The Ministry of Community Development and Social Services (MCDSS) was established through a Presidential decree in 2016. This Ministry is key in providing and facilitating the provision of equitable social protection services to communities in order to contribute to sustainable human development.” It contributes to poverty reduction and improved quality of life of citizens in order to foster national development.
Structure
At Policy level, the Ministry is headed by a Cabinet Minister. At Executive level, the Ministry is headed by a Permanent Secretary. It has five (5) Directorate Departments as follows:-
Department of Human Resources and Administration;
Department of Planning and Information;
Department of Social Welfare;
Department of Community Development;
Department of Registrar of NGOs.

The Zambian Government is committed to reducing poverty and vulnerability among its population in general and for the poor and vulnerable segments of society in particular. Recognizing that vulnerability and the lack of resilience result from, cause and reinforce poverty, Government's poverty reduction efforts cannot side-line Social Protection. Traditionally, Government has included Social Protection programs as part of the broader social policy.  However, Social Protection implementation continued to be fragmented, uncoordinated, poorly resourced and ineffectively evaluated. The formulation of this National Social Protection Policy is one of Government's dedicated efforts to ensure that the role of social protection in propoor growth remains central and increases in systemic efficiency

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