The District includes 14 administrative divisions of Jaffna. The Government Agent of Jaffna District is functioning as coordinating and executing officer of the entire District. the Government administration woks at Four Levels: central, Provincial, District and provincial levels are responsible for planning ,budgeting, monitoring and review. the central and devolved institutions in the district level are responsible for backstopping, coordination and implementation. The divisional level agencies are responsible for implementation of programmes and delivery of ser vices.

Local Government instants com local Government institutions comprise the Jaffna municipals and council, 03 Urban Councils and 12 Pradeshya Sadhas. Since the mid of March 1998 legitimate representatives of the population elected at the end of January 1998 have headed the local bodies. The local Government institutions came under the supervision of the Commissioner of Local Government (CLG). The NPC will be in supervisory role over activities like prevention of pollution, preventive health and nutrition, local authority rods, town planning and development, libraries and pre-schools.

The civil society organizations in include village level organizations such as Rural Development societies, youth clubs, farmers organizations, Cooperative societies. They are involved in identification, implementation and monitoring of all people oriented development activities local and international Non-Government Organizations are incorporate partners in this context.