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internet fraud, financial concessions for senior citizens, reinvestment of bank deposits in rural areas, development of life insurance products, unit trusts and money market funds and the stock market. 12. GOVERNOR’S SECRETARIAT The Governor’s Secretariat Department (GSD) continued to provide extensive operational assistance required by the Governor, by attending to secretarial work, protocol services, follow up on work assigned by the Governor and facilitating for investor promotion activities.
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of official visits abroad to attend IMF and World Bank meetings, investor meetings and other high-level international symposiums either as the Chief Guest or Keynote Speaker. While providing all the logistics for the Governor’s foreign travel, the GSD facilitated the Governor by compiling necessary information, reports and PowerPoint presentations in order to ensure success of foreign visits. The GSD ensured to provide real time data on operations of money and foreign exchange market and other timely important information to the Governor while he was away from office on official duty. In addition, all official functions hosted by the Governor and Deputy Governors were also arranged by the GSD.
The GSD, among other things, was responsible for managing appointments of the Governor and related correspondence. During the year under review, the Governor had a large number of meetings with visitors i.e. Hon. Ministers, Hon. Members of Parliament, Ambassadors, Chief Executive Officers of banks and other financial institutions, media institutions, business leaders, and delegations from international financial institutions such as IMF, World Bank and other foreign delegations. All such appointments, correspondence regarding the meetings, follow- up work were well coordinated with relevant parties thereby assuring smooth running of the Governor’s schedules.
The GSD provided necessary inputs which were requested by Governor for a number of committee meetings of the Bank. In addition, the Governor’s work also was facilitated by the GSD in the preparation and presentation of the Strategic Plan 2011 – 2015 of CBSL. The Governor represented meetings outside CBSL for which the GSD provided the necessary data and information required by the Governor. Moreover, during the year, the GSD had regular interactions with foreign investors and provided them with timely information and clarifications on the Sri Lankan economy.
The GSD provided necessary protocol services for the Governor, visitors of the Governor, and important invitees to the Bank. All arrangements for local and foreign travel of the Governor were also made by the GSD. Accordingly, the Governor made several field visits to a number of places of economic significance in all parts of the country. In addition, the Governor visited the Northern and Eastern provinces, in particular, in order to inspect the new development projects and for branch openings of banks and other financial institutions and to meet with the public, business community and government officials. In this regard, necessary travel arrangements together with protocol services for the Governor for such visits were made by the GSD. Governor has attended a number of symposiums held in Sri Lanka either as the Chief Guest or Keynote Speaker. The Governor made a number
The GSD closely followed up the instructions issued by the Governor to other departments and ensured that they are carried out. In addition, the GSD assisted the public by responding to their queries directed to the Governor, with regard to the activities of the Banks and issues relating to the economy of Sri Lanka. As a whole, during the year, the GSD assured efficient support services to the Governor ensuring smooth functioning of the Governor’s work.
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During the year, the Governor attended a number of press conferences and local and foreign media interviews for which the GSD provided necessary logistical arrangements to make such events successful.
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