THE GREEK SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM

APPENDIX

 

 

Table 1. General Secretariat of Social Insurance - Administrative Structure 

 

GENERAL SECRETARY

DIRECTOR GENEARAL FOR SOCIAL INSURANCE

DIRECTOR GENEARAL FOR ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES

DEPARTMENT FOR MAIN COVER OF EMPLOYEES

Sector for private employees

Sector for employees and personnel of legal bodies under public law

Sector for public utilities and banks

Sector for manual workers

DEPARTMENT FOR MAIN COVER OF SELF-EMPLOYED

Sector for self-employed

Sector for independent professionals

DEPARTMENT FOR FARMERS AND UNINSURED GROUPS

Sector for farmers

Sector for non workers

DEPARTMENT FOR SUPPLEMENTARY INSURANCE

Sector for private employees and wag earners

Sector for public employees and self-employed

Sector for lump sum benefits

DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Sector for European Union

Sector for International Organisations

DEPARTMENT FOR SICKNESS AND MATERNITY BENEFITS

Sector for private employees and wag earners

Sector for other socio-professional categories

ACTUARIAL DEPARTMENT

Sector on main insurance

Sector on supplementary and sickness benefits

Sector on general actuarial issues

INSPECTORATE DEPARTMENT

Sector on administrative issues

Sector on control issues

Sector on claims and disputes

Sector on technical issues

DEPARTMENT ON ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANISATION

Sector on statutes and  book of  regulations

Sector on action plans

Sector on the relations between funds and citizens

Sector on the Social Security Committee

HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT

Sector for the personnel of the General Secretariat of Social Insurance

Sector for the personnel of supervising funds

Sector on legal issues

DEPARTMENT ON FINANCE

Sector on management of funds

Sector on revenues and property of funds

Sector on Social Budget

Sector on supplies

DEPARTMENT ON EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Sector on training for new comers

Sector on continuous vocational training

DEPARTMENT ON NEW TECHNOLOGIES

Sector on analysis and planning

Sector on technical issues

DEPARTMENT FOR EMERGENCY ISSUES

SECTOR ON CONSECUTIVE INSURANCE

AGENCY ON HEALTH CARE MONITORING

AGENCY FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING AND IT

DEPARTMENT ON OCCUPATIONAL FUNDS


 

Table 2. Social insurance funds according to branches and supervisory authorities

 

I. Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance

Main insurance

23

Supplementary insurance

34

Sickness

16

Lump sum benefits

19

Other benefits (ΟΑΕD, ΟΕΚ, ΟEE)

3

Total

95

ΙΙ. Ministry of Defence

Supplementary insurance

3

Lump sum benefits

7

Total

10

ΙΙΙ. Ministry of Economy and Finance

Supplementary insurance

1

Total

1

IV. Ministry of Marine

Main insurance

1

Supplementary insurance

1

Sickness

1

Lump sum benefits

4

Total

7

V. Ministry of Agriculture

Insurance of Agricultural Production

1

Total

1

VI. Hellenic Parliament

Lump sum benefits

1

Total

1

VΙΙ. Insurance Agencies

Sickness benefits for the personnel of the Public Water Utility

1

Total

1

VIII. Mutual aid societies

Provident Funds

54

Total

54

TOTAL

170

Source: Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance, 2002 Social Budget, p. 349.


 

Table 3. Affiliated persons to funds supervised by the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance

according to branch and socio-professional category (31.8.2001)

 

 

SOCIO-PROFESSIONAL CATEGORY

Number of Funds

BRANCH

 

 

 

 

Main Insurance

Supplementary Insurance

Sickness

Lump sum benefits

Insured

Family members

I.

Employees and workers under private law

 

22

 

1.925.945

 

1.907.071

 

2.993.824

 

2.654.014

 

397.413

II.

Employees in the banking sector

10

28.352

3.475

38.199

38.908

29.870

III.

Persons employed in public utilities

12

77.465

69.091

151.850

202.564

62.727

IV.

Self-employed people

6

777.697

10.326

642.904

988.356

1.026

V.

Independent professionals

11

207.393

100.800

179.795

162.924

115.897

VI.

People employed in the press

6

23.168

10.995

15.132

12.966

24.777

VII.

Farmers

1

749.000

-

1.556.000

594.000

-

VIII.

Civil servants

17

347

455.292

81.982

117.657

499.460

 

 

85

3.789.367

2.557.050

5.659.686

4.771.389

1.131.170

 

Source: Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance, 2002 Social Budget, p. 367.


 

Table 4. Social insurance expenditure (1970-2002) – amounts in thousand euros

 

 

Funds’ expenditure

Public budget expenditure

 

 

Year

 

Pensions

Sickness and lump sum benefits

 

Total

 

Pensions

Sickness and lump sum benefits

 

Total

OVERALL EXPENSES

1970

-

-

73.403

19.178

8.666

27.844

101.247

1971

-

-

79.190

22.060

9.981

32.041

111.231

1972

-

-

86.787

24.181

12.047

36.228

123.011

1973

-

-

95.727

29.185

14.468

43.653

139.380

1974

-

-

115.880

39.589

19.316

58.905

174.785

1975

-

-

142.022

47.116

26.066

73.182

215.204

1976

-

-

184.733

53.852

36.880

90.732

275.465

1977

-

-

240.411

65.444

43.257

108.701

349.112

1978

-

-

315.876

79.824

55.636

135.460

451.336

1979

-

-

383.161

103.930

72.542

176.472

559.633

1980

-

-

503.577

116.126

82.347

198.473

702.050

1981

-

-

661.611

150.257

112.181

262.438

924.049

1982

-

-

987.211

208.364

173.543

381.907

1.369.118

1983

-

-

1.268.748

251.798

212.965

462.763

1.733.511

1984

-

-

1.612.986

309.523

237.960

547.483

2.160.469

1985

-

-

2.012.035

387.381

343.870

731.251

2.743.286

1986

-

.

2.433.426

487.161

 442.723

 931.644

3.365.070

1987

-

.

2.839.994

582.591

518.855

1.101.446

3.941.440

1988

.

.

3.524.531

713.227

 675.292

1.388.519

4.913.050

1989

.

.

4.209.617

596.590

868.534

1.758.594

5.968.211

1990

.

.

5.160.470

 .110.855

1.144.217

 .255.072

7.415.542

1991

-

-

6.333.168

1.232.945

1.452.325

2.685.270

9.018.438

1992

4.803.938

2.383.542

7.187.480

1.323.891

1.686.606

3.010.497

10.197.977

1993

5.736.701

2.973.552

8.350.253

1.423.756

1.677.124

3.100.880

11.451.133

1994

6.317.285

3.399.956

9.717.241

1.635.108

1.739.146

3.374.254

13.089.645

1995

7.036.443

3.809.983

10.846.426

1.760.822

2.116.220

3.877.042

14.723.468

1996

7.993.861

4.522.248

12.516.109

2.010.271

2.386.987

4.397.258

16.913.367

1997

9.023.536

5.021.306

14.044.842

2.124.724

2.527.883

4.652.607

18.697.449

1998

9.747.352

5.407.554

15.154.906

2.259.721

2.898.117

5.157.890

20.312.804

1999

10.558.034

6.040.745

16.598.779

2.538.517

2.815.883

5.354.400

21.953.179

2000

11.759.788

6.503.818

18.263.606

2.743.947

3.100.986

5.844.933

24.108.539

2001

12.914.882

7.127.513

20.042.395

2.984.593

3.531.029

6.515.622

26.558.017

2002

14.232.818

8.418.710

22.651.528

3.163.610

3.650.683

6.814.293

29.465.821

               

Source: Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance, 2002 Social Budget, p.28.

 

Table 5. Expenditure of Funds supervised by the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance

 

Categories

Percentage (%)

Pension benefits

68,68

Sickness benefits

20,87

Lump sum benefits

5,01

Administrative expenses

3,57

Other costs

1,55

Property costs

0,32

Source: Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance, 2002 Social Budget, p.52.

 

Table 6. Receipts of Funds supervised by the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance

 

Categories

Percentage (%)

Employees’ contributions

33,24

Employers’ contributions

29,82

Social indirect taxes

24,16

Government grants

5,65

Assets and property of funds

4,93

Other receipts

2,20

Source: Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance, 2002 Social Budget, p.52.

 

Table 7. Number of pensioners according to main branches

 

PENSIONERS

YEAR

Basic statutory pension

Supplementary pension

1973

946.695

 

1.30.757

 

1974

867.091

 

138.098

 

1975

893.789

 

146.535

 

1976

934.482

 

152.995

 

1977

980.901

 

158.901

 

1978

1.012.562

 

166.209

 

1979

1.049.938

 

173.956

 

1980

1.104.256

 

194.942

 

1981

1.156.702

 

220.450

 

1982

1.300.450

 

224.086

 

1983

1.360.450

 

242.202

 

1984

1.386.163

 

257.804

 

1985

1.432.787

 

278.655

 

1986

1.487.626

 

300.758

 

1987

1.532.095

 

349.078

 

1988

1.567.987

 

378.264

 

1989

1.609.672

 

1.160.141

 

1990

1.635.118

 

1.185.105

 

1991

1.668.699

 

1.212.139

 

1992

1.713.053

 

1.263.984

 

1993

1.751.690

 

629.351

 

1994

1.786.101

 

684.331

 

1995

1.830.454

 

737.799

 

1996

1.828.182

 

848.835

 

1997

1.942.616

 

925.023

 

1998

1.981.279

 

975.793

 

1999

2.035.519

 

1.052.435

 

2000

2.074.584

 

1.087.550

 

2001

2.135.244

 

1.121.435

 

2002

2.154.937

 

1.126.772

 

Source: Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance, 2002 Social Budget, p.414