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Abstract. The overview dossier presents the results of the empirical base analysis regarding the number of war veterans, their need for employment, and also identifies certain problems of access to employment after the end of military service. The current state of legal support for the implementation of the right to work for veterans in Ukraine is analyzed. The main types of state aid, including benefits and guarantees, are characterized: grants for opening one's own business (veteran entrepreneurship); preferences for employers who create jobs for veterans; vouchers for professional training, retraining or advanced training; implementation of standards of workplaces for employment of veterans; guarantees of their employment.
Key words: war veteran, voucher, guarantees, grant, job standards for employment, professional training, retraining, professional development.
03/2024
Abstract. The dossier describes the introduction of an investment obligation for cultural audiovisual product aimed at supporting the creation of European works in accordance with Directive 2010/13/EU of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in the Member States relating to the provision of audiovisual media services, amended by Directive (EU) 2018/1808.
Key words: investment, foreign investment, audiovisual media services, investment climate.
02/2024
Abstract. The overview dossier is devoted to the analysis of Ukrainian legislation on the rehabilitation of military personnel and war veterans. Attention is emphasized on the change in conceptual approaches to the regulation of rehabilitation. The advantages of a multidisciplinary approach to the provision of rehabilitation services and teamwork in the field of health care as components of the strategy for the development of the system of medical and social rehabilitation are noted. The features of the organization of medical and psychological rehabilitation of military personnel and war veterans are analyzed. The problems of organizing psychological rehabilitation in Ukraine, ways to overcome the main challenges, taking into account the experience of the State of Israel, are highlighted.
Key words: rehabilitation, individual rehabilitation plan, physical and rehabilitation medicine, psychological assistance in rehabilitation, military personnel, war veterans.
02/2024
Abstract. The overview dossier is devoted to the genesis of Ukrainian legislation on the status of war veterans. Attention is emphasized on the expediency of changing the conceptual approaches to: regulating the status of war veterans from among military personnel; differentiation of legislative regulation of social protection of veterans of the Second World War, participants of hostilities that took place during the Soviet period of our country's history, and the status of defenders who participate in actions aimed at ensuring national security, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. The content of the concepts of “veteran”, “war veteran”, “combatant”, “defender” is analyzed. A comparative analysis of the concept of “veteran” in the legislation of foreign countries (USA, Croatia, Serbia, Israel), as well as conceptual approaches to the methods of legislative regulation of the status of persons who participated in the defense of the sovereignty of their state is carried out.
Key words: veteran, war veteran, legal status, social security system.
01/2024
Abstract. The overview dossier deals with legislative regulation analysis of the status of war veterans. Attention is focused on the conceptual problems of defining the terms "war veteran", "combatant", "defender" and establishing categories of persons who belong to them. The need to improve legislation on the status of war veterans and to develop institutional foundations for the implementation of veteran policy is indicated.
Key words: veteran, war veteran, legal status, social security system, social benefits, legislative system.
11/2023
Abstract. The overview dossier deals with the issues of legislative regulation of the participation forms of civil society organizations in supporting combatants. The essence of the concepts of “community support”, “instruments of community support” and their connection to the system of state support for war veterans have been studied. Attention was paid to areas of improvement of legislation regarding forms of participation of civil society organizations in supporting war veterans in the post-war period. The legislation of foreign states regarding societal support of veterans (demobilized combatants) has been analyzed.
Key words: veterans, combatants, social protection of veterans, charity, volunteering, non-state funds, civil society organizations.
01/2023
Abstract. The overview dossier deals with the genesis of the legislative regulation of the status of persons who, as part of voluntary formations, contribute to the defense of Ukraine, participate in actions aimed at ensuring national security, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the state, deterring and repelling aggression and inflicting unacceptable losses on the enemy. The essence of the concepts “combatant”, “defender”, “volunteer” and their correlation were studied. Attention was paid to the issue of the need to improve the legislation on status of persons in voluntary formations of territorial communities. Experience of legislative regulation of the volunteer status in Croatia and Serbia has been analyzed.
Key words: volunteer formations, volunteer, combatant, territorial defense, national resistance.
12/2022
Abstract. The overview dossier deals with the problems of ensuring functioning of the accumulative pension system. Legislative provisions regarding the introduction of the second level of the pension system from the year following the year of overcoming the budget deficit of the Pension Fund of Ukraine are causing discussions in the academic circle. World practice demonstrates the economic advantages of the accumulative pension system for ensuring a sufficient standard of living of its participants under the conditions of compliance with legal guarantees. Main requirements, compliance with which ensures functioning of the accumulative pension system in European countries, have been analyzed. Particular attention was paid to the experience of Denmark. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, this country had the highest accumulated pension capital as a share of GDP (240% in 2020) in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, and was one of the few countries with a decrease in wealth inequality among pensioners in the recent years.
Key words: pension provision, pension system, accumulative system, pension insurance, insurance contributions.
12/2022
Abstract. Community support for veterans reaches a large number of people with a variety of needs. It is carried out within the framework of social programs for war veterans and the general system of social protection of the population of Ukraine. To create an effective mechanism for the reintegration of veterans into a full-fledged life in the post-war period, foreign experience in the implementation of educational programs for demobilized persons is especially valuable. Prior to the full-scale invasion, public and private educational programs for veterans were actively developing in Ukraine. In the post-war period, it will be focusing attention on their further development, analysis and forecasting of the needs of veterans in education and professional training will be essential.
Key words: veteran, social program, social protection system, educational program, scholarship, subsidy, soft loans, professional training.
11/2022
Abstract. This dossier outlines main aspects of substantiating the content of the concepts “collective agreement” and “collective contract”, which are used as basic terms in the draft Law of Ukraine “On Collective Agreements and Contracts” (reg. No. 7628 dated 02.08.2022). Their perception and significance as acts of social dialogue, which corresponds to the basic principles of the social policy of the EU countries and contributes to the European integration processes of our country, was outlined.
Key words: social dialogue, collective contract, collective agreement, social policy.
11/2022