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Oleksandra Churkina,
Social Policy Officer (UNICEF Ukraine)
Change in Ukraine’s Social ‘Model’
Social Protection
Social Social
Insurance Assistance Social Services
Envisages cash Does not envisage
(since 2001)
contributions. cash contributions.
The social services delivery system is a constituent part of the general system
of social protection and social security, which rests on constitutional rights of
people. The social services system is comparatively new and moderate in size in
comparison with other elements of the social protection and security system
(for example, the pension system, the social benefits system, the social
insurance system, and so on).
The Endless Cycle of Poverty
Social benefits to
combat poverty
Privileges Benefits
Beneficiaries
130 categories
50
70
by professional
by social attribute
attribute
[Report of the Working Group on Employment, Labour Rights, Healthy and Safe Working Conditions, and
Social Policy under the Ukraine-EU Civil Society Platform “What Has Ukraine Achieved in Social Sphere in the
Framework of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement”, 2015]
General Features of the Legislation Regulating the Social
Sector