3. Coordination and collaboration
In Sri Lanka, there are 71 Ministries with four key Ministries of Defence and Urban Development, Finance and
Planning, Ports and Highways and Law and Order being overseen by the President. Due to the large number of
ministries and some with overlapping areas of expertise, there is a tendency for the responsibility of multiple
national policies to be divided across several Ministries. Therefore it is crucial for the collaboration of these
Ministries but most importantly, collaboration between the implementing Government institutes and bodies of these