Compiled by a team led by the Former Speaker of the Parliament Deshabandhu Karu Jayasuriya per request by the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Hon Ranil Wickremasinghe.
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- List of proposed Sectoral Oversight Committees
(In naming the new Sectoral Oversight Committees for the 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka we used the fifteen sectors used in a Rationalized Method for Cabinet Formation proposed by the Verite Research in 2020 as the framework for the analysis. Secondly, we aligned the subjects of the Sectoral Oversight Committees that were in operation during 2015-2020 in the eighth Parliament of Sri Lanka with the Verite Research Framework, and thirdly, renamed the sectors to reflect the urgency of addressing issues arising from a prolonged economic crisis )
- Alleviating the impact of the economic crisis by strengthening mechanisms for equitable and efficient provision of relief, recovery, and healing for people, with a focus on the neediest
- Energy & Transport – for Optimizing energy sources and energy uses
- Food Security and Agriculture – for ensuring food security and increasing revenues from agriculture exports
- Increasing Export of Goods and Services – to build our foreign reserves and meeting local demand
- Education – for optimizing resources to build a future generation with the essential competencies to face unprecedented challenges
- Health – for maintaining minimum Health and Nutrition standards for a population living under extreme economic conditions
- An Open and Accountable Government – to respond to demands by society led by youth for system change
- International Relations – to win the trust and respect of the international community
- National Security – for redefining national security and harnessing the strength our security forces for relief, recovery, and healing of the nation.
- Foreign Employment and Labor – for increasing opportunities for youth and ensuring dignity of labor for all
- A Just and Law-Abiding Society – for building people’s trust with the law-and-order establishments leading to a law-abiding society
- Environment, Natural Resources and Sustainable Development – for ensuring protection as the nation faces the challenge of rapid economic development under difficult circumstances.
- Media, Youth, Heritage, and New Citizen– for creating a space for youth to define a new citizenship with an appreciation for our heritage
- Reconciliation and National Unity – for bringing together religions for the healing of a society reeling from multiple conflicts and calamities
- Children, Women and Gender – for Ensuring children’s safety and their cognitive, physical, and psychosocial development, Empowering Women, and Addressing Gender & LGBTQ issues
- Economic and Physical Planning – to provide the foundation for relief, recovery, and healing efforts of the government
