Key Objectives

• To support Local Authorities in Sri Lanka to deliver services and Local infrastructure in a responsive and accountable manner.     
• To increase mobility and enhance the quality of living standards of the rural communities.
• To improve the connectivity in the Provinces by improving of Provincial and Rural Roads and Bridges.
• To provide improved better infrastructure facilities & services to the public specially, drinking water for CKD areas while uplifting the Local Authorities from the present backwardness.
• To Improve Urban Environment and better public health for Urban and Suburban residents through improved marine and inland water quality and a resulting improvement in hygiene and sanitary condition.
• To promote the effective and sustainable management of the irrigation infrastructure, and to achieve sustainable improvement of water and land productivity.
• To enhance access to quality of primary and secondary education to provide a foundation for the knowledge-based economic and social development of the country.
• To upgrade the standards of performance of the public health system and enable it to better respond to the challenges of malnutrition and non - communicable diseases.

Key Activities

Projects Monitoring Unit

• To achieve project objectives with the coordination of foreign funded projects with line Ministries, departments, project management units and other relevant parties.
• To monitor the progress of ongoing projects.
• To hold National Project Steering Committees.
• Preparation of Cabinet Memoranda related to projects.
• Administrative affairs including cadre recruitment for the projects.
• To liaise with the other divisions of the Ministry.

Mission and Contribution

Creation of effective and efficient provincial council system by facilitating the functionality of the provincial councils, coordination between central government and provincial councils and development of human resources in the provincial councils for ensuring an effective and efficient provincial council system which fulfills the people’s expectations and strengthening the decentralized governing body.

Objective

To bring about an effective and efficient Provincial Council administrative system through facilitating the Provincial Council operations, well coordination between the central government and the Provincial Councils.

Role

• Compilation of laws and provision of consultancy to introduce methodological and proper solid waste management activities for the Local authorities.
• Provision of proper technical support on solid waste management for the Local government institutions.
• Promoting the local authorities for the creating of local and foreign experience of solid waste management.
• Supporting to the Local authorities to obtain technical and financial assistance from the non - government organizations and financial institutions.
• Construction and development of environmental conservation centers (compost projects) in local authorities.
• Improvement of 3R methodology
• Providing of compost barrels for the domestic waste management.
• Providing of compost barrels for the waste management in schools.
• Implementation of national program of collecting of waste separately to improve the waste management in local authorities.
• Printing and distributing of waste separation awareness posters and hand bills for the local authorities and school children.
• Making aware the community about waste management using the electronic media
• Preparation of advertisements.

Implementation of awareness programmes

• Conducting of capacity development training programs for the health labour officers for solid waste management. (Providing of National Vocational Qualification - NVQ 4)
• Conducting of awareness program on the Thakathura method, a new methodology of preparation of compost
• Implementation of awareness program of waste management for the school children.Special Projects
• Fulfilling of project work of recycling of sewerage waste under the Punarudaya national programme on environment conservation directed by the presidential secretariat.
• Supporting to remove the residence from Meethotamulla waste yard which used by the Colombo Municipal Council to discard garbage, to obtain further space in the yard.
• Activities of removing of garbage at the pradeshiya sabha limits of Kolonnawa, Kotikawatta, Mulleriyawa where affected by flood

Providing of vehicles and instruments for the solid waste management

• Providing of bob cats, alarm instrument kit, compactors for the local authorities so as to cover the 9 provinces.
• Preparation of plans for the waste management for the 09 provinces is being made as per instructions of consultant’s council of specialist committee for the compilation of strategies, policies and plans for the waste management and the instructions of the specialist committee.

Contribution to the Vision and Mission of the Ministry

Local government division equally contribute to fulfill the  mission of the ministry by ensuring  an effective and efficient service according to the aspirations of the public by: assisting local government authorities when they require to  purchase  machinery / equipment , assisting the improvement of office facilities, prioritizing the need of providing efficient and effective service to the public those who expect to obtain services from Provincial Councils and implementing the front office concept of Provincial councils.

In addition, local government division contribute to reach the vision of the Ministry by ensuring the local government authorities provide efficient and high quality service  through analyzing the annual performance report of local government authorities.

Portfolio

1. Incorporation and upgrading of local government authorities
2. Implementation of actions related to determination of the boundaries of local government authorities
3. Coordination with provincial chief secretaries/local government commissioners in order to give solutions to  complains made by the public who become unsatisfied when they try to obtain  the services of local government authorities.
4. Coordination with relevant local government authorities regarding the nominated representations in related to the subject of local government, by the linear ministries/departments.
5. Coordination with relevant provinces in order to implement the policy decisions taken by cabinet of ministers.

Special Programmes Implemented in Year 2017

Incorporation/Upgrading  of Local Government  Authorities

Since the need of a systematic mechanism aroused when working on the proposals made by political parties, public agents, civil organizations and the public regarding the incorporation and upgrading of local government authorities, 12 member committee appointed by ministry built a criteria on a scientific manner.

The committee report containing the above criteria was submitted to the approval of the Cabinet of ministers and they approved it on  2017/08. (Committee report and criteria) Proposals received so far from various parties regarding the incorporation/upgrading of local government authorities, will be reviewed by a committee appointed in provincial level by the Provincial Chief Secretary, and a recommendation report of the same committee will be received before those recommendations will be considered by the ministry to incorporate/upgrade the respective local government authorities according to the requests made.

Assist to Establish  Front Offices at 100 Selected Local Government Authorities

In view of providing more efficient and comprehensive service from local government authorities, the concept of front office is introduced and accordingly 108 front offices by Pura Neguma project and 101 front offices by NELSIP project are already been established and the local government department has decided to establish another 100 front offices in the year of 2017 at  local government authorities. (List of local government authorities where front offices are already established or to be established)

Accordingly, One Million Rupees is allocated for each authority to establish a  front office,  out of which  Rupees  300,000 is for purchasing of office furniture and the balance for purchasing of computers and accessories required for the front office. (Guidance) . In addition, the Ministry will guide to install the required software and to provide the training in local level for the offices to be assigned in front offices.

Performance Competition of Local Government Authorities

Local government authority management competition is conducted annually in the aim of enhancing the performance of local government authorities by means of evaluation/appreciation of their management.

For that ‘ Performance Enhancing and Confirming Tool’ ( PERFECT) which is established with a criteria developed incorporating  the scope of work of Local Government Authorities ( Human recourse management, office management, financial management, public health and sanitary affairs, roads and drainage maintenance, public facilities, welfare facilities and regulation services, etc. ), is used.

Therein the local government authorities are evaluated in provincial level and the winners among them are evaluated in national level.

In the year 2017 the  usage of ‘Performance Enhancing and Confirming Tool’ is not done, instead a performance of local authorities in the aspects of garbage disposal and Dengue control is evaluated against a criteria prepared considering timely issues of garbage disposal and Dengue hazard Information

1. List of Local Government Authorities - Sinhala
2. List of machinery& Equipment/vehicles  provided by ministries.

3. Ward Maps of LAs - Related to Delimitation

• The list of backward Local Authorities according to the new criteria - 2016 [PDF - 283 KB]
  
• The list of Sub Offices belongs to Local Authorities - as at 31/12/2017 [PDF - 519 KB]
• 1. Gazette Notification No. 1928/26 dated 21/08/2015 dated 26/1928 published based on the Report of National Delimitation Committee - Sinhala - Tamil - English
  
• 2. Gazette Notification No. 2006/44 dated 17/02/2017 published based on the report of the Appeal Investigation Committee - Sinhala - Tamil - English
• 3.1 Gazette Notification No. 2047/51 dated 02/12/2017 with the signature of H.E the President based on the committee report rectifying the printing errors, boundaries and names of the wards - Sinhala - Tamil - English
  
• 3.2 Gazette Notification No. 2047/52 dated 02/12/2017 with the signature of Hon. Faiszer Musthapha, Minister of Provincial Councils, Local Government and Sports  based on the committee report rectifying the printing errors, boundaries and names of the wards - Sinhala - Tamil - English
  
• 4. Gazette Notification No. 2052/34 dated 05/01/2018 that the ward name Enderamulla 01 in lieu of the ward name “Akbhar Town” which is the ward No. 31 of  No. 16 – Mahara Pradeshiya Sabha of  Gampaha District - Sinhala - Tamil - English
• නව පළාත් පාලන ආයතන සංස්ථාපනය සහ පවත්නා පළාත් පාලන ආයතන උසස් කිරීම සඳහා නිර්ණායක නිර්දේශ කිරීමේ කමිටු වාර්තාව 2017 [PDF - 1 MB]
• Invitation of public Opinion regarding Taxes, License Fees and other Fees charged by the Local Government Institutions
  • English [PDF - 80 KB]
  • Sinhala [PDF - 437 KB]
  • Tamil [PDF - 112 KB]

4. Summery of LAs (as at 2019.05.31)

5. Contact Details of LAs

6. Contact Details of CLGs (as at 14.06.2021)

7. Number of Local Government Institutions & the number of representatives in those Local Government Institutions(as at 15.03.2020)

8. Information about the offices of the Assistant Commissioners of Local Government (as at 15.09.2020)

9. Circular for Providing information technological solutions for the services delivered by the local authorities