Description :  The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),the Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ), ,the International Union for Conservation of Nature, Sri Lanka (IUCN) and the Institute of Environmental Professionals, Sri Lanka (IEPSL) with the blessing of central environment authority  came together to organize a public conference on the EIA and related processes to identify gaps and how to address them in order to effectively mainstream the EIA process to meet present day needs.