KOICA support to advance local governance

Team on tour in Korea

Western Province Education and Local Government Ministry Secretary Chithra Jayanthi Wijethunga and 19 district and divisional representatives of nine provinces from the Ministries of Public Administration and Home Affairs, and Local Government and Provincial Councils attended the training programme in Korea from May 13 to 26 as part of the 2012 KOICA training programme.

This programme was specially designed to provide local government officials with opportunities of obtaining knowledge on Korean economic and rural development, new village movement, advancing good governance in local governments, human development strategy of Korea's public sector and strategies for transparency enhancement in the civil service through theoretical lectures.

Under this training course, group discussions and presentations were held to seek how to enhance administrative transparency in local governance in Sri Lanka. In addition, participants were also able to go on field trips and study visits to Korea's legislative and administrative bodies such as the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, National Assembly, Rural Development Administration and National Election Commission as well as industrial sites such as Samsung Electronics, POSCO and Hyundai Heavy Industries.

KOICA aims to support human resource development in Sri Lanka by sharing Korea's experiences in order to support sustainable economic development.