Customer Case
By Tom van den Berghe, Febelfin
Autumn 2010
Febelfin uses Microsoft SharePoint technology to
manage its collaborative processes
Febelfin represents the Belgian financial sector,
including banks, credit institutions, asset managers, lessors and stock brokers.
The federation represents its members’ interests towards a range of stakeholders
including policymakers, supervisory authorities, the public, fellow federations
and various interest groups.
Febelfin monitors trends and
developments in the financial industry and provides information and counsel to
its members on a variety of regulatory, fiscal, prudential and product or
service relates issues. In addition, Febelfin engages in a pro-active and
ongoing dialogue with consumers, enterprises and society at large through 3 platforms,
all chaired by an independent chairperson.
Aimed at improving the collaboration and communication
with its members and member associations, Febelfin decided to set up a
collaboration platform to share information in a more efficient and structured
way, both internally within the organization and externally with its members. It
selected Microsoft SharePoint as a tool to achieve this goal, in combination
with the Ometa Integrator platform. Febelfin currently manages more than 1.500
projects, all linked to the federation’s different working groups, committees
and governance bodies.
Ometa, which developed Febelfin’s intra- and extranet,
could limit the sites’ maintenance by using a central database including and
managing the data, roles and rights assigned to the different users, as well as
all information related to the sites. For both sites, users can see who participates
in which projects and working groups and which role that person has been
assigned to. The intra- and extranet sites are interlinked as information on Febelfin’s
intranet can easily be published on or hidden from the extranet.
Company Profile Snapshot
Febelfin, the Belgian Financial Sector Federation, was
founded on 28 March, 2003. This trade federation consists of five constituent
members, i.e. the Belgian Bankers’ and Stockbroking Firms’ Association
(ABB/BVB, founded in 1937), the Belgian Asset Managers Association (BEAMA), the
Professional Association of Credit Providers (UPC/BVK), the Belgian Association
of Stock Exchange Members (BASEM) and the Belgian Leasing Association (BLA), as
well as a number of associate members with a special status. At the end of 2009,
Febelfin and its members represented more than 230 financial institutions in
Belgium. Together, they provide more than 135,000 direct jobs plus more than
125,000 indirect jobs.