DEVELOPMENT OF IMPLEMENTATION MECHANISMS OF SOCIAL PROTECTION OF THE POPULATION AT THE STATE LEVEL

Abstract

Summary.In the context of globalization, large-scale national policy in the field of social protection should significantly reduce the negative social consequences of the economic crisis. Ukraine’s desire to join the European Union is impossible without a system of economic, legal, organizational and other measures of state and non-state institutions and organizations that will influence and promote social stability and create conditions for increasing welfare, ensuring a high standard and quality of life. One of the main components that characterize the meaning of the term «welfare state» is social protection. If we do not try to create an effective social protection system that meets international standards, it will be impossible to create a real welfare state in Ukraine. Therefore, the formation of the social protection system is directly related to the process of achieving the goals set by the Constitution of Ukraine. The implementation of social policy is impossible without the implementation of social protection, and social protection is an important component of social policy and a necessary element of the functioning of the state in a market economy. The process of deeper integration into the world economic community involves many major changes in the state system as part of the socio-economic system, which is based on the idea of combining economic efficiency as a result of market forces and social compromise. The purpose of the study is to substantiate the areas of improving social protection in Ukraine. The article uses structural, logical, functional and comparative analysis as research methods. In the process of writing the article, the author studied the structure of social protection, substantiated the importance of the concept of quality of life in the context of Ukraine’s accession to the European Union, identified objective prerequisites for social development, efficiency and effectiveness of human rights and freedoms. As a result of the research, the issue of social protection development in Ukraine was brought up to date. In particular, the directions of improvement of social protection of the population through the mechanism of targeted assistance are investigated and offered. In this perspective, the strategy of combating poverty in our country is substantiated, in particular, by raising the minimum wage, legalization of shadow incomes and employment plans, as well as changing the priorities of the social protection system: from large-scale benefits to different categories of citizens public resources to help families in need.