1. OCT-18 COWEBS Advisory Board 18/10/2005

2. Background of COWEBS - Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/1972 and No 883/2004 - “Protect the rights of citizens moving within the European Union by ensuring that migrant workers and their families do not lose any of their entitlements to social security and that they do not have to pay contributions in more than one Member State” (Tender Specifications VT/2003/110 page 3) - A range of material exists at both National and European level, but these are often in a not « user-friendly » format or too general. Besides, this information is not available « EU-wide » from a single starting point. Background Objectives Organisation Planning Portal Questions

3. Questions of citizens (example 1/5) Which organisation is competent for my particular case, what is its address? Background Objectives Organisation Planning Portal Questions

4. What is the retirement age in each EU Member State? Questions of citizens (example 2/5) Background Objectives Organisation Planning Portal Questions

5. How is the pension of a migrant worker calculated? Questions of citizens (example 3/5) Background Objectives Organisation Planning Portal Questions

6. How do I apply for a pension from another Member State? Questions of citizens (example 4/5) Background Objectives Organisation Planning Portal Questions

7. How do I get health care benefits as a pensioner residing in another Member State? Questions of citizens (example 5/5) Background Objectives Organisation Planning Portal Questions

8. Cowebs objectives - Making it easier for citizens who wish to exercise their right to work in another Member State with the creation of a multi-lingual web- portal - Start with old-age pensions as pilot (most concern to migrant workers) with 7 Member States ( FR, DE, GR, IT, NL, ES and UK ) - After evaluation, progressively add the other sectors (health care, unemployment, other pensions etc) and Member States Background Objectives Organisation Planning Portal Questions

9. Project organisation DG EMPL E3 Project Officer Siemens Project Manager&QA UK DWP DE DRV GR KHYKY ES INSS NL SVB Reply Webdesign-Development Primesphere Content IT INPS FR CNAV TECHNICAL COMMISSION ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSION Background Objectives Organisation Planning Portal Questions

10. Project Planning Technical and Content Analysis Technical Development and Content collection Hosting-Support-Promotion Oct 2005-Mar 2006.Mar2006-Jun2006Oct.2004-Oct2005Feb2004-Oct 2004 TIMING Migration to Datacentre Iterative Background Objectives Organisation Planning Portal Questions

11. Portal: Content structure Target Groups (6) : pensioner, pension claimant, working people,... + Sub Target Groups (0-6) : old-age pensioner, family member, student,... Type of pensions / benefits (6) : invalidity benefits, old-age pension, survivors benefits, early retirement,... Fact Sheets (48) : Topics (11+13) + Sub Topics (138+) PENSIONS Background Objectives Organisation Planning Portal Questions

12. SEP-30 FACT SHEET CONTENT & ALLOCATION TO TARGET GROUPS 12|21

13. Portal information structure Level 1: Common Portal Content (883 at EU level) Level 2: Specific Portal Content (883 application at MS level) Level 3: National Web sites (Routing) Background Objectives Organisation Planning Portal Questions

14. COWEBS Pilot Portal http://cowebsone.primesphere.com/ COWEBS portal demo

15. Any Questions?