Annual Report 2005 - Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka

Two Decades at a Glance 1985 - 20051993• Initiation of the IPSEndowment Fund• Introduction of theSenior Visiting Fellowand Project Internshipprogrammes1994• Office premisesrelocated to St.Michael’s Road,Colombo 3• Appointment of a newExecutive Director inDecember1995• Introduction of a policyinput-oriented monthlypublic seminarprogramme, andmonthly in-houseseminar programme• Initiation of projectwork• Initiation of IPS HealthPolicy Programme as anindependent pilotproject• Introduction of aManual of Operations• First contribution to theEndowment Fund ofC$ 1 million from theGovernment of Canada1996• First ExternalEvaluation of the IPS• MOUs with foreignuniversities forexchange programesinitiated2002• Creation of thePublications andCommunications Unitand initiation of inhousedesktoppublishing• Production of SriLanka National HealthAccounts• Initiation of in-houseweb developmentactivities2003• Creation of theInformation SystemsUnit• Launch of redesignedIPS public website2004• Initiation of an intranetIPS Corporate Websiteand increasing the IPSIntranet Bandwidth to512 kbps• IPS placed under theMinistry of AdvancedTechnology andNational EnterpriseDevelopment byGazette Notification inNovember2005• Creation of newposition of DeputyDirector• Initiated translation ofIPS publications intoSinhala and Tamillanguages• Compilation of inputoutputtables for SriLanka• IPS placed under theMinistry of PlanImplementation byGazette Notification inDecember