Our Work

Empowering Citizen Reporting for Fair Elections and Transparent Governance

Main Programs

Explore how VIEW pursues free and fair elections



Citizen Reporting

VIEW organizes and coordinates citizen reporting missions against election (law) violation across Sri Lanka. Our volunteers facilitate citizens in collecting and referring complaints to the Election Commission, Police Department, and Human Rights Commission, depending on the nature of the violation.



Training & Capacity Building

We provide comprehensive training programs for volunteers and young activists, equipping them with the knowledge and skills needed to drive civic engagement in electoral process and foster political participation on a large scale. Our training covers key areas such as electoral law, observation techniques, data collection and reporting, stakeholders’ responsibilities and the complaint mechanisms of the Election Commission, Human Rights Commission, and the Police Department.



Advocacy & Awareness

VIEW advocates for electoral reforms and greater transparency in the electoral process. We work closely with local communities, CSOs, and international bodies to raise awareness about the importance of free and fair elections and public engagement in reporting violations and electoral participation.

Our Approach

Grassroots Mobilization

We recruit and train volunteers from local communities, equipping them with the skills and tools needed to observe and report on election activities.

Technology-Driven

Our volunteers use digital tools and technology to collect and share data, ensuring timely and accurate reporting.

Experienced Guidance

We are supported by senior advisors who guide and mentor young people in our operations, fostering intergenerational collaboration and ensuring the continuity and growth of our mission.

Non-Partisan and Independent

We maintain strict neutrality, ensuring that our missions are impartial and free from political influence.

Our Journey

December 10, 2013

VIEW Launching Event & People’s Power and Imagination Photograph Exhibition

A photograph exhibition showcasing voters portraits which encourage public to safeguard their voter rights by active participation in the election process. The event was participated by 230 people, including representatives from election monitoring organizations.

December 9-16, 2014

NIC Mobile Service with CMEV

Supported CMEV to conduct 13 NIC mobile services in the Northern Province which benefited over four thousands of voters.

August 11-October 12, 2016

#YouthVoteSL Petition Campaign

Joined IFES and Election Commission Program #YouthVoteSL and launched a petition campaign involved engagement 1948 individuals in 55 village within a short time period. 1500 leaflets on voter rights distributed. The effort was awarded the most effective campaign by the Election Commission at the end of the campaign period.

September 13, 2016

Mix-Member Proportional Representation Discussion with IFES

Mobilized 25 youth from across the country to dialogue with international expert invited by IFES on the opinions about MMP.

December 21, 2016

Training on Election Monitoring and Electoral Reform

March 7, 2017

March 12 District Committee Meeting

Organized a district conference for the March 12 Movement with participation of around 600 people. 1,500 leaflets distributed. Conducted 53 meetings with participation of 450 people for voter education to support March 12 Movement’s initiatives

March 9, 2017

Voter Rights Awareness-Raising Programme Meeting

March 10-15, 2017

Voter Education

March 17, 2017

March 12 Campaign & Voter Education Program

October 10, 2017

Clean Politics ToT with PAFFREL

Supported PAFFRIEL on its Clean Politics Campaign and organized 43 programs gathering 2270 people and send 43 request letters demanding political parties to follow proper criteria when nominating election candidate

November 5-19, 2017

Clean Politics Campaign

July 5-8 & August 12, 2019

Meetings with Election Commissioner

93 youth advocates for a proper voter registration process that includes all citizens who are 18 years or older. This campaign led to legislation that addressed the issue of voting rights for those 18 and older.

August 22-October 22, 2019

Voter Education Program

The series of voter education engaged with 3135 people from 145 grassroots meeting.

June 15-22, 2019

Training for Long-term Observers

1,484 people trained on technique and knowledge required for conducting long-term election observation in the field through 5 training programs.

July 31- December 16, 2019

Civic Education Program

2,085 people increased awareness of citizens’ responsibilities to promote free and fair elections and engage in self-motivated reporting of election law violations through 78 programs.

September 9, 2019

Roar.lk Online Civic Education on Electoral Process and Voters’ Responsibilities

Cooperated with Roar.lk, 12 trilingual articles on election integrity related topics were published, attracting over 20,000 views.

October 5, 2019

Citizen Reporter Introduction Program and Presidential Debate

Co-host the first Presidential Debate in collaboration with the March 12 Movement. Mobilized 2530 people from across the country to join this historical event with with 10 political parties and presidential candidates.

October 6, 2019

Submission of Election Law Violation Mitigation Proposal to Election Commission

Submitted a proposal on strategies to mitigate election (law) violations to the Election Commission.

October 15-November 16, 2019

Social Media Monitoring on 2019 Presidential Election

The mission received 2,299 complaints on fake news, hate speech, misinformation/disinformation, and campaign during cooling period and referred 1,385 complaint to the election commission.

December 4-17, 2019

Citizen Reporter Introduction Session

Conducted 5 program to train 164 youth facilitators on citizen reporting concept for free and fair elections.

July 5-August 5, 2020

VIEW Social Media Monitoring for Parliamentary Election 2020

Engaged with 54 youth volunteers, the mission received 6,029 social media complaint on fake news, hate speech, misinformation, disinformation, and other election law violations against the media guidelines and relevant election regulations. 3,450 complaints were accepted by the mission and referred to the Election Commission / Police Department / Human Rights Commission. Additionally 1,269 complaint were directly referred to the social media platform.

July 5-August 5, 2020

VIEW Citizen Reporting for Parliamentary Election 2020

The mission worked with 412 youth facilitators across the island and over 3,000 community members who signed up as citizen reporters. This joint efforts gathered 3,306 complaint on election (law) violations and refereed to the Election Commission.

October 9-10, 2021

Election Violation Reporting Workshop for Young Journalists

April 1-June 30, 2022

Youth-led Public Campaign on Citizen Responsibilities

31 campaigns were conducted with the support of approximately 400 youth volunteers. Nearly 6,000 people were delivered public speech by youth leaders on responsible voters for promoting better governance.

May 14-July 14, 2022

Community Democracy Forum

Reached 2,821 people though 157 forums and improved their understanding about citizen’s responsibility on free and fair election. 499 people newly signed up as citizen reporters.

July 1-December 31, 2022

Strengthening Citizen Reporting Network for Elections

593 people newly engaged with the mission as citizen reporters through 33 meeting about campaigns and political parties’ actions during the past election period.

February 10-17, 2023

Citizen Reporting Training-Southern Region

The mission trained 278 youth in Sinhala and Tamil medium and received 155 complaints on election law violations before the Local Government election was officially postponed.

February 15, 2023

Press Conference with Delimitation Commission

Citizen reporting coordinators and the Delimitation Commission held a joint press conference to urge the government to ensure that people’s democratic rights are protected by holding timely elections.

September 15, 2023

International Democracy Day Ayachchana Mock Poll on Elections

The mission conducted a mock poll with 60 youth and invited involvement from election observation organizations in Sri Lanka, including the Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV), Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) to explore public opinions about the need of conducting elections in the country at the moment. 742 citizens voluntarily cast their votes, with 90.59% expressing a demand for elections

June 4, 2024

VIEW Civic Chat-Free and Fair Elections & Citizens

An online dialogues on political culture and free and citizen responsibility for free and fair elections

June 20, 2024

VIEW Head Office Opening Ceremony in Colombo

The opening ceremony wa attended by delegates from embassies and election monitoring organizations, including People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL), Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV), Institute for Democratic Reforms and Electoral Studies (IRES), Movement for Free and Fair Elections (MFFE), and Mothers and Daughters of Lanka (MDL).

July 5-August 7, 2024

VIEW Meeting with Political Parties on Election Situation

VIEW conducted a series of meeting with election stakeholders, including all the main political parties, senior police officers at the police headquarters, and the Human Right Commission and the RTI Commission to understand the current election context, prospective and prepare background the upcoming citizen reporting mission.

July 17, 25 & 30, 2024

VIEW Meeting with Police Headquarters, Rights to Information Commission (RTI) & Human Rights Commission (HRC)

August 16, 2024 – Ongoing

Citizen Reporting & Social Media Monitoring on Presidential Election