Prof. Zarek works from the President's Office with U.S. agencies to develop and implement open government initiatives, including work with the Global Open Government Partnership, and coordinates outreach with non-governmental stakeholders.

Moragoda and Ms. Zarek discussed matters connected with the evolution of Sri Lanka's "Right to Information" policy debate and the work of the Pathfinder Foundation in this regard. They particularly focused on how more grass roots level awareness could be created on the benefits of Right to Information policy for Sri Lanka.

Zarek was accompanied by Press and Information Officer Joshua Ying Shen, Information Specialist Vindhya Mallasekara and Information Assistant P.Gobinath.

Pathfinder Foundation Chairman Bernard Goonetilleke and Deputy Chairman Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy also participated in the discussion.

(dailynews.lk)