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Hon Secretary to the Ministry of Media Information B Ganegala, with students the Workshop on Mass Communication
"My esteemed counterparts from the South : do not depend on the Media- bring your people and come to the North and East and see with your eyes how much the people are suffering here without even the bare essentials in life." -M.Subhashini, Student, Eastern University at the Inter University Debate Series Workshop on Political Science, part of the Series on Democracy and Good Governance, Kandy, 13th-15th Oct 2007
Rohan in UK................................ .........Pg2
Bhavani in New York............................Pg2
Dr Nesiah in New Delhi......................Pg 2
Staff Profiles.......................................Pg 2
Anti Corruption Day
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In the Press.........................................Pg 3
Calender of Events.............................Pg 4
Latest Publications.............................Pg 4
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The Inter University D brought together 122 Universities,13th -15 The Present Human R presented by Dr. P. S Federalism Debate: Pradeep Peiris, Politic Dr. A. Athugala, Sen and Recent Trends in Vellaithamby Ameerd Peradeniya
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Democracy and Good Governance
Inter University Debate Series Workshop on Political Science- he Inter University Debate on Political Science, rought together 122 students from leading National niversities,13th -15th Oct. Topics discussed included- he Present Human Rights Situation in Sri Lanka resented by Dr. P. Saravanamuttu, Sri Lanka’s ederalism Debate: Ruling Elites to Laymen by radeep Peiris, Political Communication in Sri Lanka By r. A. Athugala, Senior Lecturer, University of Kelaniya nd Recent Trends in Muslim Politics in Sri Lanka by Dr. ellaithamby Ameerdeen-Senior Lecturer, University of eradeniya
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A held a Seminar on the Law Making Process , 28th ov in Colombo, examining the constitutional and legal echanisms for law making, the practice of law making in i Lanka and how they compare with the principles of od governance. It further explored the degree of nsultation that goes into law making in Sri Lanka, and mpared the law making mechanism in place in India d the United Kingdom. Rohan Edrisinha, Director, CPA d Head of its Legal and Constitutional Unit, made a esentation on the Law Making Process and Good
vernance, and Cyrene Siriwardhana, Director, CPA, ade a presentation on the law making process in the
ited Kingdom.
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CPA’s Anti Corruption Programme organised a number of events to mark Anti Corruption Day Dec 9th as a joint initiative between CPA, the
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Overall Coordinator of CPA Units: Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Executive Director sara@cpalanka.org
Governance and Anti Corruption Programme(GACP) contact Sriyanie sriyanie@cpalanka.org cmev@cpalanka.org
17th -19th Nov Rohan Edrisinha, Direc attended a conference on Comparativ Legal Unit
Asia Studies Dept of the Johns Hopkins Contact Person
on Constitutionalism and Multi-culturalism Rohan Edrisinha
cpalegal@diamond.lanka.net
Nov 16th Dr Devanesan Ne
Media Unit
Consultant, Peace and Con Contact Person
Unit, visited New Delhi, Sasha Ekanayake
speak at the Sympos sasha@cpalanka.org
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Outreach Unit Contact Person Lionel Guruge
Council of India on P Freedom Day. Dr Nesiah represented Press Institute and the Press Compla lionel@cpalanka.org
Commission of Sri Lanka.See :ht presscouncil.nic.in/npd.htm, Peace and Conflict Analysis Unit Contact Person Mirak Raheem mirak@cpalanka.org
Nov 14-15th Dr Saravanamuttu, ED ,C Management Retreat, held in Bhubane South Asia. Dr Saravanamuttu also part
Polling Unit
Electoral Violence held in Bangkok, No
Contact Person Pradeep Peiris
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Training. He monitors
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Sundaram Kamaladev previously employed at Swadeshi Printers joined the Outreach Office as Data Entry Operator K e t h i s h w a r a n October 2006 Jeewarathnam who previously worked as a Co ordinator at Devasarana
Staff Retreat Centre , Kurunegala joined the Outreach Unit November 2006. His responsibilites include translation and monitoring of Tamil Medium workshops and he is Field Coordinator for the Programme on Awareness Raising for Local Government Representatives and Civil Society Leaders 2007, in charge of Central Province
5th – 7th Oct. Rohan Edrisin Director, CPA and Head of
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Unit, attended
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"Decentralizatio Federalism a Conflict" organized the Centre for Research on Inequal Human Security and Ethnicity (CRISE) the University of Oxford, U.K,
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EVENTS ATTENDED
Nov 28th Oct- 01st Nov Bhavani Fonseka, Senior Researcher, Legal Unit attended the UN Conference on Millennium Development Goals held in New York, U.S.A. and represented CPA at a workshop organized by the UNDP Regional Centre on Socio-Economic Study on HIV/AIDS held 27th & 28th Nov.
an Edrisinha, Director CPA and Head Legal and Constitutional Unit, ce on Comparative Constitutionalism organized by the South the Johns Hopkins University, held in London. He presented a paper and Multi-culturalism in Sri Lanka ; Lessons for South Asia.
Dr Devanesan Nesiah, nt, Peace and Conflict isited New Delhi, to at the Symposium d by the National Press l of India on Press esiah represented the the Press Complaints i Lanka.See :http:// pd.htm,
7th -8th Dec Dr Devanesan Nesiah, consultant, Peace and Conflict Analysis Unit, presented a paper titled “Towards a North Eastern Consensus” at the International Conference “Reviewing the Past and Reshaping the Future” held by The Eastern University, on the occasion of its Silver Jubilee. He also chaired the session on the theme of Good Governance.
avanamuttu, ED ,CPA participated in the World Bank’s SAR Regional t, held in Bhubaneshwa, India. The discussion was on Conflict in
anamuttu also participated in a meeting on the UNDP study on ld in Bangkok, Nov 16th- 17th
H.M Ajmeer worked with CPA as a CMEV provincial Co
inator in the last Local Government Election and joined the vernance and Anti Corruption Programme as a Consultant – ining. He monitors the Tamil Medium programmes and co inates Tamil Medium trainers. He also works in designing d developing training materials. Ajmeer has a Bachelors gree in Arts from the University of Peradeniya. daram Kamaladevi viously employed at
deshi Printers joined Outreach Office as a Entry Operator ctober 2006
Directors and Staff of CPA participated in a Strategic Visioning Session at the CPA Staff Retreat marking the end of the tenth year of CPA’s operation, 9th- 11th Dec at “Kani Lanka”, Kalutara.
H.K.Sujith Kumara worked with CMEV as Co ordinator for Sabaragamuwa Province in the 2005 Presidential and 2006 LA Elections and has joined the Governance Staff Retreat
and Anti Corruption Programme .He has a General Degree from Ruhuna University
Meneka,Tusitha, Hasantha and Amila at the Sessions
Oct. Rohan Edrisinha, r, CPA and Head of the l and Constitutional t, attended a nference on Decentralization, Federalism and Conflict" organized by search on Inequality, d Ethnicity (CRISE), at xford, U.K,

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ANTI CORRUPTION DA
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Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery and Corruption(CIABC) and Janawabodha Kendraya of Negom
Governance and Anti- Corruption Programme
Among the events were a street Drama on Bribery and C Fort , Colombo, an informal Opinion Survey Campaign, th distribution of leaflets ,calendars, booklets, caps and T Sh CORRUPTION FOR A PROSPEROUS TOMORROW”
(>>Page 1) Democracy and Good Govern A dialogue on similar lines held 20th – 22nd on Mass Communication, brought together 80 students from 6 universities. The Inter-University Co ordinator for this event was Dr Chandrasiri Rajapakshe of Kelaniya University and the chief guest at the opening ceremony was the Hon Secretary to the Ministry of Media and Information B Ganegala who spoke on the
need for congratula effort to society as Other sp Samarana and Suna
Following its recent Communications Strategy Workshop, CPA selected a new logo to carry across its image of a progressive provider of alternative solutions in the areas of conflict resolution and good governance.A rich shade of brown was selected to signify its non partisian approach, and all languages were represented. A further development was internal restructuring of Units in CPA into five (5) Units and three (3) Programmes which takes the place of the previous structure of six (6) Units. As of January 2007 the Outreach Unit will be located at new premises at 32/7 Flower Rd Colombo 7
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need for quality training for aspiring journalists and congratulated CPA on taking the initiative to make an honest effort to host a programme which benefits students and society as a whole. Other speakers included Rohan Samarajiva, Mohan Samaranayake, Thilak Jayaratne , Dr Ariyaratne Athugala and Sunanda Deshapirya

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For more updates on latest and upcoming CPA
Hand Jou events, visit http://www.cpalanka.org/calendar_events.html
Oct
6th- 8th As part of the Inter Community Student Exchange Programme 2006 Students of Kurunegala / Medamula MV, Hindu Vidyalaya and Gokeralla MV visited Bloomfield College Nuwara-eliya.
6th- 8th CPA’s Media Unit, in collaboration with Practical Action, conducted a Workshop on Disaster Reporting for journalists from Colombo and Hambantota
11th – 12th Unit Heads, Co-ordinators and Directors of CPA participated at a Workshop on Communications Strategy in Kalutara.
13th -15th Workshop on Political Science as part of the the Inter University Debate Series on Democracy and Good Governance
20th -22nd Workshop on Mass Communication as part of the Inter University Debate Series on Democracy and Good Governance
17th Negombo Regional Workshop on Awareness Raising on Anti Corruption held by the Anti Corruption Programme
19th -22nd Voices of Reconciliation Programme of CPA’s Media Unit held a Training of Trainers Workshop as part of their Gender Equity Programme
25th -26 Awarene
22nd Galle Regional Workshop on Awareness Raising on Anti Corruption
26th – 28 Inter Un Good Go
23rd Matara Regional Workshop on Awareness Raising on Anti Corruption
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Inter Un Good Go 27th-29th As part of the Inter Community Student Exchange Programme 2006 Students from Karagaskada MMV, Springvalley Tamil MV, and Haliala Tamil MV, Deltota, visited Kandegedara Sarniya MV, Badulla at the latter venue .
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