Un tablou comparativ al sistemelor de protecţie socială din statele membre ale valului cinci de extindere a Uniunii Europene
A Comparative Overview of Social Protection Systems in Member States of the Fifth European Union' Enlargement Wave

Summary/Abstract: The research of the current stage of the social protection systems allow to highlight the domestic capacity to face social responsibility assumed as member state of the European Union (EU). As methodology, secondary analysis were based on EU's Mutual Information System on Social Protection (MISSOC) and Training and Mutual Information System on Social Protection. Three categories of countries were identified: with stable social protection systems, moderated reforms and in-depth reforms. „Stable” social protection systems (Cyprus, Lithuania, Slovenia) included social institutional actors permanently involved within analysed period. Registered minor changes were noticed mainly due to conceptual clarifications. Institutional changes in countries with moderated reforms in social protection systems (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Slovak Republic) were mainly due to mutual clarifications and share of responsabilities between stakehloders including newly involved. Social protection systems in Malta, Romania and Hungary faced in-depth structural reforms in search for suitable social policy solutions.

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