The elements, which constitute the process of forming of the institute of social protection of population, are investigated, in particular in the regional dimension. The range of risks that hamper the normal functioning of the institute in question is analyzed. The factors, which substantially reduce the efficiency of national and regional policy of social protection in terms of financial and economic crisis considering the accumulation of social risks, are presented. The proposals over the account of features of socio-economic development of region are made on the basis of multistructural properties of its social environment and by differentiation of population by its profits when developing the programs of social protection (on the example of mountain districts of Lviv region). 

system of social protection, institute of social protection, the risks of forming the institute of social protection