| Action-oriented/applied research
forms the backbone of the centre’s work and is focused
upon several critical development themes as follows: |
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• Human resource
development in the rural sector •
Utilization of physical Resources in the rural sector
• Rural growth linkages
• University-community extension
services
• Wholesale trade centres in Sri
Lanka
• Provincial Development Plans
• Community-based tourism
• Small and Medium Enterprise development
• Socio-demographic/economic atlases
for small area population levels
• Institutional and capacity building
• Participatory research
• People’s consultation on
post-tsunami RRR in Sri Lanka |
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| Training |
| Short-term Training Courses: |
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• Designed to policy makers, planners,
administrators and development professionals on a variety
of development themes. |
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| Advisory
Services and Extension Work |
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• This is geared to meet the
increasing demand for advisory services
from government agencies, local governments, donor and international
agencies, NGOs and community organizations. |
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| Documentation
and Information Dissemination |
The centre
has already emerged as a specialized documentation and information
dissemination centre on various themes related to community
development studies and dissemination is carried out through
conferences, workshops, seminars, research publications,
and policy briefs. |
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| International
Collaboration |
| The CUCEC plans to establish
links with potential partner organizations in developed and
developing countries in research and training. The centre
had developed previously formal links with Ryukoku University,
Japan and Japan International Cooperation Agency, Norwegian
Institute of Urban and Regional Research (NIBR), Norway and
informal links with several other institutions in Asia and
Europe. |
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| Financial
Resources |
The CUCEC
at present is entirely self-financing. It generates funds
from two major sources: research and advisory services;
training and education. The principal clients of the centre
are government agencies, regional and local authorities,
donors and international agencies. |
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