scholarly journals Diaspora Policies, Consular Services and Social Protection for Slovenian Citizens Abroad

2020 ◽  
pp. 441-456
Author(s):  
Mojca Vah Jevšnik ◽  
Sanja Cukut Krilić
Keyword(s):  
Social Insurance ◽  
Heritage Language ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Social Risks ◽  
Building Process ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Main Basis ◽  
Diaspora Engagement

Abstract This chapter explores the type and scope of Slovenian diaspora engagement policies with a focus on social protection. It shows that Slovenia’s engagement with its diaspora is mostly of political and cultural nature and primarily aims at preserving and strengthening Slovenian identity, heritage, language and culture, while less effort has been attributed to developing policies, programmes and tools to reduce exposure to social risks of its nationals abroad. This can be explained by the post-socialist nation-building process, as well as the structure of the social protection system, which is based on compulsory social insurance contributions and linked to employment in the Republic of Slovenia as the main basis for benefit entitlement. The chapter first explores the main characteristics of the Slovenian diaspora and wider institutional framework by which authorities in Slovenia engage with nationals abroad. It then reviews key engagement policies in the areas of unemployment, health, pensions, family-related benefits and economic hardship.

scholarly journals SYSTEM OF STATE SOCIAL INSURANCE: EXPERIENCE OF UKRAINE AND GERMANY

2018 ◽  
pp. 67-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svitlana KOVAL
Keyword(s):  
Social Insurance ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Medical Insurance ◽  
The State ◽  
Social Production ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Social Risks ◽  
State Health Insurance ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Individual

Introduction. Social protection of the population is one of the state functions The implementation of a socially oriented state policy involves solving the problems of social protection and is aimed at creating the proper conditions for a decent standard of living and free development of the individual. The emergence and functioning of social insurance is conditioned by the presence of various social risks and the need to retain citizens who can not take an active part in the process of social production. Purpose. The purpose of the article is to study the practical principles of the functioning of the system of state social insurance of Ukraine and Germany and to develop, on this basis, practical recommendations aimed at improving the social insurance of Ukraine in the context of the borrowing of progressive experience in Germany. Results. Approaches to the treatment of social insurance are considered: as a system of economic relations, as an element of the social policy of the state, as a component of social protection of the population. A comparative analysis of forms of social insurance and sources of financing payments in Ukraine and Germany has been carried out. The practical aspects of functioning of compulsory medical insurance in Germany are investigated, its positive features are revealed. Conclusion. It is revealed that the forms and sources of state social insurance of Ukraine and Germany are similar. The exception is the state health insurance, which in Ukraine is in the stage of implementation. The necessity to restore the payment of a single social contribution by hired workers in the conditions of a shortage of financial resources in the sphere of social insurance of Ukraine is substantiated. It is proposed to apply in the domestic practice the mechanism of functioning of the state medical insurance of Germany, which excludes the possibility of abuses by medical workers in the context of the appointment of unnecessary medical examinations and procedures.

scholarly journals Access to Social Protection by Immigrants, Emigrants and Resident Nationals in Serbia

2020 ◽  
pp. 305-318
Author(s):  
Tamara Popic
Keyword(s):  
Social Insurance ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Social Risks ◽  
Political Events ◽  
The Social ◽  
Child Allowances ◽  
Yugoslav Wars ◽  
Insurance Model ◽  
Parental Benefits

AbstractTurbulent political events of the 1990s marked by the Yugoslav wars, protracted transition from socialism to capitalism, and unstable economic outlook since 2000, have contributed to the preservation of a Serbian welfare system focused on ‘old social risks’, also marked by an exclusionary social protection model that limits access to some benefits to migrants – both foreigners in Serbia and Serbians abroad. Access to most social protection benefits for foreigners residing and working in Serbia depends on the same criteria and requirements as those applied for resident nationals. As the Serbian welfare regime is based on the social insurance model, the entitlement for most social benefits in cash or in kind is based on the employment period and/or payment of compulsory social insurance contributions. However, foreigners remain excluded from accessing non-contributory benefits such as the parental benefits, child allowances or the guaranteed minimum resource scheme. Non-resident nationals have access to social benefits depending on whether the country they reside in has signed social security agreements with Serbia, but range of benefits varies depending on the country.

scholarly journals SOCIAL SECURITY OF THE REGION: NEW APPROACHES TO ITS ASSESSMENT AND DEFINITION OF THRESHOLD INDICATORS

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 19-27
Author(s):  
I.K. Polyanskaya ◽  
◽  
O.E. Malykh ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Noticeable Increase ◽  
Social Risks ◽  
Republic Of Bashkortostan ◽  
The Social ◽  
Economic Migration ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Definition Of

The aim of the study is to assess the level of social security in the Republic of Bashkortostan to determine the most possible social risks and develop recommendations for their minimization. The authors use methods of statistical analysis, calculation and analysis of social, economic, demographic indicators and materials provided by the Russian region. According to the results of the study, the authors determined the actual values of indicators that determine the level of social security of the Republic of Bashkortostan in 2015–2019 and revealed deviations from the threshold values of indicators with a trend of exceeding and decreasing. The study concludes that the most significant risks for the social security of the region are a noticeable increase in problems associated with material and social inequality, an increase in urbanization, an aging population and an increase in economic migration. The results of scientific research and the model of social security developed on their basis can be used by regional executive bodies performing functions for the development and implementation of state policy, in the legal regulation of the social sphere, in the development of measures to minimize social protection risks.

scholarly journals FOREIGN EXPERIENCE OF SOCIAL INSURANCE AND PROSPECTS OF ITS APPLICATION IN UKRAINE

2020 ◽  
pp. 118-124
Author(s):  
Tetiana Vengurenko ◽  
Anastasia Yasentyuk
Keyword(s):  
Social Insurance ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Financial Burden ◽  
Social Insurance System ◽  
Foreign Experience ◽  
Insurance System ◽  
Social Risks ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Main Components

Introduction. One of the main components of the policy of any country is the social protection of the population. The level of organization of social protection directly affects the welfare of society. Today, under the influence of the rather difficult economic situation in the country, as well as socio-demographic processes, the vulnerability of the population to negative social risks is constantly growing. That is why the system of domestic social insurance faces a number of social threats, which are primarily related to the growth of the population in need of social benefits, as well as the aging of the nation and the constant rise in unemployment. An important factor in reforming the domestic social insurance system may be the experience of foreign countries in organizing the social insurance system. The introduction of the relevant experience of the world's leading countries will increase the efficiency of social insurance in Ukraine and ensure the redistribution of the financial burden in providing social protection in the country between the state, the employer and the employee. At the same time, the question of the possibility of using foreign experience in the field of social insurance in Ukraine needs further research, because social insurance is an important component of social guarantees for the development of society. Goal. Identify areas for improvement of the social insurance system in Ukraine based on the assessment of the main models of social protection of the world's leading countries. Method (methodology). The authors used methods of generalization, analysis, synthesis and comparison in order to assess the main models of social protection of the world's leading countries and identify the main opportunities for using the experience of these countries in domestic practice. Results. The article considers and summarizes foreign experience in the organization and provision of insurance services in the field of social insurance. The analysis of the basic models of social protection of the leading countries of the world is carried out, the social policy on an example of such countries as Germany, Sweden, the USA is investigated and the basic directions of improvement of such insurance in Ukraine are offered.

Social Capital Conversion And Its Influence On The Social Protection System

2020 ◽  
pp. 38-50
Author(s):  
Kh. F. Akramov
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Important Indicator ◽  
Social Risks ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Republic

Social capital as an important indicator of the socio-economic life of a modernizing society. The transformation of social capital is mediated by its key components. Non-economic capital as an accumulated value and institutional resource. The development of a national model of social development. The country has successfully implemented measures to strengthen targeted social protection and quality social support for vulnerable groups. The system of social protection of the population should contribute to raising the standard of living and improving the well-being of certain categories of the population. Types of models of social protection in industrialized countries. Strategy of action in five priority areas of development of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Analysis of international experience in social protection. Social security is an integral part of a complex relationship system. Social security as a category of national security. Conditions for increasing social risks are becoming an important area of public policy. A confidence index defined as an index of social capital. The provision of social assistance is one of the characteristics of eastern countries. Justice as a social criterion forms the social policy of society.

scholarly journals Migrants’ Access to Social Protection in Slovenia

2020 ◽  
pp. 391-403
Author(s):  
Grega Strban ◽  
Luka Mišič
Keyword(s):  
Social Insurance ◽  
Main Part ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Social Assistance ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
Insurance Scheme ◽  
Social Risks ◽  
The Social ◽  
Compulsory Insurance

Abstract The Slovenian welfare system in its main part consists of a contribution-funded, professional social insurance scheme, composed of compulsory insurance branches, which mirror traditional social risks (contingencies) such as unemployment, old-age, sickness, etc., and a subsidiary tax-funded, residence-based social assistance scheme, which is aimed at preventing poverty and social exclusion. In general, all gainfully employed persons in Slovenia (e.g. workers, self-employed persons) enjoy coverage within the social insurance scheme, irrespective of their nationality or residence status. Citizenship and/or (long-term) residence is however required when accessing means-tested social assistance benefits. Migrants’ access to social rights – with the majority of foreign residents originating from ex-Yugoslav countries – is thereby fore and foremost dependent upon the nature of the benefit (means-tested or not) and their economic (in)activity or (long-term) residence.

SOCIAL INSURANCE IN RUSSIA: STATE, CURRENT CHALLENGES AND RESPONSES TO THEM

2020 ◽  
pp. 75-95
Author(s):  
Lyudmila A. Migranova ◽  
◽  
Valentin D. Roik ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Insurance ◽  
Pension Fund ◽  
The State ◽  
Insurance Fund ◽  
Social Risks ◽  
Social Insurance Fund ◽  
Subsistence Minimum ◽  
The Social ◽  
Mandatory Health Insurance ◽  
Insurance Funds

The article deals with the issues of functioning of the social insurance institution, the organizational-legal and financial forms of which are presented by the state extrabudgetary social funds - Pension Fund of Russia, Mandatory Social Insurance Fund and Mandatory Health Insurance Fund. It considers the main characteristics of social insurance: a) scope of covering the employed population by insurance protection; b) contribution rates as related to wages; c) level of protection of population incomes (pensions and benefits as related to wages and subsistence minimum); d) availability of quality medical assistance and rehabilitation services. There are analyzed the present social risks and problems of the RF insurance system. The main problem is that the amount of financial expenditures on all types of social insurance per beneficiary is about half that of most developed and developing countries. The primary cause is lacking motivation of both employees and employers to participate in the mandatory social insurance and to legalize their earnings. In the conclusion there are formulated a number of proposals for improvement of the institution of social insurance in Russia. It is proposed to expand the range of insurance cases concerning unemployment insurance and care for elderly people, to increase the total amount of compulsory contributions to extrabudgetary insurance funds from 30.2% up to 42.5% from three sources - employees, employers and the state.

Popular Belief in State Intervention for Social Protection in China

2000 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHACK KIE WONG ◽  
NAN SHONG PETER LEE
Keyword(s):  
Economic Reform ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Economic Restructuring ◽  
State Intervention ◽  
The State ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
Attitude Survey ◽  
The Social ◽  
Recent Developments

The paper starts with a brief discussion of recent developments of economic restructuring of the State Owned Enterprises in China and their related reforms in social insurance and social assistance. It then reports the findings of an attitude survey of residents in Shanghai in 1996 towards the social and economic consequences of economic reform. It reveals that, despite the fact that most people feel better off with the reforms, there is still a need for the state to play a role in social protection.

scholarly journals Care of the elderly persons in the system of social protection in the Republic of Srpska

2010 ◽  
pp. 239-253
Author(s):  
Ljubo Lepir
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Welfare System ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Adequate Model ◽  
Decentralized System ◽  
Social Welfare System ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Republic

The number of the elderly in the overall population is increasing, which poses a need to seek an adequate model of organizing social care of the elderly. Most of them get social safety through the social welfare system. A functional and sustainable social welfare system requires application of efficient management and technique models based on the theoretical premises of contemporary management. The role and the importance of old people's protection in a social welfare system is becoming a topic of great importance both for theoreticians and the practitioners in the social sector area. This research analyzes the management functions and the roles of managers in running social protection of the elderly in the example of the social welfare system in the Republic of Srpska. A decentralized system, such as the one existing in the Republic of Srpska, brings along a number of organizational problems which points out to a need to apply the theoretical bases of managerial processes. The results obtained via empirical analyses indicate a number of deficiencies and obstacles in the implementation of social protection of the elderly in the social welfare system of the Republic of Srpska which are result of the insufficient and inconsistent application of the basic managerial elements. The obstacles emerging from this analysis indicate that there are chances and opportunities to improve the system and enhance the development of new forms of protection by applying managerial theories. .

scholarly journals Social protections in Slovak Republic in the first decade of the 21st century

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-63
Author(s):  
Zuzana Macková
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Social Model ◽  
European Social Model ◽  
The Social ◽  
Actual Content ◽  
Major Reform

The article is a critical analysis of neoliberal approach to system of social protection in Slovakia, especially after the year of 2004, when a major reform of the Social Security Law and social policy took place. The focus is on specific sub-systems of the social protection – i.e. the system of social insurance, the system of state support and the system of social assistance – in the light of the constitutional and fundamental principles of law (liberty, equality, justice and solidarity), the actual content of the abovementioned systems of social protection and values and principles of the European social model of welfare state – and leads to author’s overview of major flaws and spaces for improvement.

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