Social Services Europe (SSE) is Europes leading organisation representing non-profit social service providers, amounting to around 200.000 social and health-care organisations. Building on its considerable experience and broad representation, SSE wishes to contribute to the current call for evidence for an impact assessment of the Public Procurement Directives, in order to draw attention to their shortcomings and…
SSE
Social Services Europe
NGO · Belgium · EU Transparency Register 470169313931-02
4
positions filed
in the 665 files tracked
3
legislative files
of 665 tracked
4
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 665 consultation files tracked so far (57,800 submissions, mostly 2021–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 1107 non-governmental organisations on this site, they rank #404 by legislative files engaged, a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
1
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€50K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
0
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2014
in the register since
Declares membership of
- Federation of European Social Employers (SSE is an observer member)
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 15 Oct 2026).
- Register category
- Non-governmental organisations
- Head office
- Brussels, Belgium
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 15 Oct 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
Social Services Europe filed 4 positions between 28 Oct 2022 and 26 Jan 2026, across 3 of the 665 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 4 times.
2022 · 1 filed2024 · 1 filed2025 · 1 filed2026 · 1 filed
What they argued
SSEs assessment: Overall, Directive 2014/24/EU establishes a broadly appropriate legal framework for public procurement across the broad range of economic sectors and across the EU. There are, however, at least three caveats/limitations to this general statement above which applies when looking at the main purposes and objectives of public procurement markets and procedures.
EC Proposal for a Directive on European Cross-Border Associations (COM(2023) 516 final), Brussels, 05.09.23 Reply by SSE to the EC Call for Evidence (28 February 2024) Social Services Europe (SSE) is a network of eight European umbrella organisations comprising Caritas Europa, CEDAG, E.A.N., EASPD, EPR, Eurodiaconia, FEANTSA and the Red Cross EU Office [N.B.: The Red Cross EU Office is not signing this SSE reply]…
Social Services Europe (SSE) is a network of eight European umbrella organisations comprising Caritas Europa, the European Council for Non-Profit Organisations (CEDAG), the European Ageing Network (E.A.N.), the European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities (EASPD), the European Platform for Rehabilitation (EPR), Eurodiaconia, the European Federation of National Organisations Working with…
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