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SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEMS ARE REMARKABLY RESILIENT EVEN IN TIMES OF EXTREME SOCIAL TRAUMA: LESSONS FROM THE UKRAINE
6 February @ 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM UTC-5
CSocD61 Side Event:
GENERATIONS UNITED
NGO Committee on Intergenerational Solidarity
NGO Committee on Ageing-NY
National Academy of Social Insurance
NGO Committee on the Family
The Second in a Series Presented by the NGO Committee on Intergenerational Solidarity (COIGENS) on the Theme:
“Social Trauma and Intergenerational Programmes”
This symposium is an approved side event during the 61st meeting of the Commission on Social Development
SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEMS ARE REMARKABLY RESILIENT EVEN IN TIMES OF EXTREME SOCIAL TRAUMA: LESSONS FROM THE UKRAINE
Virtual Event: February 6, 2023 from 1:15 to 2:30pm.
Use the Zoom link to Join: https://us06web.zoom.us/
PROGRAMME
MODERATOR:
Donna Butts, Executive Director, Generations United and
Member of the National Academy of Social Insurance
“Goals and Activities of the NGO Committee on Intergenerational Solidarity”
Dr. Susanne Seperson, Acting Chair of the NGO Committee on Intergenerational Solidarity
SPEAKERS:
Vasyl Kostrytsia, Association of Employer Organizations of Ukraine and former International Labor Organization Chief; and
Elaine Fultz, former ILO official and author of a recent article on the Ukraine. Both are members of the National Academy of Social Insurance.
Q & A
“Closing Remarks”
Kevin Brabazon: Program Coordinator, NGO Committee on Intergenerational Solidarity
Social Security Systems and related social protection programs are inherently intergenerational, providing income for older persons through contributions and tax transfers from the working age population and helping to maintain the support that wage earners provide to children even in times of unemployment. In this context they closely support the dominant value systems of most nations. Because of this they have shown themselves to be remarkably resilient even when faced with extreme social trauma. Here are some inspiring examples from Ukraine.
Social Security institutions are being called on to reach those newly eligible for benefits due to unemployment, disability, injury, or death of a family wage earner. At the same time, they must find ways to continue to support beneficiaries driven from their homes to seek refuge in safer regions of the country or who have left it altogether. They are coping with dysfunctional banks, post offices, and social security offices, as well as with unpredictable phone and internet connections.
Ukraine’s government offices remain mostly open, and its social security policymakers and institutions are actively taking on the challenges they face, often relying on creative workarounds, including adapting benefits and extending outreach.