ICT for the Single Market: e-Government driving innovation 17 June 2011 « Coordinating National Social Security Systems: the case of EESSI » Jackie MORIN Head of Unit « Free movement of workers & coordination of social security »

2 Context  Free movement is a key pillar of European project  Reality in EU25 since 1 st may 2011  Single Market Act  Skills and jobs

Key figures Living in another Member State Envisage to work or live in another MS Having an EHIC 2.3% 10% 17% 38% 3 Having worked in another MS

4 Mobility implications for citizens and institutions Cooperation Active assistance Electronic exchange Conciliation Only one applicable legislation Aggregation of insurance periods Equal treatment Export of cash benefits

Processing pension requests Reacting time in the investigating institution The competent institution Total processing time Shortest timeLongest timeNumber of cases

6 Modernised regulation  Personal scope All persons insured Third country nationals  Material scope Extended to paternity benefits and pre retirement  Territorial scope  Electronic exchange Replace paper exchange  Reinforcement of the cooperation Discussion and conciliation mechanisms  Service oriented rules New information obligations

EESSI High-level Architecture Member State 1 Member State 2 CI Member State 4 CI Member State 3 CI Member State “n” CI Coordination Node CI Competent Institution Access Point National Network sTESTA EESSI International Network National Network

8 Key Components  IT software Complex messaging system institutions connected 10 million messages exchanged per year  Communication language (SEDs and flows)  National preparation and support

9 EESSI for faster + more complete + more efficient processing of claims  Beneficiaries get what they are entitled to  Beneficiaries get all the information they are entitled to  Beneficiaries get what they are entitled to on time  Institutions can take decisions more quickly  Especially useful for registering data relating to frontier workers  Prevents fraud in situations of cross-border employment

10 Future cooperation  The way countries connect to EESSI allows for data to be entered in and extracted from national databases  Via EESSI direct exchange of relevant data with sister institution  Entries in national databases have to be accessible to the outside world e.g. check entitlement to medical care over internet via eEHIC  European Social Security Card? Proof of posting checked electronically at place of work? Can migrant workers use internet to view their accrued rights directly?

11 Conclusions  EESSI has a lot to offer.  EESSI in its present form is only 1st step on the way to an electronic data exchange system that will eventually ensure that the rights of migrant workers in Europe and throughout the world are safeguarded and dealt with quickly and efficiently.  Too ambitious? Why?