Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process (SCOPP)

The Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process (SCOPP) was established on 6 February 2002 by the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) to facilitate the peace process during a break in hostilities in the Sri Lankan Civil War. Heading the Secretariat were Bernard Goonetilleke (2002–2004), Dr. Jayantha Dhanapala (2004–2005), Dr. Palitha Kohona (2006–2007) and Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha (2007–2009). On 19 May 2009, Mahinda Rajapakse, then President of Sri Lanka, declared the end of the insurgency and the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), and the SCOPP was shut down on 31 July 2009.

SCOPP employees were drawn from both the private and public sectors in Sri Lanka and included specialists in communications, diplomacy, economics, and law.

In its first two years, SCOPP was under the authority of the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. After that it came under the authority of the President of Sri Lanka.

During its existence, the SCOPP's mission was to coordinate, facilitate, and strengthen the peace process. SCOPP officials engaged in extensive talks with all the parties involved, which included representatives of the public and private sectors of the economy, civil society, charitable organizations, and line agencies.

The SCOPP was created with the following goals: to help implement government decisions, monitor the ceasefire agreement between the government and the LTTE, provide research and logical support to the government during political negotiations and to the National Advisory Council on Peace and Reconciliation, coordinate with local and international organizations on matters pertaining to the peace process, monitor the free movement of people and goods to and from uncleared areas, and communicate information about the peace process to media organizations and the public.

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