Tilburg University and the Department of Private, Business & Labour Law at Tilburg University, with funding from Instituut Gak, is bringing together leading academics, policymakers, and social partners for a full day exploring access to social security for the self-employed across Europe.

Panel I

Fundamental Right to social security & Universal access: relevance for the social protection of self-employed”
(Chair Gijs Vonk, RUG)

• Frans Pennings (UU): Social Security under the CFREU

• Ingrid Leijten (TiU): Social Security under the ECHR

• Eleni de Becker (VUB): Labour neutrality in International Fundamental Rights Law

Panel II

Comparative perspectives on access to social security for the self-employed and the (potential) influence of the Council Recommendation on access to social protection (Chair Guido van Limberghen, VUB)

• Laurent Aujean (EU Commission): EU perspective and the council recommendation

• Amélie Sutterer-Kipping (Hugo Sinzheimer Institut): German Perspective

• Daniel del Prado (UC3M): Spanish perspective

• Daniel Dumont (ULB): Belgian perspective

• Fenicia Aceto (TiU): The Netherlands in a comparative perspective

Panel III 

Collective agreements & the self-employed (Chair Inge Graef, TiU)

• Silvia Rainone (ETUC): The EU perspective

• Mijke Houwerzijl (TiU): Dutch Collective agreements

• Ane Aranguiz (TiU): Collective bargaining in social security

Dialogue box

The role of the administration & Social partners (Chair Irmgard Borghouts, TiU)

• Miranda Vermeulen (UWV)

• Wim Arie van Zelderen (FNV Zelfstandigen).