NPC Executive Director Dr. Jehan Perera spoke on current political situation and role of civil society representatives in protecting civic space. People had to come forward to challenge corruption and governance related malpractices, he said.

Mr. Sasik de Silva from Social Scientists’ Association outlined the findings from research on community level citizenship, which was conducted to understand people’s attitudes to freedom of association, pluralism and civic participation and to identify ways to improve of attitudes of village leaders towards member of other communities.

A discussion was held about the objectives of the project, its desired outcome and obstacles.