Table 16: Nature of alternative service placements

Health, (almost everywhere), including specifically:

• Hospitals:

  • Albania; Portugal

• Sanatoriums and Psychiatric hospitals:

  • Armenia

• “Diagnosis of illnesses... drug, tobacco, alcoholism prevention, assistance to persons with disabilities, children and the elderly”:

  • Portugal

• Nursing homes:

  • Armenia; Taiwan

• “Organisations for rehabilitation of disabled persons”:

  • Republika Srpska

Social Work/ Social/community services:

• Albania; Austria

• (including “youth welfare, commemoration services, peace services”):

  • Poland; Russian Federation; Slovakia;  USA

Federal ministries (Natural Resources, Labour, Defence):

• Russian Federation

Education:

• Slovakia; USA

Humanitarian Organisations:

• Albania; Mongolia

Culture:

• Slovakia

Environmental Protection:

• Albania; Austria; Georgia; Poland; Slovakia; Switzerland; USA

“Ecology services”:

• Moldova

Agriculture:

• Romania, USA

Forestry:

• Romania

National parks:

• Portugal 

Weather Forecasting Service:

• Russian Federation

Construction:

• Moldova; Russian Federation

Rescue services, including specifically:

• Fire Fighting:

  • Albania;

  • (and prevention)

    • Moldova, Portugal

• Rescue at sea:

  • Portugal

• Disaster relief:

  • Kyrgystan

• Earthquake relief:

  • Taiwan; Portugal

• Floods, epidemics and “other public calamities”:

  • Portugal

• Road safety:

  • Austria

• Car accidents:

  • Portugal

Work in judicial authorities, and with refugees and asylum seekers:

• Austria

Prison Services:

• Russian Federation

Administration of the conscientious objection / alternative service system itself:

• Netherlands; Norway