Re-drawing the Margins – Meaningful engagement of plantation communities in democracy and governance.
Target Beneficiaries:600,000 people living and working on tea plantations & 100,000 people living in adjacent Sinhalese villages
Donor/Client: European Union
Contract Period: December 2015 – December 2018.
Location: Kandy, Matale, Nuwara Eliya Districts – Central Province, Badulla and Monaragala Districts –Uva Province, Sri Lanka.
- Generated evidence required for policy dialogue.
- Lobbied with Provincial Councils and Central Government to formulate and implement policies.
- Created public awareness to bring issues into wider social discourse.
- Built capacity of Pradeshiya Sabhas and Provincial Councils.
- Strengthened Civil Society Organizations on participatory governance, planning, budgeting and income generation.
- Facilitated language training for officials working in Pradeshiya Sabhas.
- Monitored effective implementation of National Language Policy.
- Formulation of a Policy on Women by the targeted Provincial Councils.
- Targeted Pradeshiya Sabhas and Provincial Councils demonstrate increased institutional capacity and accountability, delivering efficient, inclusive, transparent and accountable services.
- Effective implementation of the National Language Policy which facilitates bilingual service provision by local authorities.
