European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research

What European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research does

The European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research is a Vienna-based non-profit intergovernmental organization affiliated with the United Nations, founded in 1974 and operated as a registered association under Austrian law (ZVR 583470062). Its core mandate is to promote cooperation between European governments and organizations on social welfare policy, with particular emphasis on policy research, training, and technical assistance. The Centre serves civil servants in ministries of social welfare, supranational bodies (notably the European Commission DG Employment and UNECE), social partners and service providers, and international organizations such as the World Bank.

Its principal knowledge products are a tailor-made training programme (delivered face-to-face in Vienna or online), a publications repository of policy briefs, working papers, books, and research notes, and the Austrian module of the EUROMOD tax-benefit microsimulation model. EUROMOD, developed in partnership with the University of Essex's Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) and the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC Seville), enables distributional impact analysis of tax-benefit policy reforms across EU member states using EU-SILC micro-data and the in-house SORESI model. The Centre also acts as the secretariat for the European Observatory on the Social Situation and operates the MA:IMI follow-up programme to the UNECE Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing across 56 UNECE Member States.

Revenue is not publicly disclosed. The organization operates on project-based grant funding from institutional donors including the European Commission, the Austrian government, the Swiss Federal Office, the World Bank, the City of Vienna, the Vienna Chamber of Labour, and the Austrian National Bank's Anniversary Fund. Pricing for tailor-made training courses is not publicly listed and is provided on request. The Centre employs approximately 25 staff and is led by Executive Director Dr. Anette Scoppetta.

Name

European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research

Legal name

Europäisches Zentrum für Wohlfahrtspolitik und Sozialforschung – European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research

Website

https://euro.centre.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research is a Vienna-based, UN-affiliated intergovernmental non-profit founded in 1974 that provides policy research, tailor-made training, and tax-benefit microsimulation (EUROMOD) for European governments, the European Commission, and UNECE.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Welfare Policy Research

NAICS

Social Assistance (624), Administration of Economic Programs (926)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

State/Provincial Human Services & Benefits Administration (Welfare, Disability, Child & Family) (BPAIABAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Social Care & Long-Term Care Benefits Administration (BPAIAKAK), Healthcare-Linked Social Benefits Administration (e.g., Medicaid/Means-Tested Health Coverage) (BPAIAKAH)

Keywords

• Social welfare research
• Policy analysis services
• Tax-benefit microsimulation
• Capacity building training
• Comparative policy studies

Headquarters

HQ city

Vienna

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The European Centre delivers policy-relevant social welfare research, analysis, and tailor-made training to European governments, international organizations, and EU institutions. Its substantive offerings include comparative policy studies, microsimulation-based impact assessment of tax-benefit reforms using the EUROMOD and SORESI models, and a long-running training programme on employment, social inclusion, long-term care, and ageing.

Product overview

The European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research is a research organization (not a commercial product company) that offers a portfolio of knowledge products and services: its core training programme provides tailor-made courses on social welfare topics (employment, labour mobility, social inclusion, health, long-term care, and ageing); its publications repository disseminates research outputs including policy briefs, working papers, books, and annual reports; and it maintains the Austrian module of the EUROMOD microsimulation model for tax-benefit policy analysis. These offerings are interconnected — the training programme draws on the Centre's research findings and publications, while EUROMOD provides the quantitative analytical foundation for many of the Centre's policy assessments and training content.

Differentiator

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Brands

• European Academy of Social Policy: Part of the European Centre Training Programme offering tailor-made training courses on social welfare issues.

Products and services

• European Centre Training Programme (European Academy of Social Policy) A suite of tailor-made training courses covering employment and labour mobility, social inclusion, health and long-term care, and ageing, delivered online, in Vienna, or at client-preferred locations, with customizable modules for institutional clients such as governments and social welfare ministries.
• Publications Repository A searchable repository of the European Centre's research outputs including books, policy briefs, working papers, annual reports, research notes, and COVID-19 blog posts, spanning topics such as poverty, disability, employment, family policy, and long-term care, distributed to institutional clients.
• EUROMOD Microsimulation Model (Austrian Module) The European Centre maintains the Austrian module of the EUROMOD European-wide tax-benefit microsimulation model, providing annual updates of policy parameters, national input data from EU-SILC, and validation. It enables researchers and policy analysts to calculate the effects of taxes and benefits on household incomes and work incentives, supporting policy monitoring and distributional impact assessment.

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFormal collaboration under Memorandum of Understanding for work on the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA) and related follow-up activities. The partnership involves technical assistance to governments in implementation and monitoring of actions on ageing within the UNECE region (56 Member States). Original MoU signed in 2004, extended in 2009 until February 2014.
• ISER (Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex)coreTechnology or IntegrationCore developer group for EUROMOD microsimulation model. European Centre serves as Austrian national expert team providing annual updates of policy parameters and national input data for the model.
• JRC Seville (European Commission's Joint Research Centre)coreTechnology or IntegrationCollaboration on EUROMOD microsimulation model development and maintenance since 2018/2020.
• Vienna Chamber of LabourmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunded microsimulation analysis of planned government reforms with EUROMOD/SORESI model, including distributional impact analysis of family tax credit changes.
• City of Vienna (MA 24)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunded research on long-term care demand, supply mix, and outcomes of social monetary benefits including Pflegeregress analysis.
• European Commission DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal OpportunitiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary funder for European Observatory on Social Situation, EUROMOD development, and various policy research projects.
• World BankmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunded corridor studies on portability of social benefits, examining bilateral social security agreements between Austria/Turkey and Germany/Turkey.
• ICF InternationalmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on peer reviews and mutual learning processes in employment, social affairs and inclusion for the European Commission.
• Istituto per la Ricerca Sociale (IRS)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in peer reviews and mutual learning framework contract.
• RadarEuropeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in peer reviews and mutual learning framework contract.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies: WHO-hosted partnership producing comparative health-systems research for European policymakers. Comparable as a multi-country European policy-research partnership delivering evidence-based analysis to governments, with thematic overlap in health and long-term care policy.

Broad incumbents

• OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs: International organization producing comparative social policy, welfare, pensions and labour-market research for member states. Comparable in producing comparative international social-policy research, but operates at much larger scale and broader geographic mandate than the European Centre.

Regional players

• European Centre for Higher Education (UNESCO-CEPES): UNESCO-affiliated centre formerly based in Bucharest conducting policy research and capacity-building on higher education in Europe. Comparable as a small UN-affiliated policy research centre operating in Europe with training and research functions.

Direct peers

• Eurofound (European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions): EU agency headquartered in Dublin that produces research on living and working conditions, employment and social policy across Europe. Closely mirrors the European Centre's focus on social welfare, employment and quality of life research for EU institutions.
• CEPS (Centre for European Policy Studies): One of the leading EU policy think tanks in Brussels producing research on economic, social, employment and regulatory policy. Comparable as an independent research body generating EU policy analysis for institutional clients.
• European Policy Centre (EPC): Brussels-based independent policy think tank producing EU policy analysis across social, economic and foreign policy. Comparable as a non-profit generating evidence-based research for European policymakers, though with broader thematic coverage than the European Centre.
• RAND Europe: Cambridge-based policy research consultancy serving European institutions with research on health, social policy and labour markets. Comparable as a research provider for European Commission and governmental clients in the social policy domain.
• ICF International: Global consulting firm delivering research, evaluation and peer-review services for the European Commission in employment and social inclusion — an active partner of the European Centre on the same EC framework contract.
• Istituto per la Ricerca Sociale (IRS): Italian research institute delivering social research, policy analysis and peer-review services for EU institutions — an active framework-contract partner of the European Centre for the European Commission's mutual learning work.
• UNRISD (United Nations Research Institute for Social Development): UN-affiliated autonomous research institute conducting multi-disciplinary research on social development, inequality and welfare policy. Comparable in mandate as a UN-affiliated research body focused on social policy issues.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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