Ceylon Chamber’s ‘Right to Information and Private Sector’ webinar on Jan. 18

Creating awareness and engaging the private sector on one of the most important anti-corruption tools in a democracy, the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce will conduct a webinar on ‘The Right to Information and the Private Sector’, on Tuesday, January 18, 2022.

The webinar is conducted in collaboration with Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL), the Sri Lankan chapter of Transparency International (TI), the leading global movement against corruption. 

TISL was a strong advocate for the creation of an RTI law in Sri Lanka for many years and has since its enactment been providing training and assistance to public authorities, civil society and the public on RTI. 

As RTI is one of the most important anti-corruption tools, which allows citizens and businesses to access information held by public authorities, the webinar will highlight the salient points of the RTI Act of 2016, in which the private sector has been identified as the public authorities liable to respond to RTI requests in certain, specific instances. 

The session will offer insights into the benefits of RTI, including how the private sector can proactively utilise it to ensure greater transparency and enhance positive public perception, as entities committed to high standards of corporate disclosure and integrity, while also using it to address internal operational concerns. 

The webinar will be conducted by leading experts in the fields of anti-corruption and governance, trade and policy development and legal affairs. TISL Deputy Executive Director Sankitha Gunaratne and Verité Research Research Director Subhashini Abeysinghe will present the session, which will be moderated by Attorney-at-Law Mokshini Jayamanne. The corporate partners for the webinar are London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and Hutch. 

The webinar will be conducted from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., on January 18, via MS Teams. 

Participation is free and registration is now open at https://event.chamber.lk/Details/Event/150.