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All about national social protection systems in Europe

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The latest update of MISSOC, the Mutual Information System on Social Protection, has recently been published online. It provides a wealth of information, updated to 1 January 2021, on the main features of social protection systems in 31 European countries (EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland).

The data come from national ministries and institutions responsible for the administration of social protection. structured into 12 main chapters (tables): financing, healthcare, sickness, maternity/paternity, invalidity, old age, survivors, accidents at work and occupational diseases, family, unemployment, guaranteed minimum resources and long-term care. Each table is divided into numerous categories such as legal basis, field of application, conditions and benefit amount.

MISSOC (information available in English, French and German)

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