Vision Being a proud Sri Lankan nation blessed with national heritages to go forward with the other countries of the world as a country with a unique culture that promotes development. Mission To assist in building Sri Lanka as a proud nation with a unique Sri Lankan identity by facilitating the emergency of a culture that would develop all communities of the country while in the process protecting and preserving Sri Lankan national heritage. Objectives The Objective have been identified in the belief that the culture of a country is the primary mechanism that helps in accomplishing most productively all programmes being introduced for the well being of the people of the country. To build a positive cultural environment that would help direct the people on their own in a manner that would successfully accomplish the general national development policy of the country; To promote cultural diversity and thereby to prevent harm caused to positive cultural characteristic through various forces; To pave the way to organize the cultural life of the people of the country through preservation, maintenance and utilization of cultural heritages; To motivate the people to identify positive cultural characteristics and thereby to promote a culture with distinct Sri Lankan identity;