1. Data collection and SPF indicators Issues for discussion
Inter-agency meeting
22-23 November 2010, ILO Geneva
ILO, WHO and OECD
Social Security Department
International Labour Office

2. Suggested issues open for discussion
1. Objectives: Why do we want data and indicators?
Purposes of data and indicators: Diagnosis of existing SP provision (base line), needs, gaps, costing, monitoring, impact?
Expected output: practical tools, international database, coordination in the field of data and indicators, etc?
Users?
1.Objectives
2. Data and indicators needs?
Practical “tools” needs?
Coordination needs ? Etc.
2.Needs
3. What data, which sources and what tools exist already?
Inventory of existing data and databases, including data collection, storage and dissemination tools and process
Practical tools in relevant areas (diagnosis, implementation, monitoring)
Respective area of responsibilities, existing organisational process, networks, opportunities for joint activities, etc.
Resources: human and financial, etc.
3.Existing
4. Identification of gaps: what are the uncovered needs?
4.Gaps
5. What’s next and how to go ahead?
Set up realistic objectives
Responsible organisation by area, issue, thematic
Working process: a group with focal points?
Any other?
5.Next

3. Suggested "Minimum" set of information to collect (for discussion)
Simplified version 8

4. Suggested "Minimum" set of information to collect (for discussion)
Purpose ?
Suggested guidelines: a basis for discussion
A diagnosis of existing social protection schemes and gaps
A monitoring tool for the extension of coverage and investments
What?
A transcription of the TORs of the Assessment Based National Dialogue (ABND)
Data collection tool to measure actual coverage and investment in existing social protection schemes, including SPF components
Features?
A « simplified » version of the Social security inquiry and some optional more extended tables 9

5. Suggested "Minimum" set of information to collect (for discussion)
Table 1
Inventory of existing social protection schemes/ programmes in the country and definition of each scheme
Identification of SPF components and main characteristics
Part A
Quantitative information at the scheme level
Coverage data: Target population of the scheme; protected population (affiliated and active contributors)
Financial data: expenditure and revenue
Part B
Identify and define benefits provided by each scheme
Expenditure at the benefit level
Actual beneficiaries of the benefit
Benefit level 10

6. SSI | The ILO Social Security Inquiry

7. SSI | Why? The ILO Social Security Inquiry Main objective
Building a knowledge base at the global level
Objective: Collect, store and disseminate, on a regular and sustainable basis, comparable statistics on the financing, expenditure, benefit levels & coverage of social protection systems/programmes.
Rationale: Address the lack of (comparable) social protection statistics outside the OECD world
Collected information should
Allow calculation of indicators for specific social security schemes & selected aggregate indicators at national level for as many countries as possible (including decent work indicators with respect to its social security dimension);
Constitute a basis for analysis within the framework of studies and research work; (e.g. the World Social Security Report)
Possibly contribute to practical tools such as the SPF rapid assessment (overview of SP activities at the national level)
Be accessible to internal and external users (but regulated) 12 12

8. SSI | What ? The ILO Social Security Inquiry Scope
Covers both statutory schemes and some non-statutory schemes
Covers both private and public schemes
Type of data | Mainly administrative from social security institutions which administer the scheme: administrative. Household survey data for a few (too few) countries
Functions covered
Old age; disability; survivors; sickness and health; unemployment; employment injury & occupational disease; family/children, and maternity (C102).
Supplemented by housing; other income support and assistance (n.e.c.) /social exclusion
Compatibility | Systematic approach compatible with existing statistical frameworks used in the EU (ESSPROS) and the OECD
Focus on developing countries (EU and OECD countries being covered by existing databases — expenditure data at least) 13 13

9. Automatic calculation of national aggegate indicators
SSI | Screen shots: “a guided tour in the inquiry” Levels of information & sources
What?
Economic & financial information
Population & Employment Used as denominator for indicators
Social security expenditure & revenue (IMF, ESSPROS)
Sources
International data sources (automatic insertion)
National sources
National level
SSI Core data
Social security scheme data, including SPF components
Data entry online possible
Scheme level
Automatic calculation of national aggegate indicators
Diagnosis, monitoring
1. Data availability in SSI Thailand & main limitations
2. Main social security institutions websites, statistical office, Gess country profile if any, etc. 14 14

10. Step 2 | Individual scheme information
SSI | Screen shots: “a guided tour in the inquiry” Thailand - An Inventory of schemes
Step 2 | Individual scheme information
Qualitative & Quantitative
Step 1 | Inventory of social security schemes & definition of each scheme
First part | Textual information & direct links Description of the scheme including information from SSPTW
First part | Textual information & direct links Description of the scheme including information from SSPTW
Step 3 | Inventory of benefits provided by the scheme & data collection (beneficiaries, expenditure and benefit level
Second part | Quantitative information at the scheme level Target group, Affiliated | active contributors, expenditure & revenue 15 15 15

11. What. | Thailand – Unemployment benefit scheme
What? | Thailand – Unemployment benefit scheme SSO Unemployment benefit
3. | Beneficiaries, if possible by sex & age group
2. | Expenditure at the benefit level
1. | Definition of benefit: function, periodicity, cash or in-kind, means tested of not
A benefit is defined by:
The function covered: old age, survivors, maternity, etc.
Basic or supplementary benefit
The periodicity: (periodic or not)
The type: cash or in kind
Beneficiaries: individuals or households
Means-tested or not 16 16 16

12. What for? | Indicators at the national level Systematic calculation of a set of aggregate indicators
Expenditure indicators (30 indicators in total), such as
Total social protection expenditure as a percentage of GDP
Expenditure by branch
Coverage indicators by function (or branch) – around 10 indicators per branch
Protection indicators (contributors and affiliated), such as: Trends in the number of active contributors in proportion of the working age (or economically active population) by function
Recipients indicators (beneficiaries)
Trends in the number of beneficiaries for a given contingency (e.g. Old age pensioners — at all ages or above retirement age) as a proportion of elderly population (%)
Benefit level indicators under development
Coverage indicators
Depending on data availability and type of indicators
Trends from 2000 to 2009 (especially for old age & unemployment)
Results for total and by sex 17 17

13. What for? | Aggregate indicators online
Option 2 Consultation of All countries for a given indicator:
Share of unemployed receiving unemployment benefits
Option 1 All indicators for a given country
China | View all available indicators (2000 to 2008)
View all indicators for this country
Indicators section 18 18 18

14. Gess and Statistics | Useful links @
Non-ILO databases
ILO databases
The social security inquiry Public access | Admin | More…
World social security report, statistics & indicators, etc. 19 19

15. WSSR | The World Social Security Report 2010/11 Providing coverage in times of crisis and beyond
The first in a series of World Social Security Reports
Objectives
To present the knowledge available on social protection coverage worldwide; and identify existing coverage gaps;
To provide a factual basis which helps to monitor the global progress on social protection coverage and thus support the ILO’s & national campaigns to extend coverage
Deals with i) the scope, extent and level of coverage; ii) scale of countries investment in social protection and…
One specific topic in each new edition,
“the crisis” in 2010/11 and “Social security and women in rural areas in 2012/13”
A complete set of resources: data, graphs & databases available online
A Workspace in Gess provides access to the book in pdf, original sources, graphs and figures
A Book Specific focus every two years 20 20

16. Gess and Statistics | The World Social Security Report
Tables
Graphs