Sachini Kavindya

Consultation Workshop on Provincial Adaptation Plans and Climate Change

The 2nd Stakeholder Consultation Workshop on Provincial Adaptation Plans and Establishment of Provincial Climate Change Institutional Set Up for Western Province was held on the 18th June 2019 at the Auditorium of the Provincial Ministry of Local Government, Battaramulla. The workshop was organized by the Climate Change Secretariat of the Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment, the Office

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Sensitive Reporting: the need of the hour

தமிழ் கட்டுரை              සිංහල ලිපිය The panelist at the panel discussion organized by the Sri Lanka Press Institute and the Free Media Movement of Sri Lanka to commemorate the World Press Freedom Day 2019. Seated from left to right at the Panel : Mr. Ajith Parakum Jayasinghe, Blogger and Social Activist,

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Press Freedom in a State of Emergency : World Press Freedom Day 2019

සිංහල ලිපිය       தமிழ் கட்டுரை Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) marks World Press Freedom Day with UNESCO on the 3rd May 2019 under the theme “Media for Democracy: Journalism and Elections in Times of Disinformation”. It is at a quite critical juncture that Sri Lanka as a country comes upon Press Freedom Day this

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Journalists Discuss Reporting in a Pluralistic Environment

SLPI conducted workshops for more than 40  journalists from diverse ethnic religious and linguistic backgrounds on reporting in pluralistic environment(s). The workshops gave working journalists an opportunity and understanding of pluralism and how media ethics and professionalism factors into pluralism. Workshops were conducted in four locations in the country; Kalutara, Batticaloa, Kandy and Colombo with

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Empowering Youth towards a Culture of Accountability

As a measure of taking Right to Information (RTI) to the bottom sphere of the country and to create a RTI trend as a practice, Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) organized workshops for youth in eight districts in the country. These workshops were linguistically facilitated according to the preferences of each district. The Youth empowerment

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Workshop for Youth on Right to Information in Nuwara Eliya

A workshop to educate youth on Right to Information Act was held in Nuwara Eliya. This was organized by Sri Lanka Press Institute and funded by USAID under Empowering Youth in Building Culture of Accountability in Sri Lanka project. The workshop was held on 15th and 16th of October at CHOGM Auditorium of Nuwaraeliya District

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