Annual Report 2005 - Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka
Annual Report 2005 - Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka
Annual Report 2005 - Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka
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Two Decades at a Glance 1985 - <strong>2005</strong>1993• Initiation <strong>of</strong> the IPSEndowment Fund• Introduction <strong>of</strong> theSenior Visiting Fellowand Project Internshipprogrammes1994• Office premisesrelocated to St.Michael’s Road,Colombo 3• Appointment <strong>of</strong> a newExecutive Director inDecember1995• Introduction <strong>of</strong> a policyinput-oriented monthlypublic seminarprogramme, andmonthly in-houseseminar programme• Initiation <strong>of</strong> projectwork• Initiation <strong>of</strong> IPS Health<strong>Policy</strong> Programme as anindependent pilotproject• Introduction <strong>of</strong> aManual <strong>of</strong> Operations• First contribution to theEndowment Fund <strong>of</strong>C$ 1 million from theGovernment <strong>of</strong> Canada1996• First ExternalEvaluation <strong>of</strong> the IPS• MOUs with foreignuniversities forexchange programesinitiated2002• Creation <strong>of</strong> thePublications andCommunications Unitand initiation <strong>of</strong> inhousedesktoppublishing• Production <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sri</strong><strong>Lanka</strong> National HealthAccounts• Initiation <strong>of</strong> in-houseweb developmentactivities2003• Creation <strong>of</strong> theInformation SystemsUnit• Launch <strong>of</strong> redesignedIPS public website2004• Initiation <strong>of</strong> an intranetIPS Corporate Websiteand increasing the IPSIntranet Bandwidth to512 kbps• IPS placed under theMinistry <strong>of</strong> AdvancedTechnology andNational EnterpriseDevelopment byGazette Notification inNovember<strong>2005</strong>• Creation <strong>of</strong> newposition <strong>of</strong> DeputyDirector• Initiated translation <strong>of</strong>IPS publications intoSinhala and Tamillanguages• Compilation <strong>of</strong> inputoutputtables for <strong>Sri</strong><strong>Lanka</strong>• IPS placed under theMinistry <strong>of</strong> PlanImplementation byGazette Notification inDecember