Ukraine aims to develop the framework for a Social Code and subsistence minimum reform by the end of the year
Kyiv • UNN
The Ministry of Social Policy is preparing a Social Code to streamline legislation. Plans are in place to change the methodology for calculating the subsistence minimum by 2026.
The government is working on the creation of the Social Code of Ukraine and the reform of the subsistence minimum, expecting to achieve concrete results as early as 2026, the Ministry of Social Policy reported on Thursday, UNN writes.
Details
Minister of Social Policy, Family, and Unity Denys Ulyutin pointed out that the current legislative system is fragmented, with norms often duplicated or contradicting each other. Therefore, the key task is to form a logical, coherent, and person-centered system that will protect recipients of social assistance.
Another priority is the reform of the subsistence minimum. The Minister emphasized that this indicator has largely lost its function as a real social standard, and work is currently underway to restore its meaning, decouple it from irrelevant technical functions, and make it a real basis for social guarantees.
According to Ulyutin:
Ukraine expects that by the end of the current phase of the project (Council of Europe "Strengthening the Social Dimension in Ukraine") in 2026, concrete results will be achieved, including the development of the basic principles of the Social Code and a new methodology for determining the subsistence minimum.
Addendum
Previously, the Ministry of Social Policy indicated that the Social Code is a matter of standardizing the entire social policy system. It is intended to unite various laws and regulatory documents into a single system. The task of the new document is to ensure that financial assistance from the state is received by those who truly need it, and that this assistance is substantial.
As of the end of 2025, about 15 million people in Ukraine were receiving social payments.