Social Security


Social Security Management

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Course Aim

  • To be able to analyse a social security environment and determine the optimal way in which to manage the collection of contributions and/or the distribution of benefits (and this both in a general management perspective and in the perspective of electronic data management);
  • To be able to take up unfashionable positions if his research so demands;
  • To be able to deliver results and opinions that contribute to the advancement of social security;
  • To be able to translate research results to the broader public;
  • To be able to make research results relevant for policy making;
  • To be able to translate questions from policy-makers into research questions, deal with them and explain the results to policy-makers

Course Description:

This course is specially designed to promote skills and knowledge related to the actual management of social security. It is composed of two parts: one dealing with the management of social security as such (first unit) and the other with various aspects of electronic data management in social security (second unit).


  • Course Duration

    1 WEEK

  • Course Fees

    $3,499.99

Course Content:

General issues of managing social security
  • The general management theories and skills
  • Applicability and significance of GM theories and skills in a social security environment
  • An overview of various management approaches.
  • The quality assessment of social security administration (delivery of benefits; quality of service) as well as the new phenomenon of management contracts between more autonomous social security agencies and public authorities.
  • Practical illustrations.

Electronic data management in Social Security:
  • The strategic importance of electronic data management in social security (typology of the data needed within a social security system; advantages of electronic data management in social security; big brother concept versus network concept);
  • A concrete model for electronic data management in social security based on a network between social security institutions (basic principles concerning data collection, data storage and data exchange; a concrete model of a network between social security institutions; two case studies: the Belgian social security network and the creation of a European social security network);
  • The use of smart cards within social security (possible functions of smart cards: identification, authentication and storage capacity; a case study : the Belgian social identity card);
  • Data protection and social security (basic principles of data protection; legal measures, especially the European Directive on privacy protection; organisational measures, such as independent control committees, data protection officers and the organisation of data storage and data exchange; technical measures).

Some other areas that would be treated are as follows:

WHY SOCIAL PROTECTION
  • The Need for Social Protection
  • The Right to Social Protection
  • The Impact of Social Protection
  • Employment and Social Protection
POLICY INSTRUMENTS
  • Introduction: Social Transfers
  • Social Insurance
  • Universal and Categorical Schemes
  • Minimum income support and other non-conditional social assistance schemes
  • Conditional Cash Transfer Programmes (CCTs)
  • Microinsurance
ISSUES
  • Gender Equality and National Social Protection Floors
  • Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Protection
  • Socially Responsible Investment
  • Social Protection and Environmental Conservation
  • Social Protection and Climate Change
POLICY AREAS
  • Employment injury benefits
  • Health Protection
  • Income Security in Old-Age, Disability and Death of a Breadwinner
  • Maternity Protection
  • Paid Sick Leave
  • HIV/AIDS
GOVERNANCE
  • Legal Framework
  • Social Protection Education
STATISTICS
  • World Social Security Report 2010/11
  • World Social Security Report 2014/15