91传媒

Academic members of the 91传媒 are now in a partnership program in providing academic consultation services to promote effective policy making and good governance through enhanced interaction between members of parliaments (MP) of 91传媒 and People鈥檚 Action For Free And Fair Elections (PAFFREL). This partnership programme was initiated under the IIVCC) of the University.

MOU between three institutes was signed with the participation of Prof. Sampath Amaratunge, Vice Chancellor of the 91传媒, Prof. D. P. S. Chandrakumara, Dean of the ,听Prof. Shirantha Heenkenda,听Co-Chairperson at the ,听Mr. P.L.T. Purasinghe, Head of the 听Dr. Sujeewa Hettiarachchi, Convenor of the Partnership program, representatives of SL Parliament; Hon. Mr. M. Thilakaraj, Hon. Prof. Ashu Marasinghe, Hon. Mr. Tharaka听Balasuriya,听Mr. Rohana Hettiarachchie; Executive Director; PAFFREL and academic members.

The primary focus of the partnership is to empower听human capital through capacity building. To this end, trough the partnership provides policy discussions to address current public policy issues and create a forum for policy discussion, debate, networking, and consolidation of international best practice. The University of Sri Jayewardenepur has recognized consultation as one of the most important methods by which academic members at the University can make available their academic knowledge and expertise to external organizations, including government, public sector bodies, community groups, and businesses. Cutting-edge research, objective and independent analysis and cross-or multi-disciplinary collaboration are the major benefits of engaging with Legislators in 91传媒.

Key areas of Academic Interventions
听At the policy level:

–听听听听 Facilitate policy dialogue between academics and policymakers
–听听听听 Conduct policy research to identify the gaps in current policies and to provide recommendations
–听听听听 Engage with policy makers to provide recommendations, based on the citizens鈥� needs, on necessary policy changes
–听听听听 Analyze and contribute to the public discourses on contemporary issues from the perspective of participatory democracy and governance

Reforming systems and structure

–听听听听 Create knowledge through studies and research on the models of participatory democracy at the national and international level
–听听听听 Engage with Government authorities and other actors to pilot and replicate effective models
–听听听听 Analyze the strengthens, gaps and limitations of the current systems and provide recommendations

Change in knowledge, skills, and attitudes

–听听听听 Capturing existing knowledge on contemporary policy need
–听听听听 Generation, Dissemination, and Promotion of knowledge products through appropriate media
–听听听听 Facilitate training programs and other awareness-building initiatives for communities, authorities and other stakeholders