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| Regulatory Impact Assessment: A Tool for Better Regulatory Governance in Sri Lanka? Publication of Interim Concept Paper and Expert Consultation, 5 May, 2005 |
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IPS continued its work begun last year to develop a Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) framework for Sri Lanka, publishing in April this year an interim concept paper titled “Regulatory Impact Assessment: A Tool for Better Regulatory Governance in Sri Lanka?”. The paper was developed by an informal working group convened by IPS following the two-day RIA workshop held in Colombo in June 2004. The working group included members from regulator agencies, law enforcement, operators, the media and NGO sector.
The interim concept paper was hosted on the Institute website on 20 April, 2005 and comments were invited from the public up to the 4 May. With a view to stimulating some interactive debate on the paper, a further Expert Consultation was held at IPS on 5 May, 2005. This drew together a group of regulatory experts from the public sector, private sector and civil society and was successful in raising a number of issues for debate. It is proposed to use the feedback that has been received to refine the interim concept paper and present the finalized version to policy makers in Government.
 Click here to download the Interim Concept Paper (PDF Format 230 KB)
"Get it Right"
Lanka Business Online, 21 April, 2005 - Local experts on policy and regulation are calling for a system to better understand effects of regulations before they are adopted.
Read on >>
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Impact of Tsunami on the Sri Lankan Economy
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Working with LIRNEasia and the Vanguard Centre for Disaster Preparedness to develop a National All Hazards Warning System (NAHWS). The scope of this exercise is to apply knowledge of international best practices to the problem of designing an appropriate NAHWS for disasters of large-scale impact (e.g. tsunamis, cyclones) and of localized impact (e.g.floods, landslides, reservoir breaches). The development of the final policy paper and specifications will be based on inputs and comments from two rounds of public consultation.
Presentation made by Malathy Knight-John, Research Fellow, IPS at the First Expert Consultation on NAHWS:
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The IPS in collaboration with the Centre on Regulation and Competition (CRC), Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM), University of Manchester, U.K. organized a Workshop on “Regulatory Impact Assessment” at the Ceylon Continental Hotel, Colombo, 22-23 June 2004.
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Saman Kelegama
- Public Enterprise Reform Commission, 1995
- Fair Trading Commission, during 1995-2002
- Governing Board of the Fair Trading Commission
Appointed by the Honourable Minister of Commerce & Consumer Affairs
January, 2002
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- Open Forum on “Assessing the Impacts of Privatization on Workers”,
Centre for Poverty Analysis, Colombo, 28 June, 2007
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Malathy Knight-John, Research Fellow, IPS led the discussion on the findings of the recent study on “Assessing the Impacts of Privatization on Workers” conducted by the Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA) in Colombo on 28 June, 2007.
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Daily Mirror, 2 July, 2007-- “State employees not against reforms –CEPA”
http://www.dailymirror.lk/2007/07/02/news/01.asp
The Nation, 1 July, 2007 - “Change the management but not the owners”
(PDF Format 13KB)
- Made a presentation on “Microfinance and the Creditworthiness Problem: Lessons from Grameen ”at the LIRNEasia Road Show on “Usable Knowledge for Growing the Sector”, Galle Face Hotel, Colombo, 19 December, 2005
- New release on “Systematic Use of telecom franchisees can help tap fortune at the bottom of the pyramid: Lessons from Grameen” available online http://www.lirneasia.net/
19 December, 2005
- Project Advisory Committee Member, 7-Up 2 (Competition Policy in Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Vietnam in Southeast Asia, and Bangladesh, Nepal and India in South Asia), Consumer Unity & Trust Society, Jaipur, India, April 2004-March, 2006
- Concept note for a National Early Warning System for Sri Lanka, with LIRNEasia and Vanguard Foundation, December 2004-February, 2005
- Participation in ICT Strategies of the Poor Project, with LIRNEasia, February-May 2005
- Technical Evaluation Committee, Development of Guidelines and Competence for Implementing Market-Dominance Based Regulation by the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission
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- ALERT SRI LANKA, a YATV talk show aired on ETV on 19, 20 February, 2005
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Participated in ALERT SRI LANKA, a talk show recorded at YATV, and aired by ETV. The programme was aimed at creating better public awareness of the need for a national early warning system and at flagging some of the salient issues addressed in the concept paper on the national all hazards warning system for Sri Lanka being developed jointly by LIRNEasia, the IPS and the Vanguard Foundation.
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- Review Meeting on the Draft Concept Paper "Specifications of a National All-Hazards Warning System", Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, 17 February, 2005
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Made a presentation (with Prof. Rohan Samarajiva, Executive Director, LIRNEasia) at a Review Meeting organized by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce on the Draft Concept Paper titled "Specifications of a National All-Hazards Warning System", Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, 17 February, 2005.
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Shantha Jayasinghe
- Seminar on Domestic Regulatory Systems, BMICH, Colombo , 17 February, 2005
Made a presentation on “Reform and Regulation of Infrastructure”, at a seminar organized by the Alumni Association of the International Development Law Organization (Sri Lanka Division) on “Domestic Regulatory Systems”, with a view to sharing insights gained at a training course on “Strengthening Domestic Regulatory Systems for Effective Public and Corporate Governance” in Rome, Italy in September, 2004. Representatives from various stakeholders in the regulatory space were among the participants.
 Presentation made by Shantha Jayasinghe at the Seminar
(Microsoft PowerPoint Format 113KB)
- Participated in a training workshop on “Strengthening Domestic Regulatory Systems for Effective Public and Corporate Governance”
International Development Law Organization, Rome, Italy
13-24 September, 2004
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Amrit Rajapakse
- Participated at the workshop on “Introduction to the Multilateral Trading System: Sri Lanka and the World Trade Organization”, EU-Sri Lanka Trade Development Project, Taj Samudra Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 5-9 & 12-16 September, 2005.
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