TISL Brings Government Action Plan (GAP) Tracker

COLOMBO (News 1st); Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) has launched the Government Action Plan (GAP) Tracker – an independent online platform that monitors the government’s progress in implementing key governance and anti-corruption reforms outlined in the Government Action Plan under the International Monetary Fund (IMF)-supported program.

In 2023, Sri Lanka entered into a four-year agreement with the IMF, anchored in a reform-based recovery program.

One of the key outcomes of this agreement was the IMF’s first-ever Governance Diagnostic Assessment in Asia, which exposed entrenched weaknesses in Sri Lanka’s public finance, tax policy, procurement systems, financial oversight, and anti-corruption landscape.

In response, the government committed to a reform roadmap based on the IMF’s Priority Recommendations; A Government Action Plan. 

This plan forms a Structural Benchmark under the second review of Sri Lanka’s Extended Fund Facility, making it an important aspect of the country’s ongoing recovery efforts.

Despite the significance of these reforms, there has been no official monitoring mechanism to assess the government’s progress. Absence of an effective monitoring mechanism and public reporting has left citizens, civil society, the development partners and other stakeholders in the dark about whether meaningful change is truly underway.

The GAP Tracker was created to fill this gap. This independent tool is designed to publicly track the government’s implementation of its reform commitments under its Action Plan. The platform is interactive, periodically updated, and accessible.

To access ‘GAP Tracker’, Click here: https://www.tisrilanka.org/government-action-plan-tracker/