New structure for the General Secretariat for Vulnerable Citizens and Institutional Protection

Through Presidential Degree 13/2006, the Ministry of Immigration and Asylum made a substantial and targeted restructuring of the General Secretariat for Vulnerable Citizens and Institutional Protection, establishing a new organisational chart and fully clarifying its responsibilities. 

The new organizational structure strengthens institutional protection guarantees, ensures the implementation of appropriate and specialized reception conditions for vulnerable persons and creates a more coherent and functional framework for implementing policies.

More specifically, according to the Presidential Decree: 

• The Directorate for the Protection of Unaccompanied Minors maintains its central role and is further strengthened, continuing to be a pillar of the child protection system.
• A Directorate for Vulnerable Persons is established, with the mission of providing holistic protection to third-country nationals and stateless persons belonging to vulnerable groups.
• The National Emergency Response Mechanism is upgraded to an Independent Department, after five years of proven effective operation. It now has expanded responsibilities that cover a wider range of vulnerable groups.
• An Independent Programs Department is established, tasked with finding resources, developing synergies, and contributing to the sustainability and qualitative improvement of the services provided.
• An Independent Department of Administrative Logistics is created, to strengthen the administrative support and operational efficiency of the General Secretariat.

More information is available here.