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Tuesday, August 25, 2009 - 6.52 GMT |
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US funds
language training in EP |
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Sinhala
and
Tamil
language
training
to
elected
government
officials
and
staff
from 11
local
government
authorities
in
Eastern
Province
to help
them
provide
better
services
to the
multi-ethnic
communities
they
serve,
is
provided
by the
U.S.
Agency
for
International
Development
(USAID).
This is
supportive
of
President
Rajapaksa’s
policy
of
having a
bi-lingual
public
service
and
administration
throughout
the
country.
Six
trainers
will
conduct
Tamil
language
training
in early
September
for
local
government
officials
and
staff
from
Thambalagamuwa
and
Seruvila
Pradeshiya
Sabhas
and the
Ampara
Urban
Council
while
another
15
trainers
will
conduct
Sinhala
language
training
in
Thambalagamuwa,
Muthur,
Verugal
,
Alaiyadivembu
,
Ninthavur
,
Manmununai
West,
Manmunai
South-West,
Eravur
Town and
Porativupattu
Pradeshiya
Sabhas.
USAID,
the
development
agency
of the
U.S.
Government,
is also
funding
a
three-year
initiative
to
promote
good
governance
and
human
security
in the
East
entitled
Supporting
Regional
Governance
(SuRG)
to build
participatory
and
transparent
local
government
and to
improve
responsiveness
to local
community
needs.
Twenty-one
trainers
from the
three
Eastern
Province
districts
completed
Training
of
Trainers
(ToT)
program
conducted
by the
Official
Language
Department
(OLD)
will now
provide
Sinhala
and
Tamil
language
training
to 149
elected
government
officials
and
staff at
11 local
authority
partners
in the
Eastern
Province.
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