Assessment of the social protection system reform in the context of achieving the sustainable development goals

The purpose of this study is to assess the reform of the social protection system. To conduct the study and achieve this goal, the necessary research methods were used: abstraction, graphical method, deduction, systematization and generalization. The SDG goals that contribute to the achievement of universal social protection have been identified, namely: goal 1.3; goal 5.4; and goal 10.4. In addition, social protection has been identified as fundamental to the achievement of several SDGs, in particular: Goal 1.5; Goal 3.8 and Goal 8.2. The study found that, according to global panels, the level of efficiency of social protection in Ukraine is 73%. In the European region, this figure is 83.9%, which is 10.90% higher than in Ukraine. The study concluded that the social protection system in Ukraine is currently in a difficult state and requires the development of a comprehensive social protection strategy to meet the long-term needs of the most vulnerable categories of citizens and achieve the SDGs