Introduction to the data warehouse labour market and social protection

1. CBSS Introduction to the data warehouse labour market and social protection Frank Robben General Manager Crossroads Bank for Social Security E-mail: Frank.Robben@ksz.fgov.be Website: www.bcss.fgov.be Personal website: www.law.kuleuven.be/icri/frobben Crossroads Bank for Social Security

2. Crossroads Bank for Social Security • parapublic institution • 6 strategic objectives • vision on E-government and on information security and privacy protection • policy support • architect and operator of IT-services (e.g. network between about 2.000 actors in the social sector, datawarehouse, …) • process re-engineering and project management • co-ordination with other sectors • communication • 185 electronic processes between actors in the social sector and 35 electronic processes between those actors on the one hand and employers and citizens on the other hand • half a billion electronic exchanges in 2005 • 75 employees

3. Need of a datawarehouse • operational databases: inadequate tool for the purpose of statistics and scientific research • not efficient • risky • expensive • advantages of a datawarehouse • is provided with the adequate hardware and software for its objectives e.g. • calculating statistics • linking data of different sources • taking samples • encrypting data • less expensive

4. Data sources • National Office for Social Security • National Institute for Social Security of the Self- employed • National Employment Office • National Institute for Health Insurance • National Office for Child Allowances for Workers • National Register • National Fund for Industrial Accidents • National Fund for Occupational Diseases • National Office for Old Age Pensions • Regional Employment Services (VDAB/FOREM/BGDA) • Public Service for Social Integration • Self-defined notions

5. Contents • labour market information • wages • employer • social security contributions • labour regime (full time / part time) • unemployment • … • information about old age pensions • benefits/fees • kind of pension • starting date • …

6. Contents • information about sickness/invalidity/incapacity for work • benefits/fees • cause : illness, industrial accident, occupational disease • starting date and (potential) final date • … • information about child allowances • personal data • birth date • gender • nationality • …

7. Management • Crossroads Bank for Social Security • daily coordination and management • coordination between data providers and users • guaranteeing the availibility of the data • daily maintenance • handling of demands for data • permanent technical support: SmalS-MvM • permanent scientific support: Steunpunt WAV (KU Leuven) / Centre de Sociologie TEF (ULB)

8. Management • user group • composed of • representatives of research institutions • representatives of data providers • scientific discussions and proposals • matching between available data and needs • council of data providers • important principle: data providers keep the ownership of their own data • approval of the proposals made by the user group

9. Use of the datawarehouse • general anonymous statistics • cd-rom / website (under construction) available for the public • discussed in user group • approved by the Privacy Commission • ad hoc data demands for data • only public and scientific organisations can introduce a demand • procedure • approval of the data providers • approval of the Privacy Commission (check on respect of the purpose limitation principle and the proportionality principle) • approval of the Board of Directors of the Crossroads Bank for Social Security • examples of ad hoc data demands • tracing the social situation of persons suspended from unemployment fees • transition from labour market into retirement

10. More info • website Crossroads Bank for Social Security www.ksz.fgov.be/nl/statistiques/stats_home.htm www.ksz.fgov.be/fr/statistiques/stats_home.htm • personal website www.law.kuleuven.ac.be/icri/frobben