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Case Water Boards
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2. Dutch Water Boards Digital Reporting project results
Case Water Boards
Dutch Water Boards Digital Reporting project results
Paul Snijders
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3. New working environment Lessons learned
Case Water Boards
Agenda
Background
Project features
Solution
New working environment
Lessons learned
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4. A typical XBRL Case A small group of preparers (Water Boards)
All participants in reporting chain involved
Benefits for preparers and regulators
A showcase implementation of XBRL
Standard XBRL software utilized
Honored to speak on behalf of:
The Customer
The Regulator
The Supplier
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5. Case Water Boards
The background
Financial situation of local government not transparent with hidden capital and unclear financial position.
Politicians in Europe demand more control over monetary policy.
No clear European wide reporting standard in use.
EMU reporting (European Monetary Union) to: European Commission, European Central Bank
New reporting requirement:
More detail, More frequent
Faster – within 30 days
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6. External accounting rules
Water Boards
Semi government, Euro 2.5 Billion Budget
Water management, dyke control, water quality
50 of 900 local government orgs in Holland
External accounting rules
(EMU) GL
6 months
to implement
30 days
to report
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7. Joint effort
Preparers and Semansys compose the solution for the complete reporting chain
‘Sales’ package to regulator
Realized High level support
Software vendors adopt XBRL
Ministry of the Internal
All local government organizations MUST report in XBRL as from 2004.
Software vendors
Regulator
Integrated Semansys OEM
solution
Preparers
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8. Minimal burden for preparers Foundation for 49 other reporting tasks
Project scope
Minimal burden for preparers
Foundation for 49 other reporting tasks
Low cost, easy deployment
Showcase for 900 other organizations
Blueprint for other closed loop reporting duties
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9. Project design Supervision Association of Water Boards EMU reporting
deployment
CBS PM
Semansys
Taxonomy
Management
CBS
Integration
IBS, PR, CODA
Customization
Semansys
LogicaCMG
Process
Redesign
Deloitte
Communication
CBS
Reception and
Processing
Facilities
CBS
Implementation
Training
Semansys
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10. Solution requirements
Low threshold: financially, functional and architectural
For incidental use
Flexible to additional reporting duties
Supplementary to existing applications
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11. Solution outline EMU Reporter CBS GL System XBRL Composer Semansys
IASC
Taxonomy
CBS
Regulator
EMU Reporter
Semansys
XBRL Composer
Semansys
GL System
CODA, PinkRoccade
SAP, IBS etc
XBRL
World Wide Web
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12. New preparer environment
Walk-up user interface
1 day training on background, not application
Potentially 1 button operation
Operation steps introduced on request
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13. New preparer environment
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14. New preparer environment
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15. New preparer environment
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16. New preparer environment
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17. The cycle completed General Ledger Internal financial reporting
External
Receivers
XBRL
DWH
Taxonomy
Reporting Org’s
Federal Control
Orgs EU
ECB
Auditors
Controllers
Admin
Regulators
Software Vendors
Reporting Orgs
Federal Control Orgs
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18. Lessons learned - facts
Align stakeholders
Concept XBRL appealing but difficult for preparers
Quality and support for taxonomy is vital
Use XBRL as enabler, not solution
KISS
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19. Lessons learned – Don’t…
Hard code XBRL in application
Show XBRL to user
Forget to loop back as processor
Forget about taxonomy publishing procedures
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20. Lessons learned - Conclusions
Highly feasible
Keep it simple
No hassle
Do not ‘hype’ XBRL
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21. XBRL is government policy
Case Water Boards
XBRL is government policy PM
Minister of the Internal
Minister of Finance
The Queen
Dutch Administration:
XBRL is the most effective way to reduce administrative burden
Expense reduction
through XBRL:
euro 420 million
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22. The future More reporting tasks More Water Boards
More local government (900+)
And still :
simple, easy and short delivery times
Health
Cities
Water Boards
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23. Conclusions Closed loop solution realized Proven integral approach
No threshold for direct utilization
Standard software available
Implementation at low cost
Instant advantages for preparers and regulator
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24. Association of Water Boards Wijnand Dekking The users Aa en Maas
CREDITS
Association of Water Boards
Wijnand Dekking
The users
Aa en Maas
Alblasserwaard
De Brielse Dijkring
De Dommel
Groot Salland
Hollands Noorderkwartier
Noorderzijlvest
Reest en Wieden
Rivierenland
Rijn en Ijssel
Vallei & Eem
Velt en Vecht
Veluwe
Brabantse Delta
Zeeuws-Vlaanderen
Zuiderzeeland
Statistics Netherlands (CBS)
Gerrit de Bolster
Marko Roos
Dick van Tongeren
Léonard Haakman
LogicaCMG
Corné Hordijk
Ralf van den Ham
Deloitte.
Dave van den Ende
Rob Dubbeldeman
With special thanks to :
Minister of the Interior
Minister J. Remkes
Minister of Finance
Minister G. Zalm
Dutch Administration
For advancing adoption
XBRL-NL
Jan Pasmooij
XBRL International
Walter Hamscher
IBS Nederland BV
Jan van Wijngaarden
Marcel Baelemans
Robert Jan Vonk
CODA
David Boot
Felix Rijnierse
Wilfried Teunissen
Peter van Ass
Hans van Leur
PinkRoccade
Jos van Kollenburg
Koen Laurijsen
Frank Kanne
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25. Contact : Paul Snijders Email : paul.snijders@semansys.com
Case Water Boards
Contact : Paul Snijders
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