In the fulfillment of its mandate, CPA's programming focusses on the mutually reinforcing areas of democratic governance and peace.

Polling encompasses:

• Public opinion surveys on contemporary social and political issues
• Regular polls to ascertain levels of public confidence in the Sri Lankan peace process
• Maintanence of a comprehensive database on socio-political and economic indicators on peace and governance in Sri Lanka

Ongoing projects and programmes

Public Opinion Poll on the use of Tamil as an Administrative Language
On behalf of the Foundation for Co-Existence (FCE), SI will conduct the “Public Opinion Poll on the use of Tamil as an Administrative Language”, a quantitative study covering a total sample of 1690 respondents across 22 districts. This study envisages not only to understand public awareness and their knowledge on the Official Language Policy (OLP) but would also examine the attitudes of various communities i.e. Ethnic groups, Educational backgrounds, Occupation status etc towards the implementation of the OLP. The study will focus on the use of OLP implementation in the areas of registration of births/deaths, obtaining IDs, registr...