1^st August 2021 to 31^st July 2022

Project Background:    

The Capacity Development of Local Governments (CDLG) Project of UNDP Sri Lanka is part of larger efforts by the Government of Sri Lanka to strengthen the local governance system in the country. These efforts are supported by the European Union, and the World Bank. The Government of Sri Lanka will implement the Local Development Support Project (LDSP) in four provinces – North, North Central, Eastern, and Uva – to strengthen local service delivery and local economic infrastructure and enhance bottom-up approaches to support public engagement in local decision-making processes, including through participatory planning and feedback mechanisms for service delivery.

The overall objective of the CDLG project is to strengthen the capacities of LAs to be inclusive, responsive, and “Praja Mandala” accountable and be able to plan, enhance resilience, and deliver better services. It is about improving local governance systems and making local governments “fit for future”, as well as increase downward accountability of elected officials and local governments.

To ensure the local authorities accountable, the capacities of the society need to be enhanced. So that, Palm Foundation partnered with UNDP, CDLG Project to promote the citizen participation in North Central Province through “Enhance Community Empowerment for Meaningful Engagement Project”. Project has clustered 50 selected “Praja Mandala” in to three clusters as, Cluster 1 and Cluster 2 under the Anuradhapura district and Cluster 3 in to Polonnaruwa District.