Section 3

The functions of the Institute shall be -

the Functions of the Institute.

to provide training to the members and officers and servants of Provincial Councils and local authorities with a view to equipping them to perform their official duties efficiently and effectively ;

to conduct workshops and training courses on provincial and local government management ;

to award certificates to those who have success-fully completed the training courses conducted by the Institute ;

to assist in the building up of a cadre of competent provincial and local government officers and personnel in the country, with a view to ensuring good governance ;

to make available to Provincial Councils and local authorities, the services of specialists in provincial and local government management ;

to assist Provincial Councils and local authorities in improving their organizational systems and management capability ;

to undertake consultancy assignments in the field of provincial and local government ;

to provide a forum for a critical appraisal of provincial and local government organizational management systems and practices ;

to assist Provincial Management Development and

to collaborate with other organizations, in Sri Lanka or abroad having objects similar to those of the

to sponsor and hold, conferences and seminars and to publish books and magazines, on provincial and local government ;

to provide necessary data and information to the

to disseminate information on the functions and activities of the Institute to the relevant institutions and to the public ;

to conduct, promote and assist research into all aspects of provincial and local government.