Civil Society Organizations in the Open Government Partnership ( #OGP ) process in #SriLanka withdraw in protest of the oppressive and undemocratic laws targeting #civicspace

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Sarvodaya Sri Lanka #NAP #OnlineSafetyAct #CSOs #ATA #FreedomofExpression

TISL & Sarvodaya Sri Lanka in coordination with the Presidential Secretariat held the inaugural multi-stakeholder meeting to formulate the 3rd National Action Plan of the OGP in #SriLanka .
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#OGP #OpenGovernmentPartnership #NationalActionPlan #TISL

#CIABOC Must Rise to Citizen Expectations in Fighting Corruption: #TISL

Read Media Release: tisrilanka.org/ciaboc-must-ri…

#SriLanka #ACA #AntiCorruption

“If the Government is committed to the reform agenda, it would welcome public criticism & requests for information, but what we see is the opposite.'

Nadishani Perera, ED, #TISL , at the #EconomicSummit2023 organized by The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce

Watch: youtu.be/yidj3QMknUQ
#srilanka

The Supreme Court today held that ex-President #GotabayaRajapaksa , former #PM #MahindaRajapaksa , ex-Finance Min #BasilRajapaksa , & former top officials breached the #FundamentalRights , in handling the economy, leading to the #economiccrisisLK .
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'The IMF has the opportunity to be a key player in the fight against corruption instead of corruption’s maidservant – cleaning up its mess again and again' say Nadishani Perera and Chandler Foundation's Leslie Tsai in the context of the 17th IMF bailout of #SriLanka since 1948.👇

A discussion with civil society representatives on the recommendations detailed in 'The #CivilSocietyGovernanceDiagnosticReport on #SriLanka .' The recommendations were compared with those made in the #IMF 's technical report.

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#GovernanceReforms

Governance and economic reforms must go hand-in-hand in Sri Lanka. Today I met with a coalition of civil society members Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) Centre for Policy Alternatives Sri Lanka @Paffrel Sarvodaya Sri Lanka Peace Council SL Verité Research to discuss the results of their research on the core anti-corruption issues that…

When power was so misused that it ultimately failed and the country was ruined, civil society has to take over and propose policies to address fiscal emergencies and reform the system. #SriLanka ➡️tisrilanka.org/wp-content/upl… Nadishani Perera Sankhitha Gunaratne

“We can’t have economic recovery without democracy. It’s not a choice between the two.”-Nadishani Perera #OGPEstonia NDI Democratic Governance at “Debt Row: The Struggle to Reduce Corruption and Ensure Accountability.”

'Unconditional loans and financial support can harm countries by directly funneling money to #kleptocrats .'

- Nadishani Perera shares in “Democratic Reset: Transparency and Accountability Lessons to Break the Debt Crisis Cycle'

Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) Transparency International

🔴 IMF programs often aim to alleviate symptoms rather than addressing root causes. The fundamental issue in Sri Lanka is related to governance and corruption, which the current IMF program appears to neglect.

Executive Director Nishan de Mel explains.

#SriLanka #IMF

Global #debt is at record levels📈– the highest in 50 years and triple 2008 levels. Join National Democratic Institute/National Democratic Institutegov/Open Gov Partnership/Chandler Foundation's webinar on the need for a democratic reset through #transparency & #accountability .

⏰April 6, 11:30AM ET
✅Register: bit.ly/3ndKGEe

Thank you for having joined What's Next Sri Lanka? discussion w/Hosts Soraya M. Deen, MA & Sanjee #GoodGovernance🇱🇰🇪🇸🇧🇪🇪🇷🇿🇼🇳🇦🇫🇮.
It was inspiring to listen to Nadishani Perera of Executive Director Transparency.SL
Alan Keenan Political Analyst of Crisis Group Lihini Fernando of Samagi Jana Balawegaya Chathuranga Abey of NPP. 1/

Join us on Sunday 5 March at 19:30 PM What's Next Sri Lanka? discussion with our Hosts Soraya M. Deen, MA & Sanjee #GoodGovernance🇱🇰🇪🇸🇧🇪🇪🇷🇿🇼🇳🇦🇫🇮.
Speaking with Nadishani Perera, Executive Director of Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL),
Alan Keenan Political Analyst, Lihini Fernando SJB politician & Chathuranga Abey NPP politician

#TISL Invites the public to be vigilant and report the use of public resources for election campaign purposes, and election campaign expenses.
Launches hotlines 076 322 3442 / 076 322 3662 and website Apesalli.lk to report incidents
Read more: bitly.ws/AaIf

What are the best tools for fighting disinformation? As Eliot Higgins writes in Schweizer Monat, teaching young people the value of critical thinking can go a long way schweizermonat.ch/the-era-of-the…

ඔබත් “ඉන්ටග්‍රිටි අයිකන්” සම්මානය ලැබීමට සුදුසු රාජ්‍ය නිලධාරියෙක් නම්, ඉක්මන් කරන්න, අදම අයදුම් කරන්න!
ඔබ හඳුනන රාජ්‍ය නිලධාරියෙකු රාජකාරියෙන් ඔබ්බට ගොස් සේවය වෙනුවෙන් කැප වී සිටිනවා නම් ඔවුන්ව යෝජනා කරන්න!

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On 18.10.22, in the furtherance of public interest, I presented a private members bill to the Bills Office to amend the Declaration of Assets and Liabilities Law No.01 of 1975. Echoing the demands for change and accountability, this Bill seeks to do this through 5 aspects;(1/6)

The Right to Information is not just about filing requests. There is so much information that public authorities should give you WITHOUT YOU HAVING TO ASK!

Take a look here:

#RTI #RightToKnow