use of profiling for public sector in switzerland

Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHAFederal Statistical Office FSO

Use of profiling for public sector

in Switzerland

David Ackermann

6 October 2009

2 The application of profiling in the public sector in SwitzerlandDavid Ackermann


List of contents

• Profiling today in Switzerland

• Profiling in the public sector• High-quality update of the Register

• Homogeneous treatment in a federal state

• Organisational units taken into account

• Management of statistical units

• Distinctions are made for economic analysis

• Support to individual statistics

• Current profiling in public sector



Profiling today in Switzerland (1)

Goals:

Create a solid partnership with companies and public administration

organisations

Detailed and up-to-date monitoring of the structures of large companies and

public administration organisations

Detailed and up-to-date monitoring of the statistical units existing within these

companies and public administration organisations

Good quality statistical universe in the Business and Enterprise

Register (survey framework)



Profiling today in Switzerland (2)

Data collection for two surveys:

Business census (every three years)

Quarterly employment statistics (every three months)

Needed for the employment statistics programme

Monitored variables: location, employment, economic activity



Profiling method

Standard profiling method (process):

1st indirect analysis of enterprise (internal FSO data)

Contacting and visiting the enterprise

Preliminary analysis systems available to each enterprise as well as their

needs and specificities

Pairing Business and Enterprise Register units with client units

Duration : 3-6 months (can vary depending on the size of the

business or administrative agency)

The same method is utilised for the private and the public sector



High-quality updating of the public services in the Register

Profiling thus ensures continuity of the units of the public sector in the register.

It enables supervision of the following components:

Organisational structure specific to the public body concerned

Localisation of establishments

Situation of different statistical units

Employment

Economic activity (NOGA) at the level of establishments



Profiling ensures homogeneous treatment in a federal state

Several types of governmental bodies in Switzerland:

Federal government

Cantonal governments

Municipal authorities

Regional institutions

All of these public bodies are managed autonomously and have to be treated

individually



Profiling takes organisational units into account

Profiling enables different organisations specific to each public body to be

taken into account and managed separately

Each organisational structure is analysed and recorded in the BER depending

on the organisation of the units concerned



Cantonal government (example)

Canton of Neuchâtel

Group 1

General SecretariatBURNR 52647531

Rue de la Collégiale 12

General SecretariatBURNR 52656887


Financial ServicesBURNR 52650272Rue du Musée 1

Legal ServicesBURNR 52650162


Disability Insurance OfficeBURNR 63879634

Espacité 4 -5

etc.

ABC

DEF

etc.

Group 2Justice, Security & Finances Dept

Group 2Credit Management Dept

Group 2- XYZ -



Profiling enables management of statistical units

The Business and Enterprise Register is based on a model (group unit,

business unit, legal unit and local unit) which corresponds to the structures of

private business

With the profiling method, the definitions of business units, legal units and local

units are adapted in order to meet the statistical needs as closely as possible



Organisational structure / Statistical Units

Government agency units

Administrative unit

Départment

Office, service, section

Unit, section

Cost units

BR Units

Group

Enterprise unit

Local unit

Notional unit

Legal unit



Definition of local unit in the public sector

Administrativ unit: the establishment is linked to an

organisational unit and must have its own activity

Specificities for government agencies

Financial administration agency 20 persons

Police service25 persons

Primary School10 persons

1 establishment (kind local of activity) 841100





Profiling ensures that the distinctions are made for economic analysis

Within the framework of sectorisation (ESA95) used by the national accounts

for economic analysis, it is important to allocate the institutional units of the

economy to the relevant institutional sector.

This allocation is made on the basis of the combination of the main activity and

the legal form of the institutional unit



Nomenclature of FJ groupsFRG Dénomination

FRG 1: 1 Individually owned company2 Simple company3 Partnership (general)4 Limited partnership

FRG 2: 6 Public limited company5 Association limited by shares7 Limited liability company8 Cooperative

11 Swiss branch of a public limited company domiciled abroad12 Swiss branches of a co-operative company or a limited liability company domiciled abroad27 Foreign public company

FRG 3: 9 Association10 Foundation25 Church

FRG 4: 20 Federal administration21 Cantonal administration22 District administration23 Local administration24 Public corporation

FRG 5: 30 Federal public company31 Cantonal public company32 District public company33 Local public company34 Corpororate public company

Notes: Legal forms 28 and 29 are not concerned (outside national territory).

FJ



Sectorisation matrix



Implementation of IU

Institutional unit=

Companies (private)=

Administrative unit (public)



Profiling offers support to individual statistics

Statistics on certain themes produced by the FSO are based on data from

particular sectors of the public administration. Education statistics

Health statistics

With profiling method, a practical approach can be adopted to link these areas

to the existing structures of the BER. This provides consistency for the whole

of the system and improves coordination of data among these governmental

bodies



Current profiling in public sector

Profiling Not ProfilingLevel Number Establishments* Jobs Establishments* Jobs

Federal government

1 500 38’300 0 0Cantonal governments

18 (of 26) 5’900 201’000 700 11'000Municipal authorities

10 (of 2700) 15’000 36’000 14'000 140'000Other public institutions

13 400 32’000 3'800 240'000



“Light” Profiling

“Light profiling” is planned for the handling of small public sector units in the

Business and Enterprise Register

Same goals as in Standard Profiling but a different method

Basic principle:

Development of an internet interface

Utilisation of existing registers

Utilisation of possible combinations



Thank you for your attention

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