Підвищення рівня соціального захисту осіб, постраждалих внаслідок чорнобильської катастрофи

Abstract

The article deals with the study of the functioning and development of the system of social protection of the victims of the Chornobyl catastrophe. The system of social protection of the victims of technogenic accidents as a component of social policy is explored; legal regulation of social protection of those affected by the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant have been researched. The system of social and economic protection that implemented to overcome the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster has been explored. The system includes the provision of medical and social assistance, creation of a safe environment for living, socio-economic and radiation-ecological rehabilitation of contaminated territories, their revival and dynamic development. An analysis of recent studies of socio-economic losses caused by emergencies in different countries of the world was carried out. It allows us to identify approaches to the creation and development of social protection systems of the population affected by emergencies and disasters. The analysis of the state of realization of social protection of victims of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident in Ukraine was carried out. The functioning of the bodies of state administration responsible for social protection of the population at the regional level is investigated. The ways of improvement of the system of social protection of people who suffered as a result of the Chornobyl disaster were proposed, such as: systematization of legislative acts in the field of social protection of citizens; creation of a single coordinating state body in the sphere of implementation of the state policy on social protection of citizens; creation of proper conditions for the participants of the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster, in particular for improving social and domestic services, providing adequate social support and material assistance; extension of the tasks of the State Register of Ukraine to people affected by the Chernobyl disaster. The directions of social policy are identified, an important component of which is the reform of the structural mechanisms of the system of social security of a person.