Central level

The central government is responsible for:

Social assistance

• Definition of principles and objectives;
• Regulation of standards to be ensured throughout the whole territory;
• Coordination;
• Monitoring and assessment of social policy;
• Social integration;
• Technical assistance to LRAs;
• Defining the criteria for the distribution of the National Fund for social policies;
• International and EU cooperation;
• First aid to refugees;
• Recognition of the refugee's status;
• Interventions in favour of the victims of  terrorism and organised crime;
• Civil disability benefits;
• Housing, including

• Definition of principles and objectives;
• Regulation of standards;
• Public housing programmes having a national interest;
• Research on living conditions, and
• Facilitating access for less well-off families to the renting market.

Family policy

• Framework legislation, and
• Promotion.

Responsible ministries/bodies

Ministry of Labour and social policies

Cabinet Department of Family Policies​

Regional level

Regional authorities are responsible for:

Social assistance

• Complementary social welfare;
• Coordination and development of social services at the regional level;
• Functions and duties relating to the promotion and coordination of the different social services actors, in particular with regard to social cooperation, public assistance and benefits institutions (IPAB) and volunteering, and
• Public housing, in particular all the administrative functions which are not reserved to the State;

Family policy

• Programmes and actions supporting the family, in particular children, the elderly, the disabled, ex-prisoners, and other vulnerable groups;
• Monitoring over local services;
• Support to local programmes and control over their relevance and quality;
• Distribution of regional funds, and
• Inter-regional coordination.

Local ​level

Provinces

Provincial authorities are responsible for:

Social assistance

• Promotion and coordination activities of provincial interest.

Metropolitan Cities

• Promotion and coordination of social development.

Municipalities

Municipal authorities are responsible for:

Social assistance

• Social services at the municipal level, and
• Public communal housing, in particular all the administrative functions which are not reserved to the State.

Family policy

Administrative functions and duties in the field of:

• Child care;
• Youth;
• Elderly care;
• Family policy;
• Disabled care;
• Drug addicts and alcoholics care, and
• Civil disabled care, except matters reserved for the State.