Human Resources and Development

Objectives

• To identify Training requirements of the officers in the Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government to facilitate and conduct training programs.
• Fair distribution of Foreign and Local Training opportunities.
• To utilize the government fund effectively.
• To motivate the staff to enhance the effectiveness and productivity of the services delivered.

Key Functions

• Identification of local and foreign training needs of all the officers serving under this Ministry.
• Dealing with duty leave to be spent out of Sri Lanka, of all the officers serving in departments and other institutions belonging to this Ministry.
• Making the officers aware of long term foreign training courses received through Department of External Resources.
• Taking action regarding the nomination of suitable officers for short term foreign training programmes.
• Collecting information and maintaining data bases in order to provide reports/ information required for selecting suitable officers for short term foreign training programmes.
  • Information with regard to foreign training programmes in which the officers have participated.
  • Information with regard to qualifications of the officers (educational, English language proficiency)
• Obtaining foreign training opportunities through preparing the required reports/proposals together with donor agencies.
• Dealing with foreign training opportunities received directly
• Taking follow up actions to examine the way in which the officers apply knowledge and experience gained from the foreign training programmes, for the development of their institution.
• Making the officers aware of and directing them for local long term training opportunities ( post graduate degrees and post graduate diplomas)
• Obtaining training opportunities contacting local training institutes.
• Collection of necessary information for a financial control over settling fees of the training courses and maintaining data bases.
• Taking Actions with regard to settling fees of the local training courses of the officers belonging to this Ministry.
• Identification of the language training needs of all the officers serving under this Ministry and implementing the programmes required to meet them.
• Organizing outbound training programmes.
• Taking action with regard to re-establishment of Public Service Training Institute.
  • Providing facilities for conducting training programmes for non-managerial public officers at district level.
  • Preparation of suitable training programmes and introduction of training policies for officers at non-managerial level in the public service.
  • Carrying out an overall evaluation of existing training workshops and maintaining reports.
  • Calling estimates for training courses relevant to districts and making provisions for them.
  • Identifying training needs for resource persons and coordination of activities with regard to directing them for relevant training courses.

Organization Structure

Contact Details

Mrs. R.P.M.S. Rajapaksa Senior Assistant Secretary Tel : +94 11 2694041 (Ext - 709) Fax : +94 11 2698461 E-mail : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Mrs. R.M.T.K. Ranathunga Assistant Secretary Tel : +94 11 2698464 (Ext - 707) Fax : +94 11 2698461 E-mail : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.