Andorra

The Area of Participation and Promotion of Youth and Volunteering is the body in charge of coordinating youth information work and developing youth policies at national level.

It belongs to the Department of Social Affairs and Youth, under the authority of the Ministry of Social Affairs, Housing and Youth.

Youth work and youth information work are not recognised as a profession in Andorra, even if current youth policies and strategies heavily depend on them. Social education is the main professional category that covers youth work, recognised by the National Employment Classification of Andorra.

In Andorra, there are 6 youth information centres, administered by local authorities. These centres supply information and guidance to young people. There is also an educative and professional education centre strongly tied to youth services, administered by the Government. There are currently 23 youth workers involved in this network, offering their services to more than 11,000 young people living in the country. The youth sector is entirely sustained by public administrations.

Each local administration is responsible for applying their own policies, and policies at national level are developed in agreement with youth departments from local administrations. Therefore, there is a youth committee, where policies and activities are debated and approved by representatives of each public administration, both national and local. Within this framework, youth information services are the backbone of the design and implementation of youth policies.