ESIP - European Social Insurance Platform

About us

The development of the European Single Market and in particular the free movement of citizens across the European Union call for greater cooperation between national social insurance systems. To this end, the European Social Insurance Platform was created in 1996 and since January 2009, ESIP exists as a legal entity under Belgian law.

Today, ESIP as a strategic platform gathers 46 national social security organisations insuring citizens in 19 EU Member States and Switzerland. ESIP covers various branches of social insurance including health, pensions, family and social inclusion, disability and rehabilitation and unemployment.

Our Mission

Our mission:

- Preserving high-profile social security for Europe

- Reinforcing solidarity-based social insurance systems

- Maintaining the quality of European social protection

Our activities:

- A platform for transnational dialogue and exchange of best practices between national social security institutions in Europe

- A strategic network for developing common positions to influence the European decision-making process

- A consultation forum for the European institutions and other multinational bodies active in the field of social security