This document discusses the roles and expectations of veterinarians working in the Provincial Departments of Animal Production and Health in Sri Lanka. It provides background on the establishment of provincial councils and devolution of powers in Sri Lanka. The provincial departments are responsible for animal health, breeding, training, extension work and livestock projects. Veterinarians are expected to demonstrate responsibility, a positive attitude, strong work ethic, professionalism, integrity, adaptability, loyalty, self-confidence, be self-starters, and have a hunger to learn. The organizational structure of the provincial departments is also outlined.

1. Are Provincial Councils,
white elephants ?

2. The Provincial Council
And Provincial department (s)of Animal production and Health
(For newly recruited Veterinarians )

3. The Beginning

8. Sri Lanka -Centralized system, Unitary state
Need to be decentralized to achieve rapid economic and
social development
Tried since 1955 failed due to political and other reasons
1973/9174-Distric Political authority system
1979/1980-Development Councils/ District Ministers
1987/1998- Provincial councils

9.  What is devolution
 Transferring political and administrative decision making
authority from central government to elected bodies at lower
levels
 Tool we have is
The thirteenth amendment to the constitution (1987)
The provincial councils act no 42 of 1987

10. The thirteenth amendment to the constitution
(1987)
 Establishment of Provincial councils
 Appointment and powers of the Governor
 Membership and tenure of the provincial council
 Appointment and powers of board of ministers
 Alternative arrangement if the administration fails
 Establishment of High court in the province
 Establishment of finance commission

11. The provincial councils act no 42 of 1987
The membership of provincial councils
Meetings and conduct of business in provincial
councils
The financial procedure in provincial councils
The establishment of provincial public service

12.  Provincial councils have No legal definition
 Not a
government ministry
Local authority
Statutory corporation or authority
A public company
 But Autonomous body
Derives its authority from the constitution and parliament act
Undertake s activities earlier undertake by government
ministries, departments, corporations and statutory bodies

13. Initially created 8
provincial councils
Merging north and
east ,
2008 they are
separated again

14. Power devolved to PCs
Executive power to The Governor
Legislative power to the Provincial council
Judicial powers to the high courts

15. Functions of PCs
Functions and responsibilities of
government and provincial councils are
listed in three parts
List I-provincial council list ( fully devolved to PCs –only
policy decisions taken by the center)
List II-Reserved list –cannot exercise any power or pass
statues regarding these subjects
List III -Concurrent list –to pass a statue in the subjects
coming under this list the PCs should consult the
parliament for its opinion

16. Organization of Provincial councils
 The governor
 The council
 The chief Minister
 Four provincial Minsters
 The provincial Public services commission
 The chief secretary

17. The Governor
 Only one has executive power that derived from constitution
 Exercise power directly, or through Board of Ministers or
subordinate officers
 Consult board of ministers before exercising powers
 Appointed by the President, not a peoples representative
 Term is 5years

18.  Power to summon, prorogue or dissolve or send messages to
council with the advice of the chief Minister
 Frames the financial rules of the council
 Determines all the matters relating to members of provincial
Public service including the formulation of schemes of
recruitment the codes of conduct also the director of
establishments

19. Board of Ministers
 Aid and advice the governor in exercising his functions
 Governor appoint the chief minister and the four ministers and
allocate business with consultation with the chief Minister
 They have a collective responsibility towards the provincial
council

20. The Chief secretary
 Appoint by the president with the concurrence of the chief
minister
 In practice he/ she is the chief executive officer of the PC
 He or she is the chief accounting officer in the PC
 Exercises power over public servants, ( to the extent
delegated by the Provincial public service commission

21. The Provincial secretariat
 Comprise of Five secretaries of Provincial Ministries and four
deputy chief secretaries in charge of
 administration
Personnel
Finance
Planning
Secretaries are appointed by the governor
They are directly under the chief secretary-implementation of
subjects assigned to them and administrative control

22. Provincial fund
 Consist of taxes, fees and service charges
 All the grants from the government
 All loan advances form the government and others
 Government allocate fund on recommendation of finance
commission
Consider population, per capita income, need to reduce
social and economic disparities and to reduce difference of per
capita income in the provinces

23. Development Planning
 Achievement of High level of growth rate through
1) industrialization
2) specialization in agriculture
3)Transformation of present production into market
oriented production
4)Export orientation

24.  Expansion of employment
 Alleviation of Poverty
 Achievement of balanced regional development
 Institutional arrangement of planning, monitoring and
progress review of development varies from province to
province
 At provincial level
Provincial planning office and sector ministry planning cells
 At divisional Level
Divisional secretaries planning cell

25. External relations
 Outside the competence of provincial Councils
 Comes under list II-reserved list

26. Personal Administration
 Posts in the provincial council belongs to
The public Service of the province
The secretariat staff of the provincial council
The statutory Bodies set up in PCs

27.  These post can be filled by
Officers permanently release from public service
Officers temporarily released by the Public service
Direct recruitment

28.  Matters governing the posts in the provincial Public service ,
including schemes of recruitment, Codes of conduct and
conditions of service determine by following authorities
Provincial Public service The governor
PCs Secretarial staff The Council
Statutory Bodies Relevant authority or statue
mentioned

29.  The governor can delegate his
powers of Appointment,
transfer,
dismissal,
and disciplinary control of officers of the PPS to PPSC
 But from1993, the PSC has taken back the control of all
Island service Public officers

30. Governor
Chief Secretary
Secretary to Ministry
Provincial Director
Additional provincial
director
District Veterinary Surgeon-Deputy director
Government Veterinary Surgeons
Livestock Development Instructors
Subject Matter
Specialist
Provincial Minster
Organizational
Chart

31. Animal Production and Health Charter
 a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the
conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other
corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and
privileges
 (often initial capital letter) a document defining the formal
organization of a corporate body; constitution
 authorization from a central or parent organization to establish
a new branch, chapter, etc

32. Main functions of the Provincial
Department
Animal health
Treatments
Vaccinations
Animal breeding
Artificial Insemination
Pregnancy diagnosis
Calving

33. Training and Extension
Field level training and Institutional training
Extension programs – HCR
Feeding programs
Administration

34. Livestock related projects
 Provincial specific development Grants
 Provincial development Grants
 Criteria Based grants
 Line ministry grants
 Projects from Head Office

35. What we The Provincial
Departments of Animal
Production and Health
expect from a
veterinarian?

36. RESPONSIBILITY
 everything from consistently
completing one’s work to
taking responsibility for your
own actions
 responsibility is a quality
every employer wants in an
employee

37.  POSITIVE ATTITUDE

38. STRONG WORK ETHIC
 putting in an honest day’s
work for an honest day’s
pay.
 If you are spending more
time on Facebook than
working, you have a wrong
attitude

39. PROFESSIONALISM
 This includes everything
from dress and demeanor
to language and behavior

40. INTEGRITY
 Do you do what you say you’re going
to do?
 Can you be trusted with confidential
information?
 Are your expense reports truthful
and reasonable?
 Do you have a set of values, that
governs you?

41.  who can quickly shift gears
and be resilient and
thoughtful in the face of
multiple shifting priorities
and even crises.
Adaptability

42. LOYALTY
 Employers want workers who will
stand by them, even when times are
tough.
 They want employees who don’t
badmouth them or their co-workers,
 who believe in the company’s
mission—whether it’s providing
healthcare or building cars
 —and who bring that passion with
them to the office every day

43. SELF-CONFIDENCE
 poise, confidence, or charisma
 that inspires others to trust them
 Granted, much of this comes from
actually being good at your job.

44. SELF-STARTER
 who don’t need to be told
what to do before they do it.
 who see a need and fill it,
 who think “outside the box”
 and who don’t wait around
for a problem to become a
crisis

45. HUNGRY TO LEARN
 to work outside their
comfort zone.
 They are always looking for
the next challenge and are
anxious to dive into new
projects and learn new
things.

46. Thank you for listening !