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Members of the Ambalangoda Urban Council (UC) approved the TISL progarmme to make the council corrupt free and efficient to strengthen the people’s participation in the decision making. At the monthly meeting of the Ambalangoda UC held on 08th February, all the elected members including those in the opposition, higher officials of the UC and [...]
Chairperson, Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE), D E W Gunasekera and Chairperson, Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Rauf Hakeem Ministers will be the guests of honour at the National Forum on Parliament Watch, scheduled to be held at February 16 at Galle Face Hotel. The event is organized jointly by Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) and [...]
“The absence of urgency in the Public Service, which is mirrored by many politicians, is one reason this country does not develop at the pace at which it should,” said Professor Rajiva Wijesinha MP addressing the Sambhashana outreach programme on ‘COPE Exposure & Beyond’ organized by TISL. The programme was held at the OPA [...]
The need for constitutional changes for separation of powers ensuring independence of the judiciary and the public service and electoral reforms to do away with proportional representation and preferential voting was stressed by Professor A V de S Indraratne addressing the Sambhashana outreach programme on ‘COPE Exposure & Beyond’ organized by TISL and held at [...]
‘COPE Exposure & Beyond’ was the theme of the Sambhashana Outreach Programme organised by TISL and held at the OPA auditorium on 26 January. Taking part in the discussion were Hon Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe PC, Hon Rajiva Wijesinha and Professor A V de S Indraratne. The moderator was senior journalist Lakshman Gunasekera. TISL Chairman M D [...]
Two local authorities in the Galle District want to help them to improve their service delivery and people’s participation in decision making. The request has come from Chairmen of the Ambalangoda Municipal Council and the Ambalagoda Pradeshiya Saba of TISL Chairman along with the officials of the two local bodies. TISL is currently working with [...]
Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) has commenced work to produce a handbook on land issues to create awareness for public officials and the public. A workshop was conducted In Anuradhapura recently with the participation of officials of the North Central Province and the Land Commissioner’s Department to identify the issues concerned and the content of [...]
TISL conducted a two-day workshop for all the staff members of the Yakkalamulla Pradeshiya Saba (PS) in Galle District to identify the present shortcomings and propose remedial action to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the PS. The programme held in auditorium of the Yakkalamulla PS was organized in response to a request made by [...]
At a workshop facilitated by TISL, the second phase of the four-year development plan of the Rideemaliyadda Pradeshiya Sabha (PS) in the Badulla District was discussed this week. Former Chief Secretary- Sabaragamuwa and Secretary to the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Piyasena Ranasinghe and Consultant to the SLIG R.M.Rathnayake guided the process. Participants included the [...]
“The lack of proper and good governance in a country leads to social and economic problems. Law and order fail and human rights are violated. Social injustice prevails.” So said the acting District Secretary – Galle, Bandula Harischandra at the launch of TISL publication ‘Handbook of Local Governance’ at the Yakkalamulla Pradesheeya Sabha PS) on [...]
