The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection is the central specialized body of the public administration that ensures the implementation of government policy in the fields of activity entrusted to it. The Ministry has the mission to analyse the situation and problems in the areas of activity managed, to develop effective public policies in the areas provided for in point 6, to monitor the quality of policies and normative acts and to propose justified state interventions that will provide effective solutions in the fields of competence, ensuring the best ratio between expected results and expected costs.

Areas of Intervention

• Children and young people
• Children at risk of social exclusion
• Homeless
• Elderly
• People with physical disabilities
• People with mental disabilities
• People who are socially vulnerable
• People in situations of difficulty or precarity
• Victims of domestic abuse
• Gender equality
• Counteracting and supporting victims of gender-based violence
• Social Integration
• Beneficiaries of minimum income
• Poverty
• Foster care

Responsibilities/ Services

• Providing social services
• Issuing of guidelines and policies for the district’s councils
• Capacity building and training
• Professional training
• Training of social welfare workforce
• Child protection 
• Assistance in cases of energy poverty