Launch of the Reports, Online Dashboard and Video Documentary of the Electronic Citizen Report Card (eCRC), on Secondary Education and Local Government Service Delivery
Tuesday, 22 January 2019, Jasmine Committee Room, BMICH , Bauddhaloka Mawatha Colombo 7. The Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA) and ACTED, in collaboration with zonal education departments and Local governments in Batticaloa, Monaragala and Mullaitivu Districts, will be launching the benchmark reports of the Electronic Citizens Report Card (e-CRC) on the delivery of secondary education […]
CEPA Open Forum on Educational Inequalities in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka has had a history of educational policies driven towards providing universal access to education. This has helped the country to expand its access to education, especially for primary and junior secondary education. Yet, this expansion in access was not accompanied by similar quality improvements, with a recent World Bank study quantifying a 4.7 […]
Launch of the Reports, Online Dashboard and Video Documentary of the Electronic Citizen Report Card (eCRC), on Secondary Education and Local Government Service Delivery
Tuesday, 22 January 2019, Jasmine Committee Room, BMICH , Bauddhaloka Mawatha Colombo 7. The Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA) and ACTED, in collaboration with zonal education departments and Local governments in Batticaloa, Monaragala and Mullaitivu Districts, will be launching the benchmark reports of the Electronic Citizens Report Card (e-CRC) on the delivery of secondary education […]
‘Neighbourhood Mapping’ as a Means for an Inclusive City. Findings of a Pilot Study in Wekanda, Colombo 0258th Open Forum
08 Jun 2018 by CEPA The Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA) cordially invites you to the 58th Open Forum on ‘Neighbourhood Mapping’ as a Means for an Inclusive City; a participatory research study carried out in Kompannaweediya (Slave Island) with the Wekanda community. Agenda 4.05 – 4.15 pm : Welcome and setting the context: Karin Fernando […]
Living on the Margins: The Role of Borderland Brokers in Post-War Transitions
How are Sri Lanka and Nepal changing after war? How has the relationship between centre and periphery shaped war and the post-war transition? What is the role of local leaders from the margins or ‘borderland brokers’? Visit our Living on the Margins exhibition to explore these questions. We reflect on the meaning of borders, examine […]
Even Fish have an Ethnicity – 57th Open Forum on how Ethnic Identities Mediate Livelihoods in a Fishing Community in Post-War Sri Lanka
30 Jan 2018 by CEPA 180109-Flyer-A study on how ethnic identities-fishing community Presenting her findings from her PhD thesis titled, ‘“Even Fish have an Ethnicity’: Livelihoods and Identities of Men and Women in War-affected Coastal Trincomalee, Sri Lanka”, Senior Researcher Gayathri Lokuge argued that women work in the fringes of the fishing industry in Trincomalee and […]
The Political Economy of Long-Term Revenue Decline in Sri Lanka
11 Jul 2017, Posted by Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA)
Ecosystem-Based Adaptation in Sri Lanka – What Scope for Empowerment of Vulnerable Communities?
15 Jun 2017 by the Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA) A presentation was made by Stephen Woroniecki, a PhD candidate on his preliminary findings, highlighting how Ecosystem-based approaches to climate change Adaptation (EbA) may provide opportunities for empowerment among social groups that have the least capabilities to address climate change. He has conducted an empirical […]