Anne Van Lancker is president of the board of SOLIDAR. She works as coordinator of the Belgian team of the European Social Policy Analysis Network (ESPAN), an independent think-tank that advises the European Commission on social policy in Europe through research. As member of the European Parliament, she was engaged in European social and employment policy, gender equality, migration and asylum. She is also president of Refugee Work, an NGO that advocates for the rights of refugees in Belgium.