ASIAN CITIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY Contemporary Approaches to Municipal Management Volume IV Partnerships for Better Municipal Management I II ASIAN CITIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY Contemporary Approaches to Municipal Management Volume IV Partnerships for Better Municipal Management Proceedings of a Forum in Colombo, Sri Lanka 28-30 June 1999 Edited by Naved Hamid, Dinesh Mehta, and Mildred Villareal Published by the Asian Development Bank Institute and the Asian Development Bank 2000 III © Asian Development Bank 2000 All rights reserved First published April 2000 This publication was prepared by Asian Development Bank staff. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in it do not necessarily represent the views of the ADB or those of its member governments. ADB does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this publication and accepts no responsibility whatsoever for any consequences of their use. ISBN 971-561-212-1 Publication Stock No. 010699 Published by the Asian Development Bank Institute and the Asian Development Bank P.O. Box 789, 0980 Manila, Philippines E-mail:
[email protected] [email protected] website: http://www.adb.org; http://www.adbi.org IV CONTENTS FOREWORD ix I. INTRODUCTION 1 II. OPENING STATEMENTS 23 Omar Z. Kamil 24 Mayor, Colombo, Sri Lanka Masaru Yoshitomi 26 Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute Sarat Chandran 31 Secretary General, Colombo Plan Secretariat S. Alavi Mowlana Minister, Ministry of Provincial Council and Local Government, Sri Lanka 34 III. CHANGING INSTITUTIONAL CULTURE OF ASIAN MUNICIPALITIES 37 THE COLOMBO MUNICIPAL COUNCIL EXPERIENCE 38 Deshabandu Karu Jayasuriya Former Mayor, Colombo City and Leader of the Opposition, Western Provincial Council IV.