Work Programme

The Programme of Work for 2008-2009 was approved by the Governing Membership at the Annual General Meeting held in Beijing in November 2007. In addition to the completion and continuation of guidelines and projects already launched, the Techncial Committee agreed to start work on 4-5 new projects and to draft a set of guidelines covering the use of intervention, enforcement and sanction powers. Detailed project updates are available on the members' area of the website. Project leaders are designated by an asterisk *.

Programme of Work 2008-2009

Papers to be finalized and published in the IOPS Working Paper Series:

• Information Requirements for DC pension beneficiaires
  Italy *, Austria
• Supervisory Oversight of Pension Fund Governance - Hong Kong*, OECD
• Review of Supervisory Systems - UK*, Poland

On-going projects due for completion during 2008

• Guidelines for the Assessment of Pension Funds Funds
• Costs and Fees: An International Comparison- Mexico*, Slovakia
• Comparative Information and Pricing of Annuity Products - Chile*, Poland, Hungary
• Database of pension systems and supervisory structures
  - Joint development with the ISSA* OECD

New projects due to be launched during 2008

• Guidelines on the Use of Intervention, Sanctions and Enforcement Powers
• IOPS 'Toolkit' for Risk-based Supervision
• Governance of Pension Supervisory Authorities + Peformance Indicators for Pension Supervisory Authorities
• Mortality Tables - Norway*, IAA
• Information  Requirements for DC pension beneficiaries - Part II Information provided by supervisory authorities -Italy *, Austria