Colombo Page: Sri Lanka: Friday,
October 07, 2016.
The
government is to establish a special office to disseminate information on the
Right to Information Act (RTIA) in Battaramulla, Parliamentary Reforms and Mass
Media Minister Gayantha Karunathilake said yesterday.
The Ministry
Parliamentary Reforms and Mass Media office hopes to set up the office by the
end of October. The office will be headed by former Secretary to the Ministry
of Post and Telecommunications Piyatissa Ranasinghe, the Minister said.
"We will
also get a list of RTI officers appointed to each ministry by the end of this
month. We will start training them from next month," the Minister said as
the Ministry is on a tight schedule to meet the deadlines for implementation of
the RTI Act.
Addressing the
Cabinet media briefing held at the Government Information Department Wednesday,
the Minister explained that there were many takeaways from the International
Conference on RTI and Media Reforms held on 28-29 September on the
implementation of the Act. The Mass Media Ministry has also promised to publish
a discussion paper on the key findings of the Conference at the end of this
week.
Another key
point discussed at the conference was the establishment of an Media Training
Academy and Minister Karunathilake said steps would be taken next to embark on
this ambitious plan.
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