ANNOUNCEMENT Smart Talk «Benefits, payments, subsidies»

PRESS-ANNOUNCEMENT 

«Benefits, payments, subsidies»
The ІІ discussion in theSmart Talk format

On March 13, 2017, at 10:00, at the “Ukrinform”, leading experts and representatives of legislative and executive authorities will tell: Why in Ukraine there are more social benefits than the entire population? Whether the government spends hundreds of billions of hryvnia annually effectively? How are rich persons getting social assistance? Who and how checks the validity of charges? Why politics more and more often say that the benefits should be abolished or replaced by payment of money "on hand"?

Smart talk is a joint project of the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER, NGO) and UKRINFORM promoted by the newspaper "Day". This is a series of meetings devoted to the communication of the main aspects of social reforms in Ukraine, according to the results of a comprehensive study "The Policy of Social Pragmatism".

In smart talk will participate:

  • Chief of Social Programs of ISER Marianna Onufryk;
  • People’s Deputy of Ukraine, member of the Parliamentary Committee on Social Policy, Employment and Pension Provision Nataliia Veselova;
  • Director of the Department of information exchange and verification of payments of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine Anatoliy Klymenko;
  • Director of the Department of Social assistance of the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine Vitaliy Muzychenko;
  • Executive Director of the Consortium "Astek" Lilia Borodulina;
  • known blogger Oleksandr Baraboshko.

According to experts, in Ukraine, social assistance and benefits are appointed without an appropriate consideration of property and incomes of citizens. Today, when deciding on the appointment of social benefits, mostly considered only the total monthly family income. Limitation on obtaining subsidies is only one – the family should not make purchases UAH 50 thousand or more in the last 12 months.

“In all developed countries, while the appointment of social assistance, property status of the recipient is taken into account. In other words, the state checks the movable and immovable property, assets in the form of stocks, bonds and other income. In Ukraine, there is no such a practice, and therefore a situation when of 16 million people, who use the social support of the state, only 25 % can be considered poor”, - emphasises the Chief of Social Programs of ISER Marianna Onufryk.

According to the expert, it is necessary to change the legislation so that during the appointment of social assistance, benefits and payments, property and the welfare of citizens will be taken into account.

You will be able to see and hear smart talk on the following communication platforms:
-  UKRINFORM youtube channel (https://www.ukrinform.ua/block-conferences);
-  Facebook page of ISER (https://www.facebook.com/iser.org.ua/);
-  the web-site of the newspaper “Day” (https://day.kyiv.ua).

Smart talk duration: 45 minutes.

The event is open for the media under the condition of OBLIGATORY accreditation  (press@iser.org.ua).

Speakers will be available for providing comments after the live indoors "Ukrinform".

The smart talk will take place at 8/16 Bohdana Khmelnytskogo Str., Kyiv.

Contact person: Anton Drobovych - (044) 223-29-17.

Reference:

“The Policy of Social Pragmatism” offers to the state and society a radically new concept of social relations, based on practical ensure a decent and happy life of a human. A model of an effective social protection, healthcare is laid in this policy, and conditions of forming the person’s responsible attitude to its life and the use of public goods, including through the development of education and culture, are described too.

NGO “Institute for Social and Economic Research” (ISER, NGO) is a non-governmental think tank that unites leading experts of different areas, who have an experience in state policy analysis and efficient solutions development. The Mission of ISER is to be an intellectual bridge of trust between government, business, and community to reach synergy and best results. The main activity of the Institute is the analysis and improvement of the social policy in all spheres of socio-economic development. More about the Institute read here - http://iser.org.ua/en.