The National Advisory and Consultative Council of Senior Citizens is established as a mechanism for the implementation of policies on the elderly and ageing population. The Division of Senior Citizens, Department of Social Welfare, is the secretariat for the Council. This Council is chaired by the Minister of Women, Family and Community Development.
The roles of the National Advisory and Consultative Council of Senior Citizens are:
i. Overseeing the implementation of the National Senior Citizens Policy and Action Plan.
ii. Develop programmes and strategies to educate the community in order to increase awareness in relation to the senior citizens
iii. To make recommendations to the Government on the care, protection, development and wellbeing of the senior citizens
iv. To make recommendations to the Government on amendments to existing laws as well as recommending new laws to ensure the wellbeing of the senior citizens.
v. Advising the Government on issues of elderly including international development, collecting data and information and promoting research related to senior citizens.
