Tuesday, January 24, 2017

The Module on Nation- Building and Social Integration



The Module on Nation- Building and Social Integration introducing the role of an Administrator in peacebuilding, reconciliation, and social integration has commenced in the Induction Training for 211 Junior Officers belong to Sri Lanka Administrative Service in the 2015 batch. The module is co-hosted by International Centre for Ethnic Studies (ICES) and Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS).

SLIDA Initiates the Digital Government Human Resource Capacity Building Project



SLIDA Initiates the Digital Government Human Resource Capacity Building Project

Ms. Wasantha Perera, Director General, SLIDA and Mr. Muhunthan Canagey, Chief Executive Officer of the Information & Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) of Sri Lanka signed a MOU on 17th January 2017, to implement the ICT Human Capacity Development Project. The aim of this Project is to enhance the ICT Competencies of Senior Public Sector Personnel to provide the essential technological push towards the next phase in Sri Lanka’s e-government initiatives.


New Director General Assumes Duties .....



New Director General Assumes Duties .....

Ms. Wasantha Perera has assumed duties as the Director General of the Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration (SLIDA) on 19th December 2016.

A senior officer of Si Lanka Administrative Service, Ms Perera has started her career as a Assistant Divisional Secretary and later on served in senior positions in the Ministries of Defence, Finance, Foreign Affairs and Technology & Research. Further she has served as a Senior Diplomat at the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Washington D.C., United States of America.

Mrs. Perera is a Bio Science graduate from the University of Peradeniya. She possess a Masters Degree in Project Management from the University of Technology in Sydney, Postgraduate Diploma in Economics Development from University of Colombo and Postgraduate Diploma in Management from University of Sri Jayawardenapura.