Opportunities of Ukrainians’ Adaptation in Germany and Positive German Experience Implementation in the Development of Social Programs in Ukraine

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine Germany is among the countries that have accepted the largest number of refugees from Ukraine. Despite the financial support of Germany to Ukrainian citizens, the solvency of Ukrainians, the sufficiency of their savings accumulated in Ukraine for living in G...

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Main Authors: Khrystoforova Olena M., Tatar Maryna S., Sergienko Olena A., Babenko Maksym V.
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Language:English
Published: Research Centre of Industrial Problems of Development of NAS of Ukraine 2022-10-01
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Online Access:https://www.business-inform.net/export_pdf/business-inform-2022-10_0-pages-97_107.pdf
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author Khrystoforova Olena M.
Tatar Maryna S.
Sergienko Olena A.
Babenko Maksym V.
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description Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine Germany is among the countries that have accepted the largest number of refugees from Ukraine. Despite the financial support of Germany to Ukrainian citizens, the solvency of Ukrainians, the sufficiency of their savings accumulated in Ukraine for living in Germany, the opportunities and problems for adaptation in Germany associated with the language barrier, the need for retraining of specialists in many specialties, problems for buying own housing in Germany, etc. remain a topical issue. The main indicators of the development of Germany and Ukraine, the comparison of living standards of the population in these countries, and the level of social security are considered in the article. The results of the study showed that the Ukrainian system of providing social assistance is imperfect, as there is no single Social Code, in contrast, there is an undeveloped institution of social inspection, and a low level of social benefits. At the same time, the level of protection of citizens in Ukraine is much lower than in Germany. In Ukraine, the wage level is not competitive. Ukrainians spend almost half of their income on the basic food needs. Therefore, there is no doubt that the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine should include both the necessary financing and the necessary reforms in Ukraine. The authors analyze the characteristic features of the German social assistance system, among which are: financing of the vast majority of social benefits at the expense of insurance contributions; unity and orderliness of social legislation; high level of development of the institute of social inspection, which is a guarantee for the objective assignment of social assistance; high level of social protection of refugees, which is a prerequisite for public peace and social stability; individual approach to the assignment of unemployment social assistance, which contributes to a lower level of unemployment compared to other European countries. The carried out research makes possible to substantiate the directions of the introduction of the German experience into the Ukrainian system of providing social services.
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spelling doaj.art-b98b869e60ce45acbd14a89bf8ab82982023-01-22T12:39:45ZengResearch Centre of Industrial Problems of Development of NAS of UkraineBìznes Inform2222-44592311-116X2022-10-01105379710710.32983/2222-4459-2022-10-97-107Opportunities of Ukrainians’ Adaptation in Germany and Positive German Experience Implementation in the Development of Social Programs in UkraineKhrystoforova Olena M.0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4868-2488Tatar Maryna S.1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1111-7103Sergienko Olena A.2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9796-9218Babenko Maksym V.3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6792-3465Educational and Scientific Institute «Karazin Banking Institute» of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National UniversityNational Aerospace University «Kharkiv Aviation Institute» named after M. Ye. ZhukovskiyNational Technical University «Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute»SI «UkrRDIwaterchannelproject»Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine Germany is among the countries that have accepted the largest number of refugees from Ukraine. Despite the financial support of Germany to Ukrainian citizens, the solvency of Ukrainians, the sufficiency of their savings accumulated in Ukraine for living in Germany, the opportunities and problems for adaptation in Germany associated with the language barrier, the need for retraining of specialists in many specialties, problems for buying own housing in Germany, etc. remain a topical issue. The main indicators of the development of Germany and Ukraine, the comparison of living standards of the population in these countries, and the level of social security are considered in the article. The results of the study showed that the Ukrainian system of providing social assistance is imperfect, as there is no single Social Code, in contrast, there is an undeveloped institution of social inspection, and a low level of social benefits. At the same time, the level of protection of citizens in Ukraine is much lower than in Germany. In Ukraine, the wage level is not competitive. Ukrainians spend almost half of their income on the basic food needs. Therefore, there is no doubt that the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine should include both the necessary financing and the necessary reforms in Ukraine. The authors analyze the characteristic features of the German social assistance system, among which are: financing of the vast majority of social benefits at the expense of insurance contributions; unity and orderliness of social legislation; high level of development of the institute of social inspection, which is a guarantee for the objective assignment of social assistance; high level of social protection of refugees, which is a prerequisite for public peace and social stability; individual approach to the assignment of unemployment social assistance, which contributes to a lower level of unemployment compared to other European countries. The carried out research makes possible to substantiate the directions of the introduction of the German experience into the Ukrainian system of providing social services.https://www.business-inform.net/export_pdf/business-inform-2022-10_0-pages-97_107.pdfrefugeeslevel of protection of citizenssocial programsprovision of social servicesukraine
spellingShingle Khrystoforova Olena M.
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Opportunities of Ukrainians’ Adaptation in Germany and Positive German Experience Implementation in the Development of Social Programs in Ukraine
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level of protection of citizens
social programs
provision of social services
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title Opportunities of Ukrainians’ Adaptation in Germany and Positive German Experience Implementation in the Development of Social Programs in Ukraine
title_full Opportunities of Ukrainians’ Adaptation in Germany and Positive German Experience Implementation in the Development of Social Programs in Ukraine
title_fullStr Opportunities of Ukrainians’ Adaptation in Germany and Positive German Experience Implementation in the Development of Social Programs in Ukraine
title_full_unstemmed Opportunities of Ukrainians’ Adaptation in Germany and Positive German Experience Implementation in the Development of Social Programs in Ukraine
title_short Opportunities of Ukrainians’ Adaptation in Germany and Positive German Experience Implementation in the Development of Social Programs in Ukraine
title_sort opportunities of ukrainians adaptation in germany and positive german experience implementation in the development of social programs in ukraine
topic refugees
level of protection of citizens
social programs
provision of social services
ukraine
url https://www.business-inform.net/export_pdf/business-inform-2022-10_0-pages-97_107.pdf
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