🌍 GERMANY 🇩🇪 PSE face limited access to social benefits like unemployment or parental leave and pay higher contributions for health insurance. Despite having solid pensions, perceptions of precariousness outside liberal professions have led to a decline in self-employment.

🌍 GERMANY 🇩🇪 In March 2020, self-employed individuals in Germany initially received limited COVID-19 aid that had to be repaid. In the summer of the same year, further COVID-19 aid was introduced, but many self-employed individuals were left out.

🇩🇪 GERMANY: The voice of the self-employed is getting stronger! 💬 BFB & VGSD are advocating for better rights and social protection for all professionals, including those outside compulsory chambers. #SocialProtection #SocialDialogue #SP4SE

🌟🇮🇹 Save the Date! 🇮🇹🌟 We are thrilled to announce the upcoming National Seminar of the SP4SE Project on April 11th! Join us in Rome for an engaging session on social protection for professional self-employed. Stay tuned for more details!

🇩🇪 Social partners are advocating for better representation and fair treatment for PSE, especially those with lower incomes. Key proposals: ✅ An advisory board within German Pension Insurance to amplify their voices. ✅ Fairer social security contributions to reduce their burden

🇪🇺 Brussels 19 march, EU Leaders & Social Partners Discuss Europe’s Future 🔹 Skills & competitiveness 🔹 Global positioning & alliances 🔹 Public services & defence investment 🔹 Addressing social malaise & youth optimism 🔹 The role of collective bargaining in shaping work

In Italy, self-employment is becoming more complex. 🤔 🔑 Key points: ✅ Protections mainly benefit salaried workers. ✅ Self-employed struggle more during challenges. ✅ Progress on improvements is slow. ⏳ Let’s advocate for fair protections for everyone! 🤝💪

Tomorrow at 14:00, you can follow the live streaming of the Final Conference of SP4SE, a European project co-funded by the European Union and coordinated by Confprofessioni 📺 Watch the livestream on the EESC page 📄 Updated programme available here 👉tinyurl.com/mt7ecssd

🎉 SP4SE Final Conference took place in partnership with the @EESC a powerful moment to share the results of two years of work, learning, and collaboration Thank you to all the speakers, partners, and participants who made this event and the entire project a collective success.

🌍 Final Conference | SP4SE Project Key Insight “SP4SE works to close gaps in social protection for self-employed professionals by creating shared models and tools to adapt existing systems to modern independent work.” — Martina Gherlenda, Project Manager, Confprofessioni

On July 16, the Final Steering Committee Meeting of Project SP4SE (101102415) was held at Confprofessioni HQ in Brussels A heartfelt thank you to all partners for their active participation and invaluable contributions. Your commitment has made SP4SE a sustainable collaboration

🌍 High-Level Reflection | The Future of Social Protection “The 2019 Council Recommendation urged better protection for the self-employed, but gaps remain. Soft law is not enough.” - Annamaria Matarazzo, Social Attaché, Permanent Representation of Italy to the EU

🌍 Key Insight “PSEs are a structural pillar of the EU labour market, yet the least protected. #SP4SE shows that strong social dialogue means fairer protection. Time for binding commitments & a European framework for the self-employed.” Marco Natali - Confprofessioni president