World Experience in Managing Social Protection

The article is concerned with studying the world experience in managing social protection of the population. The concept of «social protection», the formation of priorities for managing the social protection system from the standpoint of international organizations, and a description of social policy models that characterize the system of social protection of the population and the definition of certain recommendations for Ukraine are defined. It is specified that Ukraine lacks in legislative definitions while showing a certain disorder of legislative use of the terms of «social protection» and «social security». It is noted that there are still some disagreements as to the main purpose of social protection. That is, each country (organization, politician, etc.), forming the priorities of the social protection system, must decide what is the most important and significant at the very moment. A critical analysis of existing theories and practices of social protection management of the population was carried out; the main empirical approaches to the construction and management of the social protection system used by international organizations are determined. The models of social policy are classified in the studies of domestic and foreign scholars taking into account the following criteria (subject of responsibility, purpose/priority of social protection, political basis, social protection instruments, typical countries) and conclusions about the implementation of these models in Ukraine are drawn. It is also concluded that the situation in Ukraine, as in many countries of the world, is characterized by a number of programs that have appeared in recent years and provide a certain degree of protection, but do not have a legal substantiation. Such initiatives cannot be considered as proposals of the same amount and scope based on the law, because they do not establish legal rights or rights to be exercised. At the same time, they play an important role in improving the situation of those who benefit from them