Civil servants complete capacity-building programme in India
View(s):Forty senior Lankan civil servants underwent a special capacity-building programme at the National Centre for Good Governance of India (NCGG) from September 22 to October 3 on the theme “Clean Cities, Better Future: Transforming Urban Sri Lanka with Regional Practices”.
This initiative is aligned with President Anura Dissanayake’s ‘Clean Sri Lanka’ initiative and Swachhata Hi Seva 2025 campaign under the Swachch Bharat Mission in India.
The programme theme was chosen to support sustainable urban management, environmental responsibility, and citizen participation, reflecting the goals of both national initiatives. Participants engaged in expert-led sessions on key areas such as urban planning, municipal governance, public-private partnerships in urban sector, solid waste management with focus on plastic waste recycling, innovation & digital transformation at local level, urban transport, etc.
Field visits provided practical exposure to noteworthy initiatives relevant to the programme’s theme at leading institutions such as National Institute of Urban Affairs, Mussoorie–Dehradun Development Authority, Integrated Tribal Development Agency, Tehkhand Waste-to-Energy Project and Delhi Metro Rail Project. Participants experienced first-hand innovative practices in municipal governance, urban infrastructure, waste-to-energy solutions, and citizen-focused public services.
This was the fifth capacity-building programme under the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed in December 2024 between NCGG and the
Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration for training of 1,500 Lankan civil service officers over a period of five years.
Based on positive feedback of the participants and on the request of the Sri Lanka Government, the sixth programme under the MoU will also be on the same theme, involving another 40 civil servants, the Indian High Commission said.
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