Description of organisation

Aosta Valley Autonomous Region is a public body. Within the administration, the Structure of social and youth policies - Department of health and social policies - is responsible for implementing the European Voluntary Service. The aim of the Stucture is to actively promote the development of society through the provision of qualitiy services to help individuals , families and community associations, in social life, with a particular attention to the most vulnerable members of the society.
The Structure of social and youth policies deals with the following services:
- promotion of social policies: services for infants, children, elderly;
- promotion of young people and family policies;
- social interventions and services to support families in distress situation;
- prevention of child and adolescent distress;
- projects accompanying young peole in distress situation;
- european projects;
- regional and national civil service;
- voluntary national service;
- services for migrants;
- certification of skills of intercultural mediator and personal assistant;
- microcredit and honour loan.