1. EESSI - Electronic Exchange of Social
Security Information
RO perspective
Bianca Culea - CNPAS

2. EESSI Architecture:
CI CI CI
CI
CI Member National CI
National State 2 Network
Network
CI
Member CI
State 1 EESSI
International Network
sTESTA
CI
Member State 3
National
Network CI
Member National
State “n” Network
CI CI CI
Member CI
National National State 4
Network Network
CI
CI
CI CI
CI Coordination Access
CI
Competent
Node Point Institution
Source: European Commission

3. RO – 4 Access Points:
Access Point Covered areas
Pension, Legislation Applicable and Work
ApRO04 Accidents and Occupational Diseases
ApRO03 Sickness
ApRO02 Family Benefits
Unemployment
ApRO01

4. International part National part
of Access Point of Access Point
CI CI CI
Member
State 1
Access Point
Electronic contact point
EESSI International National National
International Network traffic traffic Network
Member
State 2
International Internal National
EESSI Protocol “Bridging” EESSI Protocol Network for
Protocol Social Security
Access International Part National Part of Competent
Point of Access Point Access Point CI Institution
Source: European Commission

5. Routing Architecture:
5
MS CI 1
D 1 (SP A)
WEBIC
AP-RI
IPAP NPAP
Original message Messages in DB
sent to CI 1 DB and seen by user:
EMS CI1-D1 EMD
(found in DS) CI1 (SP A)
WEBIC
Adapter
D 2 (SP B)
CI1-D2
ICD1 ICD2 XML NA
CN Adapter
CI2
NA
Adapter Messages in DB
DB and seen by user:
CI1 (SP B)
DB Custom
Routing
CI 2
NA
Messages in DB: Depending on a
parameter in the body
CI1 (SP A) of the SED DB Messages in DB
CI2 and seen by user:
(SP=SED Parameter)
CI1 (SP B) CI2
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6. General schedule – Master Directory data
upload:

7. EESSI - April 2010 - RO Status:
 4 APs established
 AP’s Administrators and Managers established
 CN/Master Directory content for all 4 APs uploaded
 S - testa connected for all 4 APs
 Training on PAI and MMI for all 4 APs staff
 PAI and MMI RO related information checked
(minor modification still needed)
 PAI translation (RO) done.

8. RO target: January 2011 - ???
Integration of EESSI into national environment, reengineering
national application
Six Testing Member States to
Mid October 2010
test ALL the components of
↓
the EESSI system
31 November
2010 End User and national administrator training for all
1 December 2010
Installation, configuration of various EESSI components for
↓
all and testing.
28 February 2011
1 March 2011 A testing campaign of exchanges with the WEBIC will be
↓ organises for the non testing Member States will be
1 Mai 2011 organised with

9. Trainings:
September 2010 until the end of November,
trainings for national users and administrator
will take place.
The purpose of the training is to prepare the
Member States for the installation,
configuration, administration and the use of
the Reference Implementation and the WEBIC.

10. General schedule: Bid preparation
conditionality:
Documentation – final versions:
June 2010 - ICD2 and Protocol Design
Document
middle of August : Coordination Node,
Reference Implementation, WEBIC
So,………………….Bid preparation can start……!

11. RO & EESSI:
• from January 2011, once the local EESSI
components are installed, Member States
will be in a position to start establishing the
connexion of EESSI to their national
environment through the ICD2 interface by
adapting/configuring national connectors
and developing or reengineering national
applications.

12. RO: Bid scope:
Required hardware for 4 APs
• NPAPs development
• National Applications reengineering and APs
integration
• Technical support
• Trainings

13. Ro – “EESSI enabled” scenario:
• June – October 2010 – Bid preparation and launch
• November – December 2010 – Bid evaluation
• January - February 2011 – IPAPs installations and
tests
• May 2011 – NPAPs & National Applications first
release
• June 2011-October 2011 – NPAPs & National
Applications and EESSI integration tests
• December 2011 – RO EESSI “enabled”

14. Thank you!