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Colombo 7, Sri Lanka
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IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE
TRAINING ON FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FOR YOUTH PARLIAMENT
The Sri Lankan Youth Parliament (SLYP) (a project of the Banadaranaike Centre for International Studies) organized a workshop to train a group of its members on Financial Management. The participants attended the workshop to receive information and knowledge relating to managing funds for their community based projects. The workshop was organized as a pre-event for SLYP’s Mini grant programme through which a number of action plans developed by SLYP’s members are expected to be funded. The topics that were covered during the workshop included Resource Mobilization,, Accounting Records, Financial Monitoring and Internal Control System.
23 selected members coming from different parts of the country took part in this workshop. Mrs. Verni Vijayarajah a free lance trainer and Mr.S.A.D.L.Weerasinghe CEO of Irritech Pvt Ltd were the resource persons. The workshop was organized utilizing a grant made available to SLYP by OTI of USAID.
The Sri Lanka Youth Parliament (SLYP): SLYP is a youth led, youth run initiative, which mobilizes and supports a network of young people to bring about positive and sustainable change to issues that affect youth and their communities in Sri Lanka. The network was created at the first sitting of SLYP held in August 2005. 225 young people from all around the country came together at this sitting and formulated action plans for social change, both individual and collective, numbering over 200. These youth make up the first generation of young people involved with the Sri Lankan Youth Parliament looking into the areas of Peace Building, Human Rights,Women’s Rights,Child Rights,HIV/AIDS & Health, Youth Employment,Youth Empowerment,Youth Culture,Sustainable Development,Education and Environment. The SLYP Secretariat, supported and managed by the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies, provides support to these young people in implementing these action plans. The Secretariat is also involved with projects with various development partners, both government and civil society, at the national level, to increase youth participation in decision and policy making.
End of News Release Date: 15th May 2007
Dr. Thusitha Tennakoon
Director/BCIS
For more information contact Sheela Daskara at sheela@bcis.edu.lk or 0777 350133
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