Social Policy

The SWG Social Protection coordinates government reforms and action plans in the field of social protection with the strategies, programs and projects of development partners in this sector.

Co-chairs:

  • Borys Lebedtsov, Deputy Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine, Chairman of the AWG
  • Laura Bill, Deputy Chair of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Ukraine, Co-Chair of the AWG
  • Olena Lytvynenko, Deputy Head of the Council of Europe Office in Ukraine, Co-Chair of the AWG

Secretariat: 

  • Alina Piddubna, Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Social Policy, (a.v.piddubna@mlsp.gov.ua)
  • Yusuf Bafozoda, UNICEF Ukraine, Head of Social Policy
  • Suzanne Mnatsakanyan, Council of Europe of Ukraine, Project Manager “Development of Social Human Rights as a Factor of Sustainable Democracy in Ukraine”

Thematic subgroups
Gender equality and preventing domestic violence
Protection of children's rights and the development of social services
Pensions and protection of the rights of persons with disabilities

Meetings
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