Database

Good Practices in Social Security

Database

Good Practices in Social Security

ISSA Database of Good Practices

This database provides ISSA members with privileged access to good practices, showcasing creative, smart and innovative ways to overcome challenges of social security administration at the institutional, national or international levels. Explore, be inspired by, and learn from these hard-earned and well-deserved successes of the ISSA members. Learn more about the ISSA Good Practices.

The map shows the first 100 results for the selected criteria.

Implementation year:
2018
Award Year:
2024
Agency for Sustainable and Operational Social Security (DOST) , Azerbaijan , Europe

The key objectives of the portal are to provide comprehensive information about social protection entitlements and benefits, enable continuous monitoring of labour, employment, and social protection rights, and offer efficient and proactive services to users. To achieve these objectives, the “e-sosial” portal adopts a user-friendly approach based on the “one-stop shop” principle.

Topic:
Governance and administration
Coordination
Programme evaluation
Information and communication technology
Interoperability
Service quality
One-stop shops
Social policies & programmes
Labour protection
Implementation year:
2022
Award Year:
2024
Agency for Sustainable and Operational Social Security (DOST) , Azerbaijan , Europe

The Unified Labour and Employment Subsystem (EMAS) implemented by the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population of the Republic of Azerbaijan, DOST Digital Innovations Centre, State Employment Agency and the State Labour Inspection Service, is an electronic platform that serves as a central hub for employers, employees, job seekers, and the unemployed in the regulation of labour relations and the provision of employment opportunities.

Topic:
Employment
Unemployment
Coordination
Information and communication technology
Data sharing
Labour protection
Implementation year:
2023
Award Year:
2024
German Federal Pension Insurance , Germany , Europe

Meine-Rehabilitation.de is a new web portal set up by the German Federal Pension Insurance (Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund – DRV Bund) to help people find a quality-assured rehabilitation centre. For each centre, users can see the results of the quality assurance audits carried out by the DRV Bund. The new online service allows the DRV Bund to fulfil its legal obligation to publicly report quality assurance results for rehabilitation centres and support insured persons in exercising their right to choose a rehabilitation provider.

Topic:
Rehabilitation
Disability
Employment
Return to work
Awareness and information
Service quality
Quality assessment
Transparency of working rules
Implementation year:
2022
Award Year:
2024
Unédic (Unemployment Insurance) , France , Europe

The “In the spotlight” (Sur le vif) video series was launched at the end of 2022 and features Unédic (Unemployment Insurance) (Unédic (Assurance chômage)) experts from France. We see a close-up shot of the interviewee in a brightly coloured setting, who has to answer as many questions as possible straight into the camera in 90 seconds. The questions are on cards and will be picked at random, covering the employee’s job, the Unédic collective, and more random subjects to bring spontaneity and authenticity.

Topic:
Disability
Employment
Unemployment
Information and communication technology
Communication
Transparency of working rules
Implementation year:
2022
Award Year:
2024
Unédic (Unemployment Insurance) , France , Europe

Launched in 2022, the “All about my unemployment rights” (Tout sur mes droits Chômage) video series sees Alexandra Sabbe-Ferri, an employment lawyer and founder of the mesindemnites.com website, come together with an expert from France’s Unédic (Unemployment Insurance) (Unédic (Assurance chômage)).

Topic:
Disability
Employment
Unemployment
Information and communication technology
Communication
Transparency of working rules
Implementation year:
2022
Award Year:
2024
Social Security Institute , Portugal , Europe

Implementation of a 360º Vision in direct social security, which allows a single view of all relationship interactions and all individual processes of people and companies with social security.

This new relationship model streamlines and integrates, on a single platform, the various channels of interaction between citizens and companies with social security.

Topic:
Coordination
Information and communication technology
Communication
Service quality
One-stop shops
Implementation year:
2022
Award Year:
2024
Federal Pension Service , Belgium , Europe

Due to the increasing number of pensioners, the rising cost of individual contacts and in order to benefit from automation, the Federal Pensions Service (Service fédéral des Pensions – SFP) and its partners are promoting online self-service.

Topic:
Old-age pensions
Governance and administration
Information and communication technology
Digital inclusion
E-services
Communication
Implementation year:
2019
Award Year:
2024
State Social Protection Fund under the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Azerbaijan , Azerbaijan , Europe

In 2019, the State Social Protection Fund of under the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SSPF) introduced the unique artificial intelligence (AI) driven proactive assignment mechanism for the assignment of social benefits. This self-starting assignment system is a modern approach to delivering a social service that uses big data and technology to identify and reach out to eligible individuals and assign social benefits from a single center to families without them having to visit any institution.

Topic:
Disability
Family benefits
Old-age pensions
Governance and administration
Information and communication technology
Communication
Service quality
Automated processing
Social assistance
Social policies & programmes
Implementation year:
2022
Award Year:
2024
National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work , Italy , Europe

Work-related stress risk constitutes one of the main challenges that companies face in protecting workers’ health and safety and increasing their competitiveness. Scientific evidence has highlighted that the impact of work-related stress risk affects some productive sectors more than others, including the health care sector.

Topic:
Occupational accidents and diseases
Workplace health promotion
Prevention of occupational risks
Implementation year:
2021
Award Year:
2024
National Office of Social Insurance , Moldova, Republic of , Europe

In the interaction with citizens, the National Office of Social Insurance (NOSI) of the Republic of Moldova, aiming to provide qualitative, innovative and modern public services, has implemented the governmental electronic payment service (MPay) – an efficient, reliable and modern software solution for the distribution of social benefit payments.

The MPay government e-payment service is used as a unique mechanism for the payment of social benefits and allows citizens to receive payments by any legally available payment method.

Topic:
Coordination
E-services
Service quality
Service delivery
Transparency of working rules
Implementation year:
2023
Award Year:
2024
German Social Accident Insurance , Germany , Europe

The German Social Accident Insurance Institution for foodstuffs and catering industry (Berufsgenossenschaft Nahrungsmittel und Gastgewerbe ‒ BGN) developed an AI-solution which automatically extracts ICD-10 codes from natural language text written by doctors in accident and emergency departments. These extracted codes allow derivation of Weller-Keys, which allow to predict the extent of incapacity for work and are of central importance for performance assessment and quality assurance of recovery processes.

Topic:
Health
Rehabilitation
Return to work
Programme evaluation
Artificial intelligence
Data analytics
E-services
Data management
Platform workers
Implementation year:
2023
Award Year:
2024
URSSAF National Fund , France , Europe

Social security organizations are currently poorly rated online on search engines like Google or on employer assessment platforms. This is the case in many countries.

These poor ratings give the image of a degraded public service and can have repercussions on the recruitment process for new employees.

The aim of this experimental project, led by URSSAF Languedoc-Roussillon in France, is to set up a system to improve the e-reputation of social security organizations. It is based on a review management system and monitoring.

Topic:
Human resource management
Communication
Service quality
Customer-centric
Implementation year:
2022
Award Year:
2024
State Social Protection Fund under the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Azerbaijan , Azerbaijan , Europe

To expand the income opportunities of the population and reduce the number of low-income families, Azerbaijan introduced the so-called Targeted State Social Assistance (TSSA) in 2006. TSSA is allotted to low-income families with monthly earnings falling below a specific threshold due to uncontrollable circumstances.

Topic:
Family benefits
Information and communication technology
Artificial intelligence
Extension of coverage
Communication
Social assistance
Social policies & programmes
Error, evasion and fraud
Continuity and resilience
Implementation year:
2021
Award Year:
2024
Federation of Administrative Bodies of Spanish Social Security , Spain , Europe

The Social Marine Institute (Instituto Social de la Marina – ISM) is the body that manages the Special Regime for Sea Workers (Régimen Especial de Trabajadores del Mar – REM) in the Federation of Administrative Bodies of Spanish Social Security (Federación de Entidades Gestoras de la Administración de la Seguridad Social Española – FEGASSE). It aims to meet the needs and expectations of the workers it protects. For this reason, efforts have been made to modernize and adapt its services to new technologies.

Topic:
Governance and administration
Information and communication technology
Communication
Service quality
Customer-centric
Continuity and resilience
Implementation year:
2023
Award Year:
2024
Federation of Administrative Bodies of Spanish Social Security , Spain , Europe

Anyone can download the VIVESS app on their smartphone via Google Play for Android and from the Apple App Store for iPhone iOS.

It is aimed at people who receive a Spanish pension but live abroad. It allows users to submit proof that they are still alive, so that the relevant social security body can verify this information and continue to provide pension payments.

Topic:
Old-age pensions
Information and communication technology
Mobile technologies
Biometrics
Error, evasion and fraud
Implementation year:
2021
Award Year:
2024
Pension and Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation , Russian Federation , Europe

An electronic certificate (e-certificate) is a way for disabled people to get an assistive device (AD), which can be used in addition to existing support methods, i.e., in kind or with compensation paid for the rehabilitation product that a person has bought himself/herself.

Topic:
Rehabilitation
Disability
E-services
Platform workers
Service quality
Customer-centric
Service delivery
Implementation year:
2023
Award Year:
2024
Social Security Institute , Portugal , Europe

The war situation in Ukraine puts millions of citizens living in that country at serious risk, resulting in the abandonment of a considerable number of people, seeking refuge in countries willing to welcome them.

It is important that there are credible and fast reception and integration mechanisms that allow our country's humanitarian response capacity to be more consistent by providing a set of job opportunities existing in Portugal, facilitating a wider integration of Ukrainian citizens and their families.

Topic:
Employment
Coordination
Information and communication technology
Interoperability
Automated processing
Migration
Labour protection
Implementation year:
2023
Award Year:
2024
Social Security Institution , Türkiye , Europe

The funeral grant of civil servant old-age or invalidity pensioner who dies while receiving a pension is paid, upon request, primarily to his/her spouse. If there is no spouse, to his/her children. If there is no spouse and children, to his/her parents. If there is no parents, to his/her siblings. If there are no siblings, to those who certify that they have incurred expenses up to the amount of the invoice, not exceeding the amount of funeral grant to be made.

Topic:
Survivors
Information and communication technology
E-services
Service quality
Automated processing
Implementation year:
2020
Award Year:
2024
Public Employment Service , Sweden , Europe

To enhance support, the Public Employment Service (Arbetsförmedlingen ‒ PES) of Sweden has developed a model to automatically estimate and purpose a search strategy on top of its traditional working streams, taking in consideration the job seeker’s educational background and vocational history to match them with the demands on the labour market. The model estimates a plan regarding the profession the jobseeker should primarily focus on, and the number of jobs one should preferably apply for optimizing his/her efforts for resolving his/her unemployment.

Topic:
Employment
Unemployment
Service quality
Automated processing
Social policies & programmes
Implementation year:
2022
Award Year:
2024
Social Insurance Administration , Iceland , Europe

The Social Insurance Administration (Tryggingastofnun ríkisins –TR) Client Ombudsman of Iceland is a new position, which started at the end of 2022. The main role of the Client Ombudsman is to guide customers in the handling of cases at TR and to assist those who do not feel that they have received substantial consideration or solutions in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations.

Topic:
Governance and administration
Communication
Service quality
Customer-centric
Labour protection mechanisms
Implementation year:
2023
Award Year:
2024
National Family Allowances Fund , France , Europe

In order to meet the needs of families with disabled children aged 3–17 who wish to use mainstream optional and extracurricular childcare facilities, the Family Branch in France has set up ad hoc funding support. This support offsets the extra costs incurred by different facilities (such as disability training/awareness-raising for activity teams, additional staff, adapting and purchasing equipment, preparation, and coordination time, etc.).

Topic:
Disability
Family benefits
Service delivery
Social policies & programmes
Inequalities
Implementation year:
2020
Award Year:
2024
Council for the Social Protection of Self-Employed Workers , France , Europe

France’s Council for the Social Protection of Self-Employed Workers (Conseil de la protection sociale des travailleurs indépendants – CPSTI) was created in 2019.

The internal monitoring and control of its activities is entrusted to the general scheme social security bodies (the branches working on old age, sickness and social security collection) and is based on the organization, reference systems and control plans of each branch.

Topic:
Health insurance
Old-age pensions
Governance and administration
Coordination
Difficult-to-cover groups
Contribution collection and compliance
Quality assessment
Programme & evaluation
Error, evasion and fraud
Implementation year:
2022
Award Year:
2024
Social Insurance Institution , Poland , Europe

Due to the armed conflict in Ukraine, the Social Insurance Institution (Zaklad Ubezpieczen Spolecznych ‒ ZUS) of Poland has been obliged to provide financial support to refugees from Ukraine. This support is provided within the framework of government programmes: Good Start 300+; Family 500+; Family Care Capital; Co-financing of Nursery Fees.

The expected large number of benefit claims, the heavy burden of social responsibility, as well as the tight timetable to prepare for the processing of new claims, forced ZUS to take quick and efficient measures.

Topic:
Family benefits
Children
Coordination
E-services
Extension of coverage
Automated processing
Multi-channel
Migration
Social policies & programmes
Shocks & extreme events
Implementation year:
2023
Award Year:
2024
Social Security Institute , Portugal , Europe

The “Complemento Solidário para Idosos” (CSI) is a social assistance programme in Portugal designed to provide financial support to elderly individuals who are in a situation of economic vulnerability. The programme offers a financial supplement to the pension with the goal to help low-income elderly citizens meet their basic needs and improve their quality of life.

Topic:
Health
Coordination
Extension of coverage
Difficult-to-cover groups
Automated processing
Social assistance
Social policies & programmes
Implementation year:
2020
Award Year:
2024
Solidaris Mutual Benefit Society , Belgium , Europe

In Belgium and France, our social security systems were built to protect ourselves against unforeseen events in life. A common purpose at the heart of the International Social Security Association (ISSA): to allow everyone to live better.

Topic:
Health promotion
Coordination
Communication
Mutual benefit societies
Implementation year:
2020
Award Year:
2024
National Family Allowances Fund , France , Europe

Since 2020, France’s Family Branch has been committed to simplifying and harmonizing its funding for children and young people. Comprehensive Territorial Agreements (Conventions territoriales globales – CTG) are being put in place across the board and, in parallel, it is rolling out a new funding model, the territorial bonus payment. Any facility located in an area covered by a CTG and supported by local authorities that have signed a CTG will receive this territorial bonus payment. The amount varies according to the wealth of the area and its population.

Topic:
Family benefits
Children
Coordination
Extension of coverage
Service quality
Social policies & programmes
Inequalities
Implementation year:
2023
Award Year:
2024
German Federal Pension Insurance , Germany , Europe

In the face of demographic transition, finding ways to offer citizens greater transparency about personal retirement planning and improve their level of knowledge about retirement planning has been a big topic of discussion for more than 20 years.

Topic:
Old-age pensions
Governance and administration
Coordination
Information and communication technology
Communication
Client
Service quality
Customer-centric
Implementation year:
2022
Award Year:
2024
Social Insurance Administration , Iceland , Europe

Until June 2023, it has only been possible to access in Iceland the Disability Card on the My pages of the Social Security Administration (Tryggingastofnun ríkisins – TR) and order a plastic card on TR’s website, but from June the card has also been accessible digitally on Ísland.is.

Topic:
Disability
Governance and administration
Information and communication technology
E-services
Service quality
Social policies & programmes
Implementation year:
2022
Award Year:
2024
State Social Insurance Fund , Kazakhstan , Europe

Nowadays, the state bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan are simplifying methods of providing public services to the population in the field of social security by developing digitalization.

Topic:
Information and communication technology
Data analytics
Difficult-to-cover groups
Automated processing
Social assistance
Platform workers
Implementation year:
2023
Award Year:
2024
Social Security Institution , Türkiye , Europe

The Social Security Institution (Sosyal Güvenlik Kurumu – SGK) of Türkiye pays pensions to approximately 16 million people every month. There are different types of insurance within the scope of the current law in our country. Payments to retirees are made on different days of the month (1st group on 17-26 of each month, 2nd group on 26-28 of each month, 3rd group on 1-5 of each month). Inappropriate payments frequently occur due to death-related reasons. The aim of this project is to reduce inappropriate payments and increase efficiency in payments.

Topic:
Old-age pensions
Information and communication technology
E-services
Communication
Service quality
Error, evasion and fraud
Implementation year:
2023
Award Year:
2024
Social Security Institution , Türkiye , Europe

In the Turkish social security system, some of the in-cash benefits are temporary incapacity allowances, funeral grants, breastfeeding grants, celiac and metabolic diseases payments, and disposable Underpad Payments. Those payments are made directly to individuals’ bank accounts.

Topic:
Health
Cash sickness benefits
Health insurance
Disability
Maternity
Information and communication technology
Service quality
Automated processing
Platform workers
Implementation year:
2022
Award Year:
2024
Ministry for Social Policy and Children's Rights , Malta , Europe

Lack of protection leaves workers vulnerable to the vagaries of the labour market, undermines their rights and dignity, exacerbates poverty and inequality, and jeopardizes the implicit social contract of modern societies (ISO, 2019). As the world of work is evolving, shaped by global trends such as digitalization, automation and globalization, as well as socio-demographic changes, social protection systems need to adapt to changing contexts and demands (ISO, 2017).

Topic:
Family benefits
Governance and administration
Information and communication technology
E-services
Extension of coverage
Difficult-to-cover groups
Service quality
Automated processing
Customer-centric
Social assistance
Implementation year:
2012
Award Year:
2024
Social Insurance Institute , Albania , Europe

According to Law no. 9154/2003 on archives in Albania, documents are all the acts created by public and non-public authorities, legal and physical entities, which are assessed as having national historical importance. The use of archives is an opportunity to utilize archival documents for personal needs or for research-scientific purposes.

Topic:
Governance and administration
Business process
Information and communication technology
Data analytics
Contribution collection and compliance
Service quality
Implementation year:
2019
Award Year:
2024
Agency for Sustainable and Operational Social Security (DOST) , Azerbaijan , Europe

Human rights and dignity stay at the top of the Agency for Sustainable and Operational Social Security (DOST) of Azerbaijan values. Considering its mission to provide the population with operative and smooth access to labor and social protection services, the Agency developed and implemented social innovations that increased citizen satisfaction. The position of the front office for citizens and mid office for ministerial and third-party organizations allows DOST the best coordination between citizens and service providers.

Topic:
Disability
Family benefits
Old-age pensions
Employment
Governance and administration
Information and communication technology
Communication
Service quality
Customer-centric
Social assistance
Social policies & programmes
Continuity and resilience
Implementation year:
2019
Award Year:
2024
Agency for Sustainable and Operational Social Security (DOST) , Azerbaijan , Europe

Analysis of citizens’ appeals revealed that the definite groups of people due to their growing number and specific physical and mental conditions, required different approaches.

Topic:
Long-term care
Disability
Old-age pensions
Governance and administration
Communication
Service quality
Quality assessment
Implementation year:
2019
Award Year:
2024
Agency for Sustainable and Operational Social Security (DOST) , Azerbaijan , Europe

The Agency for Sustainable and Operational Social Security (DOST) Volunteer Programme in Azerbaijan is a crucial part of the DOST Agency’s activities and applies a new innovative approach to Government to Citizen (G2C) communication. DOST volunteers act as an intermediary within the Agency and beyond it. The programme is focused on the day-to-day operations at the DOST centres, such as guiding citizens, assisting people with disabilities and older persons, conducting satisfaction surveys, and participating in CSR projects of the Agency.

Topic:
Disability
Old-age pensions
Employment
Return to work
Governance and administration
Human resource management
Information and communication technology
Extension of coverage
Communication
Service quality
Social assistance
Social policies & programmes
Mutual benefit societies
Continuity and resilience
Implementation year:
2021
Award Year:
2024
Agency for Sustainable and Operational Social Security (DOST) , Azerbaijan , Europe

The DOST-Index of the Agency for Sustainable and Operational Social Provision (DOST) of Azerbaijan is a comprehensive tool for assessing and benchmarking social services delivery performance across different factors by analyzing collected information from several sources and drawing out insights using time-tested analytic methods. Being an evaluation system, the DOST-Index is a model aimed at analyzing activities of back offices at the macro level and DOST centres at the micro level.

Topic:
Governance and administration
Human resource management
Programme evaluation
Contribution collection and compliance
Service quality
Quality assessment
Implementation year:
2021
Award Year:
2024
Federation of Social Insurances , Austria , Europe

With the e-prescription in the Austrian Federation of Social Insurances (Dachverband der Österreichischen Sozialversicherungsträger – DSV), health insurance prescriptions for all insured persons are issued, filled and billed electronically. Because all the necessary information is available electronically in the pharmacy, paper is no longer necessary. This reduces the administrative workload for everyone involved.

Topic:
Health
Health insurance
Governance and administration
Coordination
Information and communication technology
E-services
Service quality
Continuity and resilience
Implementation year:
2022
Award Year:
2024
Social Insurance Institute , Albania , Europe

Since 2022, medical reports for temporary disability at work, maternity, childcare, accidents at work and occupational diseases that are paid by social insurance, are no longer received over papers but are delivered through the electronic system E-Reports (e-RM), which interacts with the e-Albania government portal, offering a fast and secure way to exchange information.

Topic:
Cash sickness benefits
Disability
Maternity
Occupational accidents and diseases
Governance and administration
Coordination
Information and communication technology
E-services
Service quality
Implementation year:
2016
Award Year:
2024
Agricultural Social Insurance Fund , Poland , Europe

The eKRUS is an IT system of the Agricultural Social Insurance Fund (Kasa Rolniczego Ubezpieczenia Społecznego – KRUS) of Poland made available to the public via the Internet, dedicated to people insured with KRUS: farmers, farmers’ spouses and household members subject to social or health insurance, and members of their families reported by KRUS to health insurance.

Topic:
Cash sickness benefits
Health insurance
Maternity
Information and communication technology
Digital inclusion
Communication
Contribution collection and compliance
Service quality
Implementation year:
2018
Award Year:
2024
State Social Insurance Fund , Kazakhstan , Europe

In Kazakhstan, as part of the digitalization of the social and labour sphere, an Electronic labour exchange (hereinafter ‒ ELE) has been created, which is a single digital employment platform that provides opportunities for job search and assistance in personnel selection. ELE creates modern conditions for the involvement of the population in productive employment, enables citizens to find a job, and employers to select the necessary personnel.

Topic:
Employment
Employment policies
Coordination
Information and communication technology
Interoperability
E-services
Automated processing
Social policies & programmes
Implementation year:
2023
Award Year:
2024
Agency for Sustainable and Operational Social Security (DOST) , Azerbaijan , Europe

In 2020, the Government of Azerbaijan approved a regulation for the Individual Rehabilitation Programme (IRP) for persons with disabilities. The individual programme includes a set of measures related to the medical, vocational, psychological-pedagogical rehabilitation and the development of social skills of persons with disabilities.

Topic:
Rehabilitation
Disability
Coordination
Information and communication technology
Interoperability
E-services
Service quality
Social policies & programmes
Implementation year:
2011
Award Year:
2024
Social Security Institution , Türkiye , Europe

The Employee Suggestion System developed by the Social Security Institution (Sosyal Güvenlik Kurumu – SGK) in Turkïye is aimed to receive and effectively evaluate suggestions that will contribute to institutional development, based on the knowledge, skills and experience of the institutional staff. It is a system that includes receiving, evaluating, implementing and monitoring suggestions that increase the service efficiency, effectiveness and improvement of the personnel on matters related to the fields of activity of the institution.

Topic:
Governance and administration
Innovation capacity
Human resource management
Information and communication technology
Service quality
Implementation year:
2023
Award Year:
2024
Social Insurance for Agriculture, Forestry and Horticulture , Germany , Europe

As the responsible accident insurance institution, Social Insurance for Agriculture, Forestry and Horticulture (Sozialversicherung für Landwirtschaft, Forsten und Gartenbau – SVLFG) is developing targeted prevention measures specifically aimed at seasonal workers (SW) in the agricultural sector. The development of a social media strategy for seasonal workers is a promising strategy for conveying workplace-related health and safety information.

Topic:
Occupational accidents and diseases
Workplace health promotion
Prevention of occupational risks
Information and communication technology
Extension of coverage
Difficult-to-cover groups
Communication
Labour protection
Implementation year:
2021
Award Year:
2024
Social Insurance Institution , Poland , Europe

By virtue of the amended legislation and new legislation enacted, the Social Insurance Institution (Zaklad Ubezpieczen Spolecznych ‒ ZUS) has been obliged to handle a number of programmes to support families. These are the government programmes: Good Start 300+; Family 500+; Family Care Capital; Co-financing of Nursery Fees.

The huge, multi-million number of benefit claims, the heavy burden of social responsibility, as well as the tight timetable to prepare for the processing of new claims, forced ZUS to take quick and efficient measures.

Topic:
Family benefits
Children
Governance and administration
Coordination
Innovation capacity
Information and communication technology
E-services
Automated processing
Multi-channel
Implementation year:
2023
Award Year:
2024
National Family Allowances Fund , France , Europe

To help disabled people to be more independent, the way the Disabled Adult Allowance (Allocation aux adultes handicapés – AAH) is calculated was changed on 1 October 2023. We produced a video to offer support to those who receive the allowance. The communication methods used have been adapted to the target audience; as some recipients have hearing impairments, this video has been dubbed in French sign language (langue des signes française – LSF).

Topic:
Disability
Family benefits
Extension of coverage
Communication
Customer-centric
Implementation year:
2020
Award Year:
2024
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health , Finland , Europe

Finnish Vision Zero Forum provides member organizations networking opportunities and up to date knowledge on safety, health, and wellbeing. Member organizations had asked for a monthly theme material on different aspects of safety, health, and wellbeing at work. This material is used by the workplaces in their own occupational safety communication and in making safety related issues visible at workplace. The Monthly Theme has been one of the most used contents that Vision Zero Forum provides.

Topic:
Occupational accidents and diseases
Workplace health promotion
Prevention of occupational risks
Communication
Implementation year:
2023
Award Year:
2024
URSSAF National Fund , France , Europe

The URSSAF National Fund (URSSAF Caisse nationale) of France is currently carrying out a data science project aimed at evaluating the potential contributions of artificial intelligence on the production and quality of forecasts for the collection of social security contributions, necessary for its cash management.

Topic:
Actuarial
Governance and administration
Artificial intelligence
Data analytics
Contribution collection and compliance
Shocks & extreme events
Continuity and resilience
Implementation year:
2021
Award Year:
2024
Federation of Social Insurances , Austria , Europe

The e-card System modernization project aimed to enhance the Federation of Social Insurances (Dachverband der Österreichischen Sozialversicherungsträger – DSV) in Austria’s healthcare infrastructure, addressing challenges and preparing for future technologies.

Topic:
Health
Governance and administration
E-services
Technological transition
Communication
Service quality
Customer-centric
Platform workers
Implementation year:
2022
Award Year:
2024
National Employment Office , Belgium , Europe

The Dopflux procedure is an innovative approach developed by the National Employment Office (NEO) – Office national de l’emploi – ONEM – of Belgium to address the challenges posed by evolving career trajectories and their impact on social security programmes. This procedure enables the collection and analysis of comprehensive longitudinal data on employment situations and related socioeconomic factors among benefit recipients, offering valuable insights into the effectiveness of social security policies.

Topic:
Unemployment
Actuarial
Programme evaluation
Data analytics
Interoperability
Implementation year:
2022
Award Year:
2024
URSSAF National Fund , France , Europe

The URSSAF National Fund of France, in partnership with the health, family and retirement branches, organizes the detection of self-employed workers in fragile situations. In fact, the analysis of individual situations shows that the identification of vulnerability in one particular area can lead to the identification of other weaknesses or needs, which require an overall approach on a medical, economic and social level.

Topic:
Health
Family benefits
Maternity
Employment
Prevention of occupational risks
Governance and administration
Coordination
Extension of coverage
Communication
Contribution collection and compliance
Service quality
Social assistance
Social policies & programmes
Labour protection
Implementation year:
2022
Award Year:
2024
Electronic National Social Security Fund , Greece , Europe

The Greek social security institutions that were integrated into the Electronic National Social Security Fund (e-EFKA), bequeathed it, among other problems, with a plethora of issues related to “pending pensions”.

More specifically, the time required to examine the cases was too long, thus a large number of pending cases had been accumulated, and citizens’ communication with the competent services was quite difficult, while the Administration of e-EFKA faced difficulties in gathering the data for the optimum use of available resources.

Topic:
Disability
Old-age pensions
Programme evaluation
Information and communication technology
Interoperability
E-services
Communication
Service quality
Automated processing
Implementation year:
2023
Award Year:
2024
German Federal Pension Insurance , Germany , Europe

Until recently, the German Federal Pension Insurance (Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund – DRV Bund) had several different customer service departments, each responsible for a specific area. There were two major issues associated with this model. Firstly, it was difficult to handle customer service queries in a consistent, transparent and satisfactory manner. Secondly, to avoid extra work for staff due to not standardized processes.

Topic:
Pensions
Human resource management
Client
Service quality
Implementation year:
2021
Award Year:
2024
National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work , Italy , Europe

Recent years have seen an exponential growth in the application of cutting-edge biotechnological techniques in a variety of research fields, such as human health, agriculture and industry. Such rapid success brings challenges related to the protection of human health and the environment. Therefore, it is important to provide up-to-date information on the national regulations, educate to laboratory practices with genetically modified microorganisms (GMMs), create awareness and motivate for biosafety.

Topic:
Workplace health promotion
Prevention of occupational risks
Coordination
Communication
Awareness and information
Implementation year:
2023
Award Year:
2024
National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work , Italy , Europe

It is widely recognized that a procurement policy, which considers the safety culture of a contractor can significantly impact on the occupational health and safety (OHS) level of a workplace.

Topic:
Occupational accidents and diseases
Prevention of occupational risks
Actuarial
Implementation year:
2021
Award Year:
2024
Social Security Institute , Portugal , Europe

The good practice “Instant Pension” is part of the information system supporting the pensions business, being a solution that aims to reduce the average time it takes to grant requests for old-age pensions, presented by citizens to Portuguese social security. This solution automatically approves pension requests, validating access conditions and carrying out a provisional calculation of the old-age pension, based on the information available in the social security information system.

Topic:
Old-age pensions
Information and communication technology
E-services
Service quality
Automated processing
Implementation year:
2022
Award Year:
2024
National Employment Office , Belgium , Europe

In times of increasing digitalization and dependence on IT, we see a war for talent in tech, while budgets are simultaneously facing ever-increasing pressure. Because of this, the efficient use of money and resources becomes increasingly important to allow for further growth in the realm of digitalization.

Topic:
Employment
Coordination
Business process
Information and communication technology
Interoperability
Investment
Social policies & programmes
Implementation year:
2013
Award Year:
2024
Unédic (Unemployment Insurance) , France , Europe

In France, the National Occupational Union for Employment in Industry and Commerce (Union nationale interprofessionnelle pour l’emploi dans l’industrie et le commerce Unédic) is a joint body, governed by representatives of employee unions and employers’ organizations. Its main task is to define and evaluate the rules governing unemployment insurance.

Topic:
Employment
Unemployment
Innovation capacity
Legal frameworks
Communication
Labour protection
Transparency of working rules
Implementation year:
2023
Award Year:
2024
National Office of Social Insurance , Moldova, Republic of , Europe

The National Office of Social Insurance (NOSI) of the Republic of Moldova is an innovative and modern authority, which enjoys high level of public trust and guarantees quality public services in the event of certain social risks, the application of technologies based on the interoperability of systems is one of the key elements for the development and provision of services to beneficiaries.

Topic:
Coordination
Interoperability
Data management
Service quality
Social policies & programmes
Implementation year:
2022
Award Year:
2024
Social Security Institute , Portugal , Europe

The Statute of the Cultural Professional was introduced through a legal diploma in order to provide a new social security regime to a particular group of professionals in Portugal. The diploma stipulated a completely different approach in terms of calculating social security contributions, introduced a new typology of persons interacting with social security, defined a new approach to calculating benefits and created a new fund in order to provide the social security protection to the Cultural Professional.

Topic:
Governance and administration
Information and communication technology
Extension of coverage
Difficult-to-cover groups
Contribution collection and compliance
Social policies & programmes
Labour protection
Implementation year:
2023
Award Year:
2024
National Employment Office , Belgium , Europe

The KDD tool (KDD stands for Knowledge Discovery in Databases) is an application developed by the data science team of the Central Control Service (CCS) of the National Employment Office (NEO). The tool was developed in cooperation with the social inspectors to (1) improve fraud detection, (2) be able to prepare and treat their investigations more efficiently and faster, (3) improve follow-up on their results for reporting purposes and (4) to improve the feedback cycle for the data science team so their fraud detection models can be ameliorated.

Topic:
Governance and administration
Programme evaluation
Information and communication technology
Data analytics
Data management
Error, evasion and fraud
Implementation year:
2022
Award Year:
2024
Social Insurance Institution , Finland , Europe

Having easy access to accurate and up-to-date information on social security is important to all levels of government as well as the private sector and the media. The Social Insurance Institution (Kansaneläkelaitos) – Kela, as a key institution on social security in Finland, produces such information and wants to maximize its usability for interested parties. To achieve this strategic goal, a new web service, Kela’s Info Tray, was launched in September 2022.

Topic:
Information and communication technology
Data analytics
Data management
Communication
Service quality
Customer-centric
Implementation year:
2023
Award Year:
2024
Social Insurance Institution , Finland , Europe

We were predicting that a large number of persons who had fled the Russian aggression in Ukraine to Finland and are under temporary protection would become customers of the Social Insurance Institution (Kansaneläkelaitos – Kela) after residing in the country for one year and thus getting broader entitlement to Kela benefits. The risk was that our customer service would get strained by many new customers seeking assistance and that our benefits processing would get overloaded with a large number of new applications under a relatively short period.

Topic:
Health
Health insurance
Family benefits
Children
Governance and administration
Extension of coverage
Difficult-to-cover groups
Communication
Service quality
Migration
Shocks & extreme events
Transparency of working rules
Implementation year:
2023
Award Year:
2024
German Federal Pension Insurance , Germany , Europe

The German Federal Pension Insurance (Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund – DRV Bund) has created an online German Pension Portal so users can access key administrative services (e.g., pensions, rehabilitation, insurance, and subsidized private pension plans) on any digital device. Users can log in and use the online services anywhere, at any time. Using a smartphone, tablet or computer, citizens can quickly, easily and securely file applications and find information on topics including pensions, electronic communication services and more.

Topic:
Rehabilitation
Old-age pensions
Governance and administration
E-services
Technological transition
Service quality
One-stop shops
Implementation year:
2023
Award Year:
2024
German Social Accident Insurance , Germany , Europe

The German Social Accident Insurance Institution for the Construction Sector (Berufsgenossenschaft der Bauwirtschaft – BG BAU) recognizes the enormous potential of artificial intelligence (AI) for the public sector, and is playing a pioneering role in exploring its use in social insurance.

Topic:
Occupational accidents and diseases
Prevention of occupational risks
Information and communication technology
Artificial intelligence
Labour protection
Implementation year:
2022
Award Year:
2024
Central Fund of Social Agricultural Mutual Benefit Societies , France , Europe

The main role of the Innovative Digital Factory (Fabrique Digitale Innovante – FDI) is to lead digital processes within the Central Fund of Social Agricultural Mutual Benefit Societies (Caisse centrale de la mutualité sociale agricole – CCMSA) network in France. It intervenes after the initial design processes or as soon as a need is identified relating to a particular area (health, family, retirement, corporate, etc.).

Topic:
Health
Health insurance
Family benefits
Old-age pensions
Innovation capacity
Information and communication technology
Service quality
Mutual benefit societies
Implementation year:
2021
Award Year:
2024
Central Fund of Social Agricultural Mutual Benefit Societies , France , Europe

A Knowledge management system is a system designed to facilitate the sharing and updating of knowledge, and to disseminate knowledge that may be unknown or dispersed throughout the organization.

Through the Essentiels portals, the Central Fund of Social Agricultural Mutual Benefit Societies (Caisse centrale de la mutualité sociale agricole – CCMSA) of France has adopted a system which focuses on the links between individual and collective skills, the application of legislation and the coordination of resulting actions.

Topic:
Health insurance
Family benefits
Old-age pensions
Business process
Information and communication technology
Data management
Service quality
Mutual benefit societies
Implementation year:
2023
Award Year:
2024
Unédic (Unemployment Insurance) , France , Europe

Unédic (Unemployment Insurance) (Unédic (Assurance chômage)) in France launched its brand-new website on 18 October 2023. Accessibility has been put at the heart of the redesign, making information about Unédic and unemployment insurance even more accessible, in line with current regulation and standards, specifically for people with disabilities.

Topic:
Disability
Employment
Unemployment
Information and communication technology
Communication
Transparency of working rules
Implementation year:
2021
Award Year:
2024
National Family Allowances Fund , France , Europe

Creating “user pathways” is central to strengthening access to rights for Family Branch users. It allows us to provide comprehensive support at specific key moments in users’ lives, such as having children and during a separation.

Topic:
Health insurance
Family benefits
Coordination
Extension of coverage
Service quality
One-stop shops
Demographic change
Social policies & programmes
Transparency of working rules
Implementation year:
2021
Award Year:
2024
National Employment Office , Belgium , Europe

Technical debt – the extra work and costs involved in correcting poorly designed or suboptimal source code – is an inevitable part of any Information Technology (IT) project.

Used sparingly, it is a way of delivering added value to clients more quickly. However, allowing technical debt to get out of control and ignoring the issues involved are the main causes of both short- and long-term failures of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) projects.

Topic:
Human resource management
Business process
Information and communication technology
Technological transition
Service quality
Quality assessment
Implementation year:
2019
Award Year:
2024
National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work , Italy , Europe

Management systems for occupational health and safety are a fundamental element of prevention. Currently, these models of managing are designed for large, complex or articulated organizations.

Differently the first version of Inail-Cobis Operational Guide SGSL Sistema Casa – 2018, rewarded by ISSA Good Practice Awards – Europe 2019, showed the feasibility of occupational health and safety management system (OSH MS) models tailored for small building and utility companies.

Topic:
Occupational accidents and diseases
Workplace health promotion
Prevention of occupational risks
Business process
Implementation year:
2023
Award Year:
2024
National Family Allowances Fund , France , Europe

As part of the agreement on objectives and management signed with the State for the period 2023–2027 (COG), the French National Family Allowances Fund (Caisse nationale des allocations familiales – CNAF) wishes to bolster its innovations and progress in the area of community listening. The decision was therefore made to set up a “LabParentalité” (parenting lab) based on an initiative launched in the French Department of Isère.

Topic:
Family benefits
Children
Governance and administration
Extension of coverage
Service quality
Social policies & programmes
Implementation year:
2022
Award Year:
2024
URSSAF National Fund , France , Europe

In order to facilitate the management of social security cover for workers impacted by international professional mobility and to ensure compliance with the territoriality principle and the relevant exceptions, URSSAF National Fund (URSSAF Caisse nationale) has established a range of entirely digital services as part of its new responsibilities following a process of administrative reorganization. The service makes it possible in most cases to obtain a posted worker certificate (certificat de rattachement) instantly and securely.

Topic:
Employment
Coordination
Contribution collection and compliance
Service quality
Bilateral agreements
Error, evasion and fraud
Platform workers
Labour protection
Implementation year:
2019
Award Year:
2024
Agricultural Social Insurance Fund , Poland , Europe

My Vision Zero Youth Short Film Competition of the Agricultural Social Insurance Fund (Kasa Rolniczego Ubezpieczenia Społecznego – KRUZ) of Poland. The aim of the competition is to promote safe work-related behaviour on farms among school and university students, particularly those with an agricultural focus, and to popularize Vision Zero in agriculture.

My Vision Zero Competition is aimed at young people aged between 13 and 21, who are tasked with producing a short film promoting a healthy and safe system of work on the farm.

Topic:
Workplace health promotion
Prevention of occupational risks
Communication
Implementation year:
2023
Award Year:
2024
Federal Pension Service , Belgium , Europe

The challenge addressed by the Federal Pensions Service (Service fédéral des Pensions – SFP) and its partners was the outdated pension application tool, prompting the integration of an online pension demand system into mypension.be, Belgium’s official online pension portal.

Topic:
Old-age pensions
Governance and administration
Information and communication technology
E-services
Technological transition
Communication
Automated processing
Implementation year:
2020
Award Year:
2024
Social Insurance Institute , Albania , Europe

The Social Insurance Institute (SII) of Albania, as part of the digital transformation, has started to offer electronic services since 2020, but since 1st May 2022, in accordance with
DCM no. 252/2022 on the procedures for providing online services by the service-offering institutions and for the methodology of monitoring and controlling the administrative activity of their provision, all services in the field of social insurance are performed, only through the online service, on the e-Albania government platform.(https://e-albania.al/)

Topic:
Disability
Governance and administration
Coordination
Information and communication technology
E-services
Contribution collection and compliance
Social policies & programmes
Implementation year:
2021
Award Year:
2024
Social Security Institution , Türkiye , Europe

Since unregistered employment among women in Türkiye is very high compared to developed European countries, the EU-supported “Operation on supporting registered women employment (Women-Up)” has been started by the Social Security Institution (Sosyal Güvenlik Kurumu – SGK) in 2021.

Topic:
Employment
Employment policies
Extension of coverage
Difficult-to-cover groups
Contribution collection and compliance
Gender Inequalities
Labour protection
Implementation year:
2023
Award Year:
2024
National Family Allowances Fund , France , Europe

To help parents and future parents find their way around the different services and support available to them in parenthood, an interactive tool on having children has been set up on the caf.fr website, which can be accessed from the “I’m expecting a child” (“J’attends un enfant”) page.

Topic:
Family benefits
Children
Maternity
Coordination
E-services
Extension of coverage
Awareness and information
Gender Inequalities
Implementation year:
2022
Award Year:
2024
State Social Insurance Agency , Latvia , Europe

The State Social Insurance Agency (SSIA) of Latvia has introduced a new e-service “SSIA information and services” (hereinafter dashboard) in August 2022, which is available on the unified state and local government service portal www.latvija.gov.lv.

Topic:
Old-age pensions
Employment
Information and communication technology
Communication
Contribution collection and compliance
Service quality
Implementation year:
2023
Award Year:
2024
Social Insurance Bank , Netherlands , Europe

From November 2022 to April 2023, the Social Insurance Bank (Sociale Verzekeringsbank – SVB) of the Netherlands conducted a pilot programme to address the underutilization of the AIO supplement among eligible households. This initiative aligned with the SVB’s crucial mission of providing citizens with social security.

Topic:
Old-age pensions
Coordination
Information and communication technology
Communication
Contribution collection and compliance
Service quality
Social assistance
Implementation year:
2021
Award Year:
2024
National Sickness Insurance Fund , France , Europe

The Primary Health Insurance Funds (Caisses primaires d’assurance – CPAM) in Indre and Aisne, France, have launched an environmental health prevention campaign focusing on preventing exposure to endocrine disruptors, with an emphasis on phthalates due to the possible reversibility of their effects. It incorporates:

Topic:
Health
Health promotion
Maternity
Coordination
Communication
Awareness and information
Implementation year:
2020
Award Year:
2024
German Social Accident Insurance , Germany , Europe

At the operational level, fatal and serious occupational accidents in trade and goods logistics occur rarely, so most companies fortunately lack concrete operational experience.

Topic:
Workplace health promotion
Prevention of occupational risks
Data analytics
Communication
Awareness and information
Implementation year:
2019
Award Year:
2024
Agency for Sustainable and Operational Social Security (DOST) , Azerbaijan , Europe

The Proactive Disability Payments Mechanism of the Agency for Sustainable and Operational Social Security (DOST) of Azerbaijan simplifies the rights of disabled citizens by eliminating the need for explicit requests and paper-based documentation. The mechanism automatically identifies disabled citizens’ entitlement, verifies their information, and, if eligible, calculates and assigns the relevant social benefit or pension. This approach ensures a citizen-centric process, removing the requirement for citizens to initiate requests and simplifying access to vital services.

Topic:
Disability
Pensions
Coordination
Information and communication technology
Interoperability
Service quality
Automated processing
Customer-centric
Social assistance
Implementation year:
2019
Award Year:
2024
National Sickness Insurance Fund , France , Europe

In 2014, the occupational health and safety department of France’s National Sickness Insurance Fund (Caisse nationale de l’assurance maladie – CNAM) launched a programme initially entitled “Fall Risks in the Building and Public Works Sector” (Risques Chutes Pros Bâtiment et Travaux Publics – BTP) which was later renamed the “BTP Sectoral Programme” (programme sectoriel BTP) and expanded after 2018. With this, they aim to reduce the number of accidents in the construction sector.

Topic:
Occupational accidents and diseases
Prevention of occupational risks
Extension of coverage
Difficult-to-cover groups
Implementation year:
2011
Award Year:
2024
Social Security Institution , Türkiye , Europe

In subparagraph (c) of the first paragraph of Article 58 of the Turkish Social Security Institution (Sosyal Güvenlik Kurumu – SGK) Central Organization Working Regulation: “To collect, analyze and interpret information and data regarding the management of the Institution and the improvement of services and performance.”

In order to achieve the targets desired to be achieved in the provincial organization in line with its duty, it measures and reports the extent to which the determined performance targets have been achieved

Topic:
Governance and administration
Coordination
Programme evaluation
Service quality
Quality assessment
Implementation year:
2021
Award Year:
2024
National Employment Office , Belgium , Europe

The needs of end users are at long last being prioritized in digital projects. Those of intermediate users, on the other hand, are all too often neglected. Through its dedicated team of service designers, the Belgian National Employment Office (Office national de l’emploi – ONEM) is gradually remodelling the interfaces of the tools used by its employees. And since a public service can only be complete if internal applications deliver the same level of user experience as end-user applications, ONEM decided to involve employees from the very beginning of the design process.

Topic:
Employment
Human resource management
Information and communication technology
Quality assessment
Implementation year:
2022
Award Year:
2024
Swedish Pensions Agency , Sweden , Europe

Quick Pension Guide (Snabbkoll på din pension) is a digital service on the Swedish Pensions Agency’s website that was launched in June 2022 to support individuals in the accumulation phase (people aged 26–54) to quickly and easily learn more about the old-age pension and make informed choices based on their situation.

85 percent of individuals who have completed the guide state that they will act based on the information they received, either implement a change or search for more information.

Topic:
Old-age pensions
Communication
Awareness and information
Service quality
Customer-centric
One-stop shops
Transparency of working rules