Ministry of Education, Health and Infrastructure

The Ministry for Education, Health and Infrastructure is one of the four major ministries of the Alliance and is responsible for education, security and healthcare in the Alliance of Independent Nations. The ministry was formed in 2009 and has since become the largest ministry with wide-ranging responsibilities. In the past, it was known as the Department of Education, Safety and Health, and most recently was called the Ministry for Citizen's Affairs.

History
The Department of Education, Safety and Health was formed in March 2009, as one of the four departments of the newly-created AIN. In its first form, it was known as the Department for Education and Infrastructure. It was run by Peter Reyes, whilst the Department for Safety and Health was run by Aranho. The two departments merged and formed the Department for Education, Safety and Health (DESH) in September 2009, as the number of departments expanded to six. Aleksfacco took over the running of the department in 2009 and a term of inactivity saw him replaced by Aranho in the March 2010 election. Aranho grew the department remarkably during his first term as Minister, creating the first DESH census, travel advisory centre and the Help the Poverty Project in East Rockcoast and Jumaane. He continued these projects into his second term, creating the Crisis and Emergency Fund and Operation Emergency to help nations in need.

Aranho resigned as Minister for Education, Safety and Health in December 2010 for personal reasons and was temporarily replaced by Neil Moore, who created a new logo for the ministry and led it until the next election. The department was also reformed and renamed as the Ministry for Citizen's Affairs in January 2011, and was taken over by S. Naik after the February 2011 general election. S. Naik revived the ministry by introducing the EduAssist programme to help failing schools, began the second education census and restarted the Travel Advisory Centre.

S. Naik left the ministry at the September 2011 election, and was succeeded by Thomas Simpson. The AINSI was taken under the control of the Ministry for Citizen's Affairs following this election, but continued to be run as a separate, self-managed organisation. Alongside the AINSI's merger into the ministry, the three main roles of the ministry were split into three sub-departments: Department for Healthcare, the International Security Department and the Department for Education. Each department ran its own specific programmes and targets, whilst remaining controlled by the Minister for Citizen's Affairs.

In October 2011, the Alliance Health Card Scheme was launched by the Dept. for Healthcare, providing free medical treatment for tourists in AIN countries that they visit if they need emergency treatment. Following the release of funds by the MCA, the scheme was introduced in seventeen AIN member states and is currently under voting in several others. The AHS has been one of the most successful Citizen's Affairs schemes since its creation.

Responsibilities
The ministry controls unionwide education, healthcare and security, and also runs the Travel Advisory Centre and union humanitarian programmes alongside the Ministry of Finance and Information. The ministry runs important programmes such as the Travel Advisory Warning, EduAssist, Alliance Health Card and censuses about education and healthcare within the AIN.