Sri Lanka Press Institute

the sri lanka press institute (slpi) has established itself as the leading media development institute in sri lanka. with its four operational arms, the press complaints commission of sri lanka (pccsl), the sri lanka college of journalism (slcj), the advocacy and free media division and the media resource centre (mrc), the institute offers systematic training for journalists, promotes self-regulation in the print media and advocates for a free and responsible media in sri lanka. the history of the slpi goes back to 1998, when the free media movement (fmm), the editors’ guild of sri lanka and the newspaper society of sri lanka signed a historic document called ‘the colombo declaration on media freedom and social responsibility’ following an international media conference held in colombo in april 1998. the declaration was also the base on which the organizations built the idea of the slpi, with the pccsl and the slcj. the concept of the slpi incorporates all three aspects reflected in