The SuRG program will help strengthen local democratic institutions.
Through USAID, the American government remains committed to bilateral assistance to Sri Lanka despite the ongoing conflict and challenging security situation. Given the shifting humanitarian context, USAID has developed a new strategy to deliver assistance to conflict affected populations, focusing in particular on contributing to a positive transformation of Sri Lanka's Eastern Province. The EAST strategy is based on the premise that economic growth can contribute to building social and economic security to help establish conditions conducive to a political solution through focusing on regional needs, but also works at the national level, from which many of the most critical democracy, governance and conflict mitigation issues emanate.
