Annual Report 2005 - Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka

Two Decades at a Glance 1985 -20051985198919911985 - 1996• IPS Project located inthe Ministry of Financeand Planning with aResident Coordinatorfrom the ISS, TheHague, with fundingunder Phase I of SriLanka-NetherlandsTechnical Cooperationproject1988• IPS established underAct of Parliament No.53 of 1988• Appointment of theExecutive Director andBoard of Governors• Office premises shiftedto the DFCC Building,Colombo 31990• IPS comes into formaloperation under theMinistry of Financeand Planning byGazette Notification inApril• Commencement of IPSPhase II funding• Appointment of a newResident Coordinator1992• Initiation of the IPSState of the EconomyReport• Initiation ofmacroeconomic database1997199920011997 - 2005• Commencement of IPSPhase III funding• Introduction of the IPSAnnual Report• Appointed as the focalpoint of the IOR-ARCacademic group in SriLanka• Appointed as theMIMAP project partnerin Sri Lanka1998• Introduction of amonthly Book Reviewseries• Initiation of aProfessorial Chair• Appointed as the focalpoint of the SAARCResearch Network• Donation of land by theGovernment of SriLanka for constructionof the IPS Head Office• Amendment to the IPSAct• Endowment Fund Trustcomes into operation• Resident Coordinatorposition abolished inAugust2000• Launch of the SouthAsia Economic Journal,an international journaljointly with RIS India• Partner Institution inSri Lanka for the SouthAsia Centre for PolicyStudies (SACEPS)• IPS placed underMinistry of IndustrialDevelopment byGazette Notificaiton inAugust• Commencement of IPSPhase IV Operation• Core ResearchProgramme andResearch Units comeinto Operation• Creation of newposition of Director-Administration andCorporate Affairs anddecentralization ofadministrationfunctions• IPS placed underMinistry of PolicyDevelopment andImplementation byGazette Notification inDecember• IPS public websitelaunched• IPS library intranetservices launched