The Volunteer Service Centers are provided for by the Code of the Third Sector - Law 117/2017, after having been established by Law 266/91, Framework Law on Volunteering.
Law 117/2017 specifies in art. 63 that the CSVs have the task of "organizing, managing and providing technical support services, training and information, promoting and strengthening the presence and role of volunteers in the bodies of the Third Sector (...) with particular regard to voluntary organizations (...)".
To this end, they provide their services in the form of services in favor of associations and organizations of the third sector.
The services offered are promotion, guidance and territorial animation, training, information and communication, research and documentation, consulting, solidarity projects, technical and logistical support.
The Volunteer Service Center of Padua is managed since 2004 by the association Centro Servizi Padova Solidale.