Without a doubt, almost every governmental institution (municipal, departmental and nacional) perform actions related –one way or another- to young men and women, but some of them (Ministries of Education, Health and Work; Institutes of Childhood and Adolescence; and Secretaries of Culture, Recreation and Sports, for example) make it on a more systematic and explicit way. Still, the labour more specifically related to juvenile dynamic, on the sphere of our governments, is the one displayed by Official Organisms of Youth, which with different denominations (Ministries, Secretaries, Institutes, Boards, etc) exist in almost every country of the region.

In general, it is about new organisms, created in the last ten to twenty years, that are trying to legitimate their existence, through the display of different political, institutional and financial initiatives. Their institutional dependence is very varied, given that while some are appointed to the Presidency of the Republic, other depend on Ministries of Education or Social Development (or even Planning) and unlike other related institutions (Secretaries of Childhood, Woman Secretaries, etc) still have little effective implementation on the State’s structure. The bond with juvenile movements (gathered or not in Councils or Nacional Networks) is also very varied, and more could be mentioned on its institutional acknowledgment among young men and women.

In this context it is remarcable that their roles and functions are –also- very diverse (coordination, execution, lodge, etc) that’s why it is hard to refer to them base don more or less homogeneous criteria. For this, from this section of the Portal we intend to inform about their programs and activities, making particular emphasis in each of them in particular. In this sense, we will separate Nacional Organisms (or Federal) from  Regional Organisms (or State) and Municipal (or Local). At the same time, we include relevant information on other governmental organisms, when the mentioned is mainly refered to young people.