The state agency "Agency for International Programs for Youth" is overseen by The Minister for Children and Family Affairs. Agency has the objective to promote youth activity and mobility in voluntary youth work, youth non-formal education and youth information programs and projects, and to promote youth non-formal education in connection with lifelong education. It coordinates the implementation of the EU non-formal education program „Youth in Action" in Latvia and offers possibility for youth to write and carry out projects. Agency is spreading information about opportunities for youth in Europe and enables exchange of experience.