​Central

Central government is responsible for:

• The overall social policy:
• Pensions and disability insurance;
• Social security;
• Family law;
• Gender equality;
• The protection of the youth and women;
• The protection of the disabled;
• The protection of civilians wounded in war, and
• The protection of veterans, war invalids and their families.
• International cooperation.

Local

Local authorities are responsible for:

• Social welfare, including child care;
• The ownership, financing, investments and maintenance of kindergartens and homes for the elderly;
• The exercise of social care for:
• Disabled persons;
• Orphans and parental care;
• Children with educational and social problems;
• Children with special needs;
• Children from single-parent families;
• Abandoned children;
• Persons exposed to social risk;
• Persons with drug and alcohol addiction problems, and
  
• Raising citizens’ awareness;
• The housing of persons put to social risk, and
• Exercising the right and education of pre-school children. 

The performance of these competencies is in accordance with the National programme for development of social care.
 
Responsible ministries/bodies

The Ministry of Labour and Social Policy

Sources:

Law on Local Self-Government, Official Gazette 05/02