Proud that UN Development #SriLanka was recognized as a Gold Gender Seal Certified Country Office by Administrator Achim Steiner at the virtual ceremony ydy. Years of hard work & dedication of UNDP staff & partners. Committed to continuous efforts to achieve #GenderEquality 🇱🇰🌟

Pleasure to be a part of UN Development 🇱🇰s Country Prog 2023-2027 Board Meeting tdy to update on progress focusing on key areas of results of 2023 along w/highlights & priorities for 2024. Prog resource overview & pipeline status was discussed, exploring ways of overcoming challenges.

Celebrating Strength & Resilience of #Women across #SriLanka ✨
Join UN Development for 'A Journey of Transformation & Women's Empowerment' exhibition!

📅 Dates: March 7th-10th
🕤 Time: 9:30 AM to 8:00 PM
📍 Location: National Museum Colombo
ENTRANCE FREE!

#IWD2024

Had the privilege of being the Chief Guest at the opening of #Colombo Model UN, marking 30 yrs w/ 400 students from across #SriLanka & beyond 🇺🇳 Reminiscent of when I participated in Model UN at #Stockholm Uni in the 90s. World may have changed, but exp still remains relevant

Pleased to join the consultation workshop of the joint model #Disability Survey Proj by UN Development #SriLanka & WHO Sri Lanka with funding from EU in Sri Lanka facilitated by LIRNEasia, focusing on on #Disability Data & Assistive Technologies critical for better informed policies

A National Consultation workshop on disability data and assistive technologies, was conducted today by LIRNEasia for the Model Disability Survey Project funded by the EU in Sri Lanka and implemented by UN Development #lka and WHO Sri Lanka.

The project board meeting to discuss the launch of UN Development #lka 's realigned flagship portfolio on #SDG16 was held today, with the attendance of key stakeholders including UNDP ResRep Azusa Kubota 久保田あずさ, Dep RR Malin Herwig & the Director General of the External Resources Dept.

Honoured to mark the conclusion of the 'Empower' prog this morning- an island-wide provincial journalist training initiative jointly undertaken by Ministry of Mass Media & UN Development in #SriLanka thru United Nations Peacebuilding, to create an enabling env to strengthen ethical journalism in #lka

The Prime Minister's Office in #lka org a discussion on 'Leveraging the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) to Combat Poverty, Food Insecurity & Climate Risk on Food Systems' tdy. The #MPI notes that among the MPI poor, 530 mil live in the South Asian region.

Great opportunity to share joint UN in Sri Lanka efforts and UK in Sri Lanka 🇬🇧🇱🇰 supported EDRR proj results implemented by UNDP in Sri Lanka & IOM Sri Lanka & Maldives w/ HRH Princess Anne The Royal Family, who on her official visit met with resettled communities in Jaffna today

Andrew Patrick

Great start this morning & on behalf of UNDP in Sri Lanka as manager of the UN Common Premises to welcome UNICEF Sri Lanka to the UN compound in #Colombo 🇱🇰
A step in the right direction to come together as a part of wider @UN reforms & for increased efficiency in our support to #lka

Proud to have been a part of the initiative taken to validate the Multi-Sectoral Nat'l Action Plan to Address #SGBV 2024-2028 which calls for gender-responsive laws, policies & structures w/ access to justice so #women + girls are #empowered to report incidents of SGBV. #lka

Pleased to have been a part of the workshop to launch the #AI Readiness Assessment (AIRA). To reap the benefits of AI, we need to be prepared by having the right infrastructure, skills and policies in place, which is how the assessment will be most beneficial to #SriLanka

The #workshop to launch the AI Readiness Assessment (AIRA) organized jointly by the Presidential Secretariat 🇱🇰, the Committee on Formulating the Strategy on AI & UN Development #lka looks at the degree to which a govt is prepared to leverage the benefits & mitigate the risks of #AI tech.

#PeaceDay recognizes individual & collective ambitions for peace for the #GlobalGoals . UN Development #SriLanka thru its flagship #SDG16 portfolio on 'Peace, Justice & Strong Inst' works to strengthen inclusive, accountable & effective gov as a means to achieving sust peace & dev 🇱🇰

Pleased to have attended the Graduation Ceremony of the 'Diploma Prog in Technology of Waste Mgmt’ by University Colombo, spearheaded by UNDP in Sri Lanka's #CDLG proj & funded by EU in Sri Lanka. The UGC-approved prog aims to help local authorities manage their waste #sustainably .

The inaugural 'Diploma Prog in Technology of Waste Mgmt’ Awarding Ceremony has just begun! This is an initiative by the EU in Sri Lanka funded Capacity Dev for Local Govt (CDLG) proj implemented by UN Development #lka , w/ University Colombo, Uva Provincial Council & the WP Waste Mgmt Authority.

Happy to represent UN Development 🇱🇰at the National Event in commemoration of #WorldOzoneDay 2023 together w/ GoSL, to highlight & reiterate positive impacts of the #MontrealProtocol on ozone layer recovery & reducing #ClimateChange , while recognizing efforts to phase down HCFCs

Proud to launch #SriLanka 's 1st #MVI policy report today, a joint effort of UN Development & OPHI that demonstrates the overlapping challenges faced by 🇱🇰 population thru a novel set of indicators to capture vulnerabilities beyond traditional income-based measures

#MVI SriLanka

Great interaction at the UN Development #SriLanka 's Country Programme 2023-2027 Board Consultation Meeting earlier this week, focusing on key areas of results prioritized for 2023, mid-year progress, prog resource overview & pipeline status, while exploring ways of overcoming challenges