The Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies today approved a bill on modernising and improving the management of social security institutions.
In addition to specific amendments to the Social Security Code, one of the essential elements of the adopted project is the framing of the concept of good governance at the level of the management of social security institutions, including effective risk management, rigorous control mechanisms and a transparent approach in the decision-making process. This approach is considered a factor of stability, promoting multi-year strategic planning and the fair use of public funds.
Similarly, the voted bill adapts and clarifies the tasks of the General Inspectorate of Social Security (IGSS), whose missions have been extended towards an audit approach as a result. The IGSS will thus assist social security institutions in the implementation of the new governance procedure and ensure that a concerted approach aligned with recognised methods and techniques is applied. The purpose of this approach is to guarantee transparency, ensure good communication, create a knowledge sharing and develop an efficient collaboration.
In addition the activity of the IGSS is reframed in four strategic axes in the field of social protection, namely legislative and regulatory competence in the field of social security, the control of social security institutions, the development of EU regulations and multi- or bilateral conventions while taking into account the standards of international institutions and the collection of statistical data for carrying out analyses and studies for evaluation purposes.
Finally, with regard specifically to the collection of statistical data, the IGSS has just launched its "Luxembourg Microdata Platform on Labour and Social Protection" computer access system for experts in the field of employment and social protection leading to research projects. The platform has two objectives: firstly, to facilitate access to pseudonymised administrative individual data in order to strengthen the statistical use of administrative data and thus develop research and study on the labour market and social protection, and secondlt, to ensure respect for the privacy of individuals, in order to adapt to the new European General Data Protection Regulation.
