Management software for local bodies

Hathoon Sheriffdeen

COLOMBO: A software for management and accounting of Municipal Councils, Urban Councils and Pradeshiya sabhas was launched at the Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Council on Friday.

The first software was gifted to the Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Council by the joint venture of Global Town Suit Solutions and the Procom Data, the municipality software solution provider in Canada.

The cost of the town suit software gifted to Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Council is Canadian $ 6.5 million, funded by the joint venture. The completion of this software including the training of the staff of Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Council will be within three months. The delay is due to the hardware installation at the Council Managing Director, Global Town suit Solutions Anura Dodangoda said.

"The town suit accounting and management software was the customized version of the software packages used in Canada", he said.

"We can raise funds from Asia Foundation and FCM, since they are already into regulating activities of the local bodies.

Cida Canada and the Canadian Embassy are also funding to introduce this software to other Local government bodies.