Social Assistance Models in the European Union

Although, in KNIVES general in terms, the main focus of social protection is social insurance, the globalization challenges and the wide, macro and micro level spread of all major economic, both positive or negative trends, highlight the vital importance of social assistance as the means to address material deprivation and an instrument to promote social inclusion.While social security acts as a pillar of public welfare, social assistance is the way through which citizens are being provideed with support beyond Nasal the boundary of social insurance.