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‘Grama niladaris’ of Wariyapola and Yakkalamulla Divisional Secretary divisions will provide a more accountable service to the public in the future and keep the people well informed of their service. They pledged to display all the information to the public and mitigate corruption when delivering the services at the end of a training workshop organised [...]
A people’s forum was held recently in Poramba to create a platform for citizens, officials and , Ambalangoda Urban Council members to identify governance issues in the area. Community Based Organisations in Poramba supported TISL in organising the forum where more than 60 villagers participated. The village temple was the venue of the meeting, which [...]
Officials in several local authorities in the Southern Province attended a one-day training workshop on Financial Management in Urban Councils conducted by Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) recently. The training programme, held in Blue Fox Hotel, Hikkaduwa mainly for officials of Ambalangoda Urban Council on 27th February 20, was organised with the objective of improving [...]
Yakkalamulla Pradesheeya Sabha in the Galle district has taken several positive steps to improve their relationship with the public to in accordance with the action plans developed last year with the assistance of Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL). Following TISL intervention it has been decided to open the public gallery to the citizens when the [...]
Lack of citizen’s participation in Local governance was evident in some local government authorities in the Southern Province. This was revealed after Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) conducted a baseline survey in Yakkalamulla Pradesheeya Sabha and Ambalangoda Urban Council and Pradesheeya Sabha areas. The survey was conducted to assess the present status of citizens’ participation [...]
Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) facilitated to establish citizens’ committees in three local bodies in the Galle District to build a closer linkage with the local government officials and the public in improving level of governance. These have been established in the Ambalangoda Urban Council and Pradesheeya Sabhas of Yakkalamulla and Ambalangoda. Each committee constitutes [...]
Twenty two regional journalists in the Galle District attended a three-day workshop on identifying locally based issues and techniques of investigative journalism organized by TISL. The journalists from print and electronic media were from the Ambalangoda, Hikkaduwa, Galle, Nagoda and Batapola local authority areas. At the workshop held at Citrus Hotel – Hikkaduwa, the principles [...]
TISL successfully completed the first stage of a programme building good governance and accountability in three local bodies in the Galle District. TISL training workshops highlighted the need for these local bodies to be corrupt-free, and also helped to strengthen the people’s participation in the decision making. The three local authorities were Ambalangoda Urban Council [...]
Transparency International Sri Lanka conducted a 2 day Training workshop for staff members of the Ambalangoda Urban Council (UC) recently to redesign and reconstitute the departments and finalize the officers required for each department. Over 43 staff members participated in the training held in Management Development Training Institute, Southern Provincial Council, Wackwella, and Galle. Mayor [...]
A training workshop was held at Batepola for the staff of Ambalangoda Pradeshiya Sabha (PS) recently to formulate citizens committees. A new organisation structure was formed and an action plan was also discussed. In addition, numerous issues relating to service delivery and income generation were taken up and group exercises were carried out to instil [...]
