1. Use of profiling for public sector in Switzerland
David Ackermann
6 October 2009

2. List of contents Profiling today in Switzerland
Profiling in the public sector
High-quality update of the Register
Homogeneous treatment in a federal state
Organisational units taken into account
Management of statistical units
Distinctions are made for economic analysis
Support to individual statistics
Current profiling in public sector

3. Profiling today in Switzerland (1)
Goals:
Create a solid partnership with companies and public administration organisations
Detailed and up-to-date monitoring of the structures of large companies and public administration organisations
Detailed and up-to-date monitoring of the statistical units existing within these companies and public administration organisations
 Good quality statistical universe in the Business and Enterprise Register (survey framework)

4. Profiling today in Switzerland (2)
Data collection for two surveys:
Business census (every three years)
Quarterly employment statistics (every three months)
 Needed for the employment statistics programme
Monitored variables: location, employment, economic activity

5. Profiling method Standard profiling method (process):
1st indirect analysis of enterprise (internal FSO data)
Contacting and visiting the enterprise
Preliminary analysis systems available to each enterprise as well as their needs and specificities
Pairing Business and Enterprise Register units with client units
Duration : 3-6 months (can vary depending on the size of the business or administrative agency)
The same method is utilised for the private and the public sector

6. High-quality updating of the public services in the Register
Profiling thus ensures continuity of the units of the public sector in the register.
It enables supervision of the following components:
Organisational structure specific to the public body concerned
Localisation of establishments
Situation of different statistical units
Employment
Economic activity (NOGA) at the level of establishments

7. Profiling ensures homogeneous treatment in a federal state
Several types of governmental bodies in Switzerland:
Federal government
Cantonal governments
Municipal authorities
Regional institutions
All of these public bodies are managed autonomously and have to be treated individually

8. Profiling takes organisational units into account
Profiling enables different organisations specific to each public body to be taken into account and managed separately
Each organisational structure is analysed and recorded in the BER depending on the organisation of the units concerned

9. Cantonal government (example)
Canton of Neuchâtel
Group 1
General Secretariat
BURNR
Rue de la Collégiale 12
BURNR
Financial Services
BURNR
Rue du Musée 1
Legal Services
BURNR
Disability Insurance Office
BURNR
Espacité 4 -5
etc.
ABC
DEF
Group 2
Justice, Security & Finances Dept
Credit Management Dept
- XYZ -

10. Profiling enables management of statistical units
The Business and Enterprise Register is based on a model (group unit, business unit, legal unit and local unit) which corresponds to the structures of private business
With the profiling method, the definitions of business units, legal units and local units are adapted in order to meet the statistical needs as closely as possible

11. Organisational structure / Statistical Units

12. Definition of local unit in the public sector
Specificities for government agencies
Administrativ unit: the establishment is linked to an organisational unit and must have its own activity

13. Profiling ensures that the distinctions are made for economic analysis
Within the framework of sectorisation (ESA95) used by the national accounts for economic analysis, it is important to allocate the institutional units of the economy to the relevant institutional sector.
This allocation is made on the basis of the combination of the main activity and the legal form of the institutional unit

14. Nomenclature of FJ groups

15. Sectorisation matrix

16. Administrative unit (public)
Implementation of IU
Institutional unit =
Companies (private)
Administrative unit (public)

17. Profiling offers support to individual statistics
Statistics on certain themes produced by the FSO are based on data from particular sectors of the public administration.
Education statistics
Health statistics
With profiling method, a practical approach can be adopted to link these areas to the existing structures of the BER. This provides consistency for the whole of the system and improves coordination of data among these governmental bodies

18. Current profiling in public sector
Not Profiling
Level
Number
Establishments*
Jobs
Federal government 1
500
38’300
Cantonal governments
18 (of 26)
5’900
201’000
700
11'000
Municipal authorities
10 (of 2700)
15’000
36’000
14'000
140'000
Other public institutions 13
400
32’000
3'800
240'000

19. “Light” Profiling
“Light profiling” is planned for the handling of small public sector units in the Business and Enterprise Register
Same goals as in Standard Profiling but a different method
Basic principle:
Development of an internet interface
Utilisation of existing registers
Utilisation of possible combinations

20. Thank you for your attention