The Parliament of Sri Lanka held the first on-site international training on evaluation for Parliamentarians and Parliament research staff in the Asia Pacific region. A total of 50 Parliamentarians and Parliament research staff from around 20 countries across the Asia Pacific region visited the Parliament of Sri Lanka last week for an exchange session and a dialogue on the importance of evidence-based policy making through evaluations.
This event marked the culmination of the four-day “Better Policy Making Through Evaluations” training that took place from 27 to 30 March 2023, in Colombo, which is the first on-site international training on evaluation for Parliamentarians and Parliament research staff in the Asia Pacific region. The session was held in Parliament under the patronage of Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana. and with the participation of Leader of the House Dr. Susil Premajayantha, Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa, Chair of the Global Parliamentarians Forum for Evaluation and Member of Parliament Kabir Hashim, and Secretary General of the Parliament Dhammika Dasanayake.
The exchange session aimed to showcase the Parliament of Sri Lanka’s achievements in institutionalising evaluations and in developing robust national evaluation capacities. The session featured presentations by Assistant Secretary General of the Parliament Tikiri Jayathilake, Vice Chancellor of the University of Kelaniya Senior Prof. Nilanthi De Silva, Founder and Director of the Center of Evaluation at the Saarland University Prof. Reinhard Stockmann, and Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Evaluation Office Marco Segone.
Source By themorning.lk
