Ministry of Youth and Children

The strategic planning of public policies relating to the area of competence of the Ministry of Youth and Children and the promotion of institutional coordination in this area without prejudice to the competences of other ministerial departments and public bodies.

The promotion and comprehensive defence of the rights of children and adolescents, within the scope of the competences constitutionally attributed to the State, and the promotion of collaboration with the other ministerial departments whose activities affect this sector of the population.

The special protection of children, as well as the prevention of situations of need in which minors may incur, within the scope of the competences constitutionally reserved to the State.

The promotion of youth policies, with special attention to the promotion of the free and effective participation of youth in political, social, economic and cultural development.

The direction and coordination of the exercise of the competences of the Directorate-General for the Rights of Children and Adolescents and the autonomous body Institute for Youth.

Participation in the relevant international and European Union bodies by reason of the subject matter.

The promotion of collaborative and cooperative relations with other territorial administrations in the matters subject to their competence.

The promotion of cooperation with associations and non-governmental organizations of children, adolescents and youth, in the field of competences constitutionally reserved to the State, especially through the Youth Council of Spain and the Observatory of Children.

Monitoring of international youth programmes.

The promotion of measures for the eradication of inequality and child poverty within the competence of the General Administration of the State and in coordination with the other ministerial departments.

The Chair of the Children ' s Observatory and the Sectoral Commission on Children and Adolescents.

The promotion of the State Strategy for the Rights of Children and Adolescents, through the General Directorate for the Rights of Children and Adolescents.

Our own functions as a National Authority linked to the Erasmus+ Programme and the European Solidarity Corps.

Coordination of the institutional advertising and communication campaigns of the Department’s management centers and its different agencies.

The direction, promotion and coordination of the actions related to participation by the Department in the collegiate bodies of the Government.

The elaboration and coordination of the Department ' s general plans in the areas of regulations, budgetary policy, personnel and remuneration, property, buildings and infrastructure, information and communication technologies, economic programming and budgetary control.

Assistance to the Ministry ' s head in monitoring the effectiveness and activity of the Ministry and its public agencies, and in the preparation of sectoral conferences related to the Department ' s own competencies, as well as the direction of the inspection function on the Department ' s services, agencies and centres, especially with regard to personnel, procedures, economic regime, facilities and their endowments.

Legal advice to the person in charge of the Ministry.

The management of administrative services, their rationalization and computerization, administrative information and documentation and the handling of matters not attributed to the competence of other governing bodies of the Department.

Preparation and processing of the Department ' s and its agencies ' preliminary draft budget, the Department ' s and the agencies ' respective budget changes, as well as the budget report and technical assistance and the functions entrusted to the budget offices.

The economic and financial management of the Ministry and its execution in areas other than those of the Department ' s governing bodies and dependent agencies; the study, preparation and proposal of contracts to be concluded by the Department, without prejudice to the competencies attributed to other bodies of the Ministry, as well as the coordination, assistance and support of the collegiate bodies of the Ministry in the field of recruitment.

The property management of tangible property, furniture and real estate linked to the Department and its various agencies, as well as the maintenance of the inventory of such property, and the property management relating to leases, the execution of works and the maintenance and maintenance of the buildings of the services attached to the Ministry and its attached agencies, as well as the direction and coordination of the technical, security, reprography and, in general, internal and general affairs services of the Ministry.

The economic and financial management of grant and contract award files, assignments and other legal acts and businesses when they involve the acquisition of financial commitments by the Department and are not attributed to other units or bodies.

The authorization of the service commissions entitled to compensation for the staff of the Department and the service commissions entitled to compensation for the exact amount of the senior officials dependent on the person holding the Under-Secretariat.

The empowering and paying functions of the Ministry, except in cases where the actions of a certain unit or organ of the Ministry require placing in them an own paying box, as well as those relating to the Central Unit of the Paying Box.

The implementation and follow-up of measures to rationalize public spending through specific instructions on the use of means in the Department and its affiliated agencies.

The planning, direction, management and administration of the human resources of the Department and its various agencies; the senior leadership of all staff; the proposal for public employment, selection and provision; the development of job relations; the management of salaries and relations with trade unions and staff representative bodies.

The establishment of staff training plans and management of social action and occupational risk prevention programs within the Department and its affiliated agencies.

(ñ) The exercise of disciplinary authority for serious or very serious misconduct on the part of the staff of the Department, except for separation from service.

The management of the compatibility files relating to the personnel of the Ministry, as well as of the public agencies and entities linked to it to which the regulations on incompatibilities of personnel in the service of public administrations apply.

The inspection of the services and agencies dependent or attached to the Department; the evaluation of the functioning of the services the proposals for the improvement of the quality, as well as any other function that within the nature of the competences of the services inspections is attributed to them by the legal system in force as foreseen in Royal Decree 799/2005, of 1 July, which regulates the general inspections of services of the ministerial departments.

The exercise of the functions of the Equality Unit of the Ministry, as foreseen in article 77 of Organic Law 3/2007, of 22 March, for the effective equality of women and men, and in accordance with Royal Decree 259/2019, of 12 April, which regulates the Equality Units of the General Administration of the State.

The coordination of public policy evaluations within the competence of the Department and its various agencies; and, where appropriate, the conduct of such evaluations as may be determined by the Minister, in accordance with the plan of public policy evaluations approved by the Council of Ministry, with the support of the competent body for the evaluation of public policies of the Ministry of Digital Transformation and the Civil Service.

The support and coordination of the initiatives of the Department and its different agencies in the field of Open Government, as well as the exercise of the functions of the Complaints and Suggestions Management Unit of the central services of the Department, as foreseen in article 14 of Royal Decree 951/2005, of 29 July, establishing the general framework for the improvement of quality in the General Administration of the State.

The exercise of the functions of the Inclusion Unit of staff with disabilities of the Ministry, as foreseen in the fifteenth additional provision of Royal Decree-Law 6/2023, of 19 December, which approves urgent measures for the implementation of the Plan of Recovery, Transformation and Resilience in the field of public service of justice, public service, local regime and patronage.

The direction and coordination of administrative information services and relations with citizens, in the terms established in their regulatory regulations. Also, the direction and coordination of registry assistance offices.

The definition, direction, planning, coordination and supervision of the implementation of the strategy on information and communication technologies and other technological resources of the Ministry and its different agencies, in accordance with the Digital Transformation guidelines adopted by the General Administration of the State.

The analysis and development of the information systems necessary for the strengthening of services and for the analysis and exploitation of data available for the evaluation of public policies, the promotion of digital transformation and innovation in the Department and its different agencies.

The management and administration of voice and data communication networks, the implementation of computer security measures and the management and administration of the Ministry's presence on the Internet, including the development of the Ministry's web portals, electronic headquarters and intranet, as well as the promotion of the Department's presence on social networks.

The coordination and supervision of data protection, in compliance with the applicable regulations in this field within the scope of the competences of the Department and its different agencies. In particular, it will exercise the powers relating to the data protection delegate, provided for in Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 for the scope of the Ministry, excluding its affiliated agencies, and in Organic Law 3/2018, of 5 December, on the Protection of Personal Data and guarantee of digital rights.