The current organizational set up of the Ministry of Tinkhundla Administration and Development was established by His Majesty’s Government in 2009 through the Swaziland Government Legal Notice Number 25 of 2009. MTAD’s mandate is to create an enabling environment for effective service delivery at Regional and Tinkhundla level and to enforce good governance practices, inclusive development and balanced regional development. The Ministry discharges its mandate through the following functional departments:
- Regional Administration
- Planning and Coordination
- Tinkhundla Administration
- Community Development
- Decentralization
The Ministry is committed to promoting the Tinkhundla based system of governance through effective coordination and delivery of services to the people, whilst empowering them to develop and acting as an entry point as well as a link on development initiatives and fully promoting the participatory approach to development.
The main objectives of the of the Ministry are :
a. To facilitate the implementation of all Government policies at national, regional and Tinkhundla levels.
b. To improve the capacity of Regions, Tinkhundla and Chiefdoms to plan, implement, manage and monitor development programmes and the delivery of services for their communities.
c. To coordinate and facilitate an integrated approach of all developmental programmes, projects, activities and other initiatives by Development Agencies, Government Departments and Non-Governmental organizations at Regional, Sub-Regional, Tinkhundla and Chiefdom levels.
d. To facilitate and implement the decentralization of all basic services from the Central Government to the grassroots level.
e. To build and strengthen community capacities and skills to participate in the country’s socio-economic development for the attainment of sustainable development and poverty alleviation.
f. To establish mechanisms to develop, coordinate and disseminate information on regional and Tinkhundla activities and programmes.
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