Minister of Health Ekaterine Tikaradze and her Deputy, Tamar Bakralaia, met with international experts to support sustainable, fair and effective social protection system.

The Social Code that will be performed on the basis of sharing of experience of successful countries was the main highlight of the meeting.

Reform is aimed at introduction of perfect and integrated approach in social protection system encompassing development of regulatory framework for social, health and insurance sectors.

The Social Code will cover such directions and schemes of social protection as social assistance, including assistance to IDPs, healthcare issues, pensions, etc.

Social Code will improve the system of employment and social payments and mechanisms of financing, arrangement and regulation of private and state medical facilities; it will improve quality of medicines and will increase accessibility to them;

According to international experts, Social Code should become guarantee for positive changes in socio-economic conditions of all citizens, financial sustainability, and efficiency of budgetary expenditures.

“We discussed funding mechanisms of European Social Security System, the principles of financing various directions, such as pension, healthcare services, unemployment, accident insurance. We shared our experience in terms of German funding model of social security. Despite the fact, that German model is recognized as exemplary, it should be noted that this model is very costly. 30% of our National budget is spent on social protection services”, - stated European expert, Hagen Hügelschäffer.