Pathfinder-SLPI webinar on right to information

The  Pathfinder Foundation together with the Sri Lanka Press Institute will hold the webinar on ‘Right to Information: Gains of the Present and Priorities for the Future’ to coincide with the World Press Freedom Day 2021 and scheduled to be held on 3rd May at 3.30 pm. to 4.45 pm IST.

To access the webinar and discussion via zoom click on the link Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting. The meeting ID for the event is 883 8464 9084.

The webinar will include presentations by the Right to Information Commission, Sri Lanka and Central Information Commission (CIC), India, two panels on ‘Implementing RTI: Development Priorities & Exposing Corruption’ and ‘RTI, Privacy, and Data Protection’

The six-member panel comprises Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha, Chief Information Commissioner, Central Information Commission, India, Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena, Commissioner, Right to Information Commission of Sri Lanka, Shyamlal Yadav, Senior Editor, The Indian Express, Ashwini Natesan, Independent researcher and advocate, Jayantha Fernando, Director, Sri Lanka CERT and General Counsel, ICTA, and Prof. M.Sridhar, former Commissioner, Central Information Commission of India. The panel will be moderated by journalist, Waruna Karunatilake.