialisation of the european Semester);
- Contract welfare in the European Union: the changing role of social partners;
- National welfare state reforms and the crisis;
- The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP);
- The EU's anti poverty strategy, incl. the European Platform against Poverty;
- Analysis of the social dimension of the National reform Programmes (NRPs).Address
Head Office
Rue Paul Emile Janson, 13
Brussels 1050
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
15
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 12 50% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
13.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
Regular interns provide important additional human resources in terms of research assistance and boosting the OSE social media strategy.
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Bart Vanhercke (Director)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Bart Vanhercke (Director)
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Categories
Category
IV - Think tanks, research and academic institutions
Subcategory
Think tanks and research institutions
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Networking
Affiliation
Not Applicable
Member organisations
Not Applicable
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
750,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
165,932 € (Source: NEUJOBS FP7-SSH-2010-1 (COM); ESPN (VC/2014/0142); EMIN (VC2012/0825))
Other financial info
The category 'National sources' is composed of two subcategories: 'project funding' (INAMI; SPF Social Security) and 'Subsidies' (ACTIRIS and BELSPO)
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Bart Vanhercke was a Member of the 'Ad-hoc Group on Reinvigorating the Social OMC in context of the Europe 2020 Strategy' of the EU's Social Protection Committee.
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
- Annual Conference on 'Social Developments in the European Union' at the European Econolic and Social Committee;
- Regular OSE Lunchtimes Sessions on issues topping the EU agenda;
- Organisation of major (amongst other things, within the framework of the Belgian Presidencies of the EU in 2001 and 2010) and smaller events;
- Annual production of a range of articles, book chapters and Working Papers, as well as edited volumes, digests, book reviews and opinions.
- The OSE Working Paper series, encompassing three different publications: ‘Research’, ‘Briefing’ and ‘Opinion’ papers;
- The Health Care Newsletter (EN, FR and NL), providing regular summaries of current EU developments that might affect national health care systems.Other activities
Bart Vanhercke has been a member of the 'High Level Group on Social Union' set up by Friends of Europe in 2014.
Meetings
Meetings
2 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 28 Jan 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Panel intervention at the webinar: Social policy in the EU 2020. Role of EGD on the SDGs. Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Sarah Nelen (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 16 Sep 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject European Semester Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Attending - Stefaan Hermans (Cabinet member)