01 May 2007
Social Policy Needed Now (Poland)
Institute of Public Affairs, Warsaw, Poland
Jacek
Kucharczyk
+48 22 556 4266
http://www.isp.org.pl
After 1989 social policy, has, to a great extent, played the role of a “safety valve” for economic reforms in Poland, focusing on protective activities. After more than a decade of transformation the country has found itself at a turning point. It is no longer possible to apply traditional social solutions. It is now necessary to re-focus on programmes that will require support beneficiaries to be more active.