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Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) is a National Chapter of Transparency International (TI), the leading global movement against corruption. TI raises awareness of the damaging effects of corruption and works with partners in government, business and civil society to develop and implement effective measures to tackle it. TI has an international secretariat in Berlin, Germany, and more than 90 Chapters worldwide .

Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) commenced active operations at the end of 2002 and has since built a strong institution arduously fighting corruption in Sri Lanka. It functions as a self financing, autonomous Chapter of TI with its own strategic directions and priorities.

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Transparency International Sri Lanka

🗣️ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ දූෂණ විරෝධී ප්‍රයත්නයන් සඳහා TISL හි දායකත්වය: ඔබගේ යෝජනා සාදරයෙන් පිළිගනිමු.

இலங்கையில் ஊழலுக்கு எதிரான முயற்சிகளில் TISL இன் பங்கு: உங்கள் ஆலோசனைகள் வரவேற்கப்படுகின்றன.

TISL's Contribution to Anti-Corruption Efforts in Sri Lanka: Your Input is Highly Appreciated.

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TISL ආයතනය විසින් 2024 ප්‍රසම්පාදන මාර්ගෝපදේශ සංග්‍රහය සහ ප්‍රසම්පාදන අත්පොත ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයේ අභියෝගයට ලක් කරයි.

ජාතික ප්‍රසම්පාදන කොමිෂන් සභාව (NPC) විසින් නිකුත් කරන ලද ප්‍රසම්පාදන මාර්ගෝපදේශ සංග්‍රහය සහ ප්‍රසම්පාදන අත්පොත (2024) අභියෝගයට ලක් කරමින් ට්‍රාන්ස්පේරන්සි ඉන්ටනැෂනල් ශ්‍රී ලංකා ආයතනය (TISL) විසින් 2025 ජනවාරි 31 සිකුරාදා ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයට මූලික අයිතිවාසිකම් පෙත්සමක් (SCFR/22/2025) ගොනු කර ඇත.

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2024 දෙසැම්බර් 9 වන දිනට යෙදී ඇති ජාත්‍යන්තර දූෂණ විරෝධී දිනය නිමිත්තෙන් ට්‍රාන්ස්පේරන්සි ඉන්ටනැෂනල් ශ්‍රී ලංකා ආයතනය (TISL) එක් එක් දිස්ත්‍රික්කයන්හි පිහිටා ඇති තොරතුරු දැනගැනීමේ අයිතිය (RTI) පිළිබඳ මධ්‍යස්ථාන සමඟ එක්ව ප්‍රජාව දැනුම්වත් කිරීමේ වැඩසටහන් පෙළක් සංවිධානය කරන ලදී.

පුත්තලම, කුරුණෑගල, බදුල්ල, හම්බන්තොට, මොණරාගල, කෑගල්ල, කළුතර, මඩකලපුව, නුවරඑළිය, මාතලේ, අනුරාධපුර සහ රත්නපුර යන දිස්ත්‍රික්ක 12 ආවරණය වන පරිදි මෙම වැඩසටහන පැවැත්විනි. දූෂණ ක්‍රියාවන්හි අහිතකර බලපෑම් සහ විනිවිදභාවය සහ වගවීම පවත්වා ගැනීමේ ඇති වැදගත්කම පිළිබඳව මෙහිදී ප්‍රජා නායකයින්, තරුණයින් සහ සිවිල් සමාජ සාමාජිකයින් ඇතුළු සහභාගිවූවන් දැනුම්වත් කරන ලදී.

රාජ්‍ය ආයතන ජනතාවට වගවන තත්ත්වයට පත් කර ගැනීම සඳහා පුරවැසියන්ට යොදා ගත හැකි තොරතුරු දැනගැනීමේ අයිතිය පිළිබඳ පනත වැනි මෙවලම් පිළිබඳව මෙහිදී දැනුම්වත් කෙරිනි. දූෂණයට එරෙහිව සටන් කිරීමටත් ගම් මට්ටමේ සිට යහපාලනය ගොඩනැංවීමටත් පුරවැසියන්ට ඇති කාර්යභාරය මෙම වැඩසටහන තුළදී අවධාරණය කරන ලදී.

ட்ரான்ஸ்பேரன்சி இன்டர்நெஷனல் ஸ்ரீலங்கா (TISL) நிறுவனம், ஒவ்வொரு மாவட்டத்திலும் அமைந்துள்ள தகவல் அறியும் உரிமை (RTI) மையங்களுடன் இணைந்து, சர்வதேச ஊழல் எதிர்ப்பு தினத்தை (டிசம்பர் 9, 2024) முன்னிட்டு சமூக விழிப்புணர்வு நிகழ்ச்சித் தொடரை ஏற்பாடு செய்தது.

இந்த விழிப்புணர்வு நிகழ்ச்சிகள் புத்தளம், குருநாகல், பதுளை, ஹம்பாந்தோட்டை, மொனராகலை, கேகாலை, களுத்துறை, மட்டக்களப்பு, நுவரெலியா, மாத்தளை, அனுராதபுரம் மற்றும் இரத்தினபுரி ஆகிய 12 மாவட்டங்களை உள்ளடக்கியது.

சமூகத் தலைவர்கள், இளைஞர்கள் மற்றும் சிவில் சமூக உறுப்பினர்கள் ஆகிய பங்கேற்பாளர்கள், அரச நிறுவனங்களின் பொறுப்புக்கூறலைக் கோருவதில் பொதுமக்களுக்கு அதிகாரம் அளிக்கும் தகவல் அறியும் உரிமைச் சட்டம் போன்ற கருவிகள் பற்றிய அறிவுறுத்தலை பெற்றனர். இந்த அமர்வுகள் ஊழலை எதிர்த்துப் போராடுவதில் மற்றும் அடிமட்ட அளவில் நல்லாட்சியை வளர்ப்பதில் பொதுமக்களின் பங்கை வலியுறுத்தின.

Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) jointly with its district-level Right to Information (RTI) Hubs recently organised a community outreach campaign covering 12 districts to mark the International Anti-Corruption Day that fell on December 9, 2024.

The awareness raising sessions were conducted in the Puttalam, Kurunegala, Badulla, Hambantota, Monaragala, Kegalle, Kalutara, Batticaloa, Nuwara Eliya, Matale, Anuradhapura and Ratnapura Districts on the detrimental effects of corruption and the importance of transparency and accountability. Participants, including community leaders, youth and civil society members were educated on tools like the Right to Information Act, which empowers citizens to demand accountability from public institutions.

These sessions emphasized the role of citizens in combating corruption and fostering good governance at the grassroots level.

#TISL #SriLanka #AntiCorruption #IACD2024 #UnitedAgainstCorruption #RTI

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2024 ජාත්‍යන්තර දූෂණ විරෝධී දිනයට සමගාමීව ට්‍රාන්ස්පේරන්සි ඉන්ටනැෂනල් ශ්‍රී ලංකා ආයතනය (TISL) විසින් “දූෂණයට එරෙහිව තාරුණ්‍යය සමග එක් වෙමු! හෙට දවසේ සුපිළිපන්නභාවය ගොඩනඟමු!” යන තේමාව යටතේ රචනා තරගයක් උතුරු පළාතේ තරුණ තරුණියන් අතර සංවිධානය කරන ලදී.

අප වෙත රචනා 120ක් පමණ ලැබුණු අතර ස්වාධීන විනිශ්චය මණ්ඩලයක් මගින් තෝරාගනු ලැබූ ජයග්‍රාහකයින් තිදෙනෙකු වෙත මුදල් ත්‍යාග පිරිනැමිණි. මෙම අවස්ථාවට අල්ලස් හා දූෂණ විරෝධය පිළිබඳ දැනුම්වත් කිරීමේ සැසියක් ඇතුළත් වූ අතර, තරුණ තරුණියන් විසින් සුපිළිපන්නභාවය සහ විනිවිදභාවයේ වැදගත්කම ඉස්මතු කෙරෙන ප්‍රසාංගික අංගද ඉදිරිපත් කෙරුනි.

මෙහිදී කතා කළ ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ මාධ්‍යවේදී එස්. කබිල්නාත් සහ TISL ආයතනයේ ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ වැඩසටහන් කළමනාකරු ගෞරීස්වරන් කිරුපයිරාජා ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තුළ දූෂණයේ බලපෑම පිළිබඳව අවධානය යොමු කළහ. වව්නියාව, මුලතිව්, කිලිනොච්චිය, යාපනය, මන්නාරම සහ අනුරාධපුරය යන ප්‍රදේශවලින් පැමිණි 95 දෙනෙක් පමණ මෙම අවස්ථාවට සහභාගි වූහ.

2024 சர்வதேச ஊழல் எதிர்ப்பு தினத்தை முன்னிட்டு, “ஊழலுக்கெதிரான நாளைய தேசத்தை உருவாக்குவதில் இளைஞர்கள் நாம் ஒன்றிணைவோம்” என்ற தலைப்பில், ட்ரான்ஸ்பேரன்சி இன்டர்நெஷனல் ஸ்ரீலங்கா (TISL) வடமாகாண இளைஞர், யுவதிகளுக்கிடையே கட்டுரைப் போட்டியொன்றை ஏற்பாடு செய்தது.

நாங்கள் சுமார் 120 கட்டுரைகளைப் பெற்றோம், மேலும் மூன்று வெற்றியாளர்கள் சுயாதீன நடுவர் குழுவால் தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டு பரிசுகள் வழங்கப்பட்டன. இந்நிகழ்ச்சியில், இலஞ்சம் மற்றும் ஊழலுக்கு எதிரான விழிப்புணர்வுகளுடன், நேர்மையும் வெளிப்படைத்தன்மையும் ஆகியவற்றின் முக்கியத்துவத்தை எடுத்துரைக்கும் இளைஞர்களின் கலைநிகழ்ச்சிகளும் நடைபெற்றன.

சிரேஷ்ட பத்திரிகையாளர் எஸ். கபில்நாத் மற்றும் TISLன் சிரேஷ்ட நிகழ்ச்சித்திட்ட முகாமையாளர், கௌரீஸ்வரன் கிருபைராஜா ஆகியோர் இலங்கையில் ஊழலின் தாக்கம் குறித்து உரையாற்றினர். வவுனியா, முல்லைத்தீவு, கிளிநொச்சி, யாழ்ப்பாணம், மன்னார் மற்றும் அனுராதபுரம் ஆகிய பகுதிகளைச் சேர்ந்த சுமார் 95 பேர் இந்நிகழ்வில் கலந்து கொண்டனர்.

Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) organized an essay written competition among youth in the North under the theme “Uniting with Youth Against Corruption: Shaping Tomorrow’s Integrity” parallel to the ‘International Anti-Corruption Day 2024’.

Three winners, who were selected by an independent judge panel from over 120 submissions, were given cash prizes. The event included an awareness raising session on Anti-Bribery and Corruption as well as various performances by youth which highlighted the importance of integrity and transparency.

About 95 participants from Vavuniya, Mullaithivu, Killinochchi, Jaffna, Mannar and Anuradhapura participated in the programme. Senior Journalist S. Kabilnath and TISL Senior Programme Manager Gowriswaran Kirupairajah spoke about the impact of corruption in Sri Lanka.
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𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐋 𝐔𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐬

Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) unveiled the ‘Corruption Risk Mapping Research: A Study on Sri Lanka’s Private Sector' yesterday (December 12) at the BMICH in Colombo, presenting an in-depth analysis of corruption risks in Sri Lanka’s private sector and possible measures to address them. The research compiled by an Independent Researcher, documents and narrates alleged experiences and examples of private sector corruption, possibly for the first time in Sri Lanka.

Corruption in Sri Lanka for the most part has been seen as a public sector problem. This research, however, indicates that the private sector often functions as the “supply side” of corruption. The allegations narrated showed a high risk of corruption when dealing with relevant government departments for approvals and licences across all industries. The Report also documents allegations of corruption when bidding for government contracts, particularly in relation to pharmaceuticals and large-scale infrastructure projects.

Allegations of corruption documented in the Report between private sector entities includes kickbacks, gratifications and favours, fraud, unethical manipulation of procurement processes, conflicts of interest, nepotism and favouritism. Interestingly, the research also revealed allegations of private sector entities engaging in political lobbying and significant market manipulation through the creation of monopolies. The research showed that gender dynamics also affected the nature of corruption. Respondents alleged that women were at a higher risk of being solicited for sexual bribes in exchange for jobs, promotions or even to provide a service.

The Report highlights that while public listed companies are heavily regulated, their unlisted subsidiaries face fewer regulations. This enables the parent company to outsource their corruption to a subsidiary or sub-subsidiary. The Report identifies the lack of a strong regulator, internal controls, and regular financial and social audits as some of the risk factors that lead to private sector corruption. It has also been found that new market entrants often resort to corruption as a means of survival in the absence of a conducive business environment.

The Report proposes the private sector to adopt robust anti-bribery and corruption policies with whistle-blower protection, and to pursue collective action to mitigate corruption. It calls on the Government to establish stronger regulatory bodies, digitalize processes, and enhance procurement practices.

The Report Launch was followed by a Panel Discussion titled “Beyond Compliance: True Business Integrity in a Box-Ticking World”. Ms. Averil Ludowyke, an Independent Non-Executive Director at several leading private sector organisations, and Ms. Rukshani Wanigasekara, Senior Manager Corporate Legal - Cargills Ceylon were panellists and the session was moderated by Mr. Gowthaman Balachandran, Chief of Party for Transparent and Accountable Governance Project supported by USAID.

𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭: www.tisrilanka.org/crmr/

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