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Learn about EESSI implementation progress, high-level architecture, benefits, challenges, and future planning by DG Employment, Social Affairs, and Equal Opportunities. Explore the core features, national network setup, business flows, data messaging system, and portable documents.
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EESSI - project Advisory Committee meeting 22 October 2010 DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
EESSI (Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information) • EESSI is a core element in the new Regulations: • Enables institutions to exchange information electronically under a commonsecurenetwork • Gives effect to the principle of enhanced cooperation between the Member States
EESSI - implementation Implementation of EESSI is a twofold activity Identification of the Business (flows, messages) Creation of a European infrastructure to exchange the messages Source: European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
EESSI: High-level Architecture NationalNetwork NationalNetwork NationalNetwork NationalNetwork CompetentInstitution CI NationalNetwork CoordinationNode AccessPoint CI CI CI CI CI CI MemberState 2 CI CI MemberState 1 EESSI International Network sTESTA CI NationalNetwork Member State 3 CI MemberState “n” CI CI CI CI MemberState 4 CI CI CI CI CI
EESSI – planning 2009-2012 Development and Implementation of EESSI system currently in progress with Siemens IT Solutions and Services 1 May 2010: Directory Services operational March 2011: EESSI data messaging system operational March 2010 –Apr 2012: National administrations in Member States to be connected to EESSI
Development of flows and SEDs - process • SEDs and flows defined for ALL social security sectors on official DG EMPL website in section “Official Documents”: http://ec.europa.eu/social-security-coordination • Available in all official languages in Spring 2011 (third batch – first and second batch in Nov 2010) • Guidelines available end 2010
Paper version of SEDs • Paper versions of the SEDs developed that can be used by institutions until EESSI is operational and exchange of SEDs can be done electronically. • Paper SEDs only for temporary use until end of the transitional period (30 April 2012), when all institutions must be connected to the EESSI system • Article 95 Reg 987/2009: Transitional period of 2 years for implementation EESSI DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
Paper SED - example DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
Portable documents • Issued to citizens to certify social security rights • 9 portable documents identified - replace old E-forms issued under Regulation 1408/71 • No transitional period : to be used as of 1 May 2010. • Can be found in all official languages on official DG EMPL website in section “Official Documents”. (P1 soon available in all languages) DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
Portable Documents DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
A document for individuals Portable documents Source: European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities 13
EESSI - Challenges highly integrative effort • Must bridge 31 countries with different business practices and different IT systems that have to be connected • 67 Access Points (can increase to 150 APs – 5 per Member State) • 10,000-15,000 institutions to be connected DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities 14
EESSI: Challenges II Size of the business 200 E-forms to be converted into messages for use in EESSI EESSI Model comprises 85 business flows and more than 300 SEDs Communication in EESSI requires common agreement of end users on the business
EESSI newsletter DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities