Concept of Social Assistance Granting Based on Participation in Public (Socially Significant) Works (UKR)

The report presents the concept of granting social assistance to unemployed able-to-work individuals based on their participation in public (socially significant) works. It contains a comparative analysis of different options of implementing the mechanism of public works and estimates of their potential impact on the performance of the social assistance system. The report also provides a legal conclusion on the feasibility of introducing mechanism of public works for unemployed able-to-work applicants in Ukraine and a brief overview of Central and Eastern European countries’ experience in implementing public works mechanisms in their social assistance systems.