The National Integration Division implements programs aimed at establishing inter-ethnic cooperation and coexistence, while ensuring the protection of the heritage, identities, and cultures of all ethnic and community groups living within Sri Lankan society. This is achieved by introducing and implementing necessary programs and by providing opportunities to foster mutual understanding of cultural, social, and religious backgrounds among different communities.
These programs are implemented through Development Officers (National Integration), National Integration Coordinators, and National Integration Promotion Assistants assigned to Divisional Secretariats throughout the country.
The Division also coordinates and supervises the functions of the following three institutions:
- Office for Reparations (OR)
- Office on Missing Persons (OMP)
- Office for National Unity and Reconciliation (ONUR)
Functions of the National Integration Division
i. Planning programs across the country to promote national integration and providing proper supervision and guidance for their implementation.
ii. Coordinating and supervising the duties of Development Officers (National Integration), National Integration Coordinators and National Integration Promotion Assistants at divisional and district levels.
iii. Coordinating activities with the Office for Reparations (OR), Office on Missing Persons (OMP), and Office for National Unity and Reconciliation (ONUR).
iv. Establishing, restructuring, and strengthening coexistence societies.
v. Coordinating and supervising foreign-funded projects aimed at promoting national Integration.
