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Presentations from the conference

Professor Frans Pennings (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
The young at work - Experiences in the Netherlands

Professor Laura Calafà (University of Verona, Italy)
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Željko  Marković,  Head (Rijeka Regional Centre, Croatian Employment Service)
Hrvatski zavod za zapošljavanje i atipični oblici rada

Nenad Seifert, Head (Rijeka Regional Office, Croatian Employers' Association)
Mladi i tržište rada

Assistant Professor Vanja Smokvina (University of Rijeka)
The work of youth and new forms of employment with special emphasis on The measure on occupational training without commencing employment 

Professor Sandra Laleta (University of Rijeka)
Full-time students' employment in Croatia

Darko Šeperić (Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia)
Zapošljavanje mladih - stajališta sindikata  

Dijana Kesonja (Advisor at Ombudswoman for Croatia)
Stručno osposobljavanje – prednosti, nedostaci i izazovi

International seminar „Current issues of coordination of family benefits“

The international seminar “Current issues of coordination of family benefits” took place at the Faculty of Law in Rijeka on 26 April 2019. The seminar was organised as an activity within the project Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Module “EU Social Security Law” (project no.: 574674-EPP-1-2016-1-HR-EPPJMO-MODULE).

Family benefits form an important part of the coordination of social security systems in the EU Member States. Although they may be very different, they are intended to meet family needs and are granted in connection with the family situation of a beneficiary. They form an important part of social security systems, and they can serve multiple purposes, such as protection from poverty, raising the quality of life or as measures of demographic policies. As such, they are strongly rooted in national traditions and linked to the standard and costs of living in a certain state. The EU social security coordination rules in this field are designed to enable all those moving within the Union to keep their entitlement to benefits, but they also lay down priority rules which prevent overlapping of family benefits accorded under the legislation of the competent state and under the legislation of the Member State of residence of family members. Many legal and practical issues surround the coordination of family benefits in the EU, especially lately. Long-standing debates in many EU countries have led to changes in legislation, and their compliance with EU law and the principle of equality is questionable.

This seminar has gathered leading experts and practitioners in the field of social security to present the latest developments in coordination of family benefits in Austria, Slovenia, Germany and Croatia. The migration flows among these countries are traditionally strong, and coordination is an inevitable issue. Many current questions associated with coordination of family benefits in these countries were addressed and discussed at the seminar.
The seminar started with a short introduction in the issues and the presentation of the Jean Monnet Module “EU Social Security Law”, financed within the Erasmus+ program of the European commission and implemented at the Faculty of Law in Rijeka in the period from 2016-2019. After this, the first presentation on the new challenges in the coordination of family benefits in the EU was held by Prof. Grega Strban from the Ljubljana Law Faculty.  It was followed by the presentation on the current problems of indexation and export of family benefits from the Austrian perspective by Prof. Elias Felten from the Faculty of Law in Linz. Mag. Martina Thomasberger from Arbeitskammer Wien has proceeded to provide an excellent and detailed overview of the most important cases and problems arising in the Austrian practice on a daily basis.  Dr. Eva Maria Hohnerlein from Max Planck-Institut für Sozialrecht und Sozialpolitik in Munich has presented the German experiences and case law developments associated with cross-border family benefits. The seminar was closed with the presentation on the Croatian family benefits by Asst. Prof. Adrijana Martinović.

We are very proud by the fact that the seminar was attended by 48 participants, among which many representatives from the competent bodies for coordination in Croatia and Slovenia, legal professionals, but also students at the last year of their legal studies in Rijeka. In a lively and constructive atmosphere, the participants have concluded that this subject deserves further and continued attention, as it represents a very important cross-border issue affecting daily lives of EU citizens and their families. Presentations from the seminar are available here (please request a password from This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

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Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Module “EU Social Security Law”

Project Reference: 574674-EPP-1-2016-1-HR-EPPJMO-MODULE Start: 01.09.2016 – End: 31.08.2019 Academic coordinator Asst. Prof. Dr. Adrijana Martinović

Summary

The module’s objective is to create a specialised course in EU social security law, as an elective course at the fifth and final year of the integrated Study of Law. Its basis will be the existing course Social security and competition law. The module proposes a teaching upgrade in terms of its contents and methodology. The teaching of EU social security law has so far been only marginal at the Croatian law faculties and there is a compelling need for a separate course in view of the increased mobility of Croatian nationals as EU citizens. Involvement of guest lecturers is envisaged as a way to advance the understanding of the EU dimension of social security and make use of their teaching experience. Module’s outcomes primarily include:

• reform of the existing course Social security and competition law by broadening its content to include all matters of EU social security law;
• preparation of a first comprehensive textbook on EU social security law in Croatian;
• creation of open-access website with teaching materials;
• organisation of a one-day seminar on open issues of EU social security law.

This is a novel approach in teaching, aiming to stimulate wider multi-disciplinary discussions and revise the teaching contents in view of practical problems in the application of EU social security law.

Objectives

The traditional approach to teaching social security in Croatia is primarily nationally oriented, resulting in the fact that EU social security law is almost completely absent from the curriculum as a self-standing course in Croatian law faculties. Given the increased mobility of Croatian nationals, particularly after Croatia joined the EU, this traditional approach has to be changed. The primary objective of this module is to reform the teaching of a specific EU related subject and to create a customized course which will modernize the conventional teaching approach to social security issues. The module’s objective is to equip students and future young professionals with specific knowledge of EU social security law, relevant for their academic and professional lives. Another important objective is to foster engagement of young academics in teaching and research of European subjects. The module creates a network of experienced and younger academics from diverse legal backgrounds (Slovenia, Austria, Hungary and Croatia) and guarantees academic excellence by combining teaching, networking and collaboration.

Impact

Module’s impact is visible on three levels:

• institutional: it will reshape the existing course and offer students at the start of their professional careers a specialised knowledge in EU social security law and thus reinforce the teaching of EU law related subjects at the University of Rijeka;
• local and national: outputs (textbook, open-access web repository) will be accessible to all interested parties in libraries, bookshops and Internet;
• European and international – visiting lecturers, experts in the field of social security will share their experience and knowledge and the module will thus stimulate academic cooperation in the region and beyond.

• 28 November 2016: Lecture Asst. Prof. Dr. Gabriella Berki
• 2 December 2016: Lecture Asst. Prof. Dr. Erika Kovács
• 9 December 2016: Lecture Prof. Dr. Grega Strban
• 15 December 2017: Lecture Prof. Dr. Grega Strban
• 13 November 2018: International Symposium „Personalized medicine – research diagnostic: indicator or information“
• 11 January 2019: Lecture Ms. Nada Rupčić, HZMO
• 16 April 2019: International seminar „Current issues of coordination of family benefits“

• promote research and first teaching experience for young researchers and scholars and practitioners in European Union issues;
• foster the publication and dissemination of the results of academic research;
• create interest in the EU and constitute the basis for future poles of European knowledge, particularly in Partner Countries;
• foster the introduction of a European Union angle into mainly non EU related studies;
• deliver tailor-made courses on specific EU issues relevant for graduates in their professional life.

Co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union

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