UNDP Sri Lanka

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And that’s a wrap of the Social Good Summit of Sri Lanka 2016. Big thank you to everyone who made it to Connect Today to Create a Better Tomorrow!

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How can we use development buzzwords like ‘Sustainability’ ‘No Poverty’ ‘Climate Action’ to make a difference? To create social good? Questions raised by Hugo from the Good Market Sri Lanka 

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Shiromi Masokorale of hemasholdings Sri Lanka discusses the importance of creating an inclusive workforce within PVT Sector companies ahead of the year 2030 to create a better tomorrow.

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How can we provide equal opportunities for youth and women in the PVT Sector? Discussion on the way at the Social Good Summit 2016 led by Kalhari from Cisco

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"Small initiatives taken on social good can snowball into a making a big difference in Sri Lanka" says Haridas of Cargills Ceylon 

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How can businesses remain sustainable whilst providing social good to communities? Discussion on the way led by  Selyna Pieris of Selyn Handlooms

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The handloom market is huge so we have to keep innovating to stay ahead of the market

Selyna Pieris of Selyn Handlooms

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Jiffry from @PickMeLK explains how technology can be used for social good whilst providing equal employment opportunities for women

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Shanaka of MillenniumIT Sri Lanka talks about how businesses should look inwards to determine what it's best at to create a better tomorrow ahead of the year 2030

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“Today is all about connecting the best ideas with the best people and communicating it to the world. The PVT sector needs to work collaboratively” says UN Global Compact Representatives Rohan Fernando &  Sutheash Balasubramaniam

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UNDP Sri Lanka Country Director, Jorn Sorensen, welcomes PVT Sector participants at the 2016 Social Good Summit

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Take a minute to think – ‘What type of world do you want to live in by the year 2030?’ This is what the Social Good Summit is all about. Today, we simply want you to Rethink Business as Usual.

Jorn Sorensen, UNDP Sri Lanka Country Director 

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#2030NOW BEGINS

30 participants, 20 PVT companies of #Srilanka join with the @UN & @globalcompact #lka for #2030NOW: Connecting Today, Creating Tomorrow

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What type of world do you want to live in by the year 2030?

We are getting ready to host this year's Social Good Summit 2016. Follow this space for live updates!

#2030NOW | #SocialGoodSummit 

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And that concludes #2030Now - Sri Lanka’s first summit on Foresight & Innovation for Sustainable Human Development.  

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We look forward to working with all of you to create a Sri Lanka we want & need by 2030'

The most crucial aspect in development is planning. UNDP believes in sharing and learning from those who have experience. Let us dream together and collectively aspire to make a difference.

Mr. Jorn Sorensen, Country Director, UNDP Sri Lanka.

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“We are trying to take the 17 Sustainable Development Goals & link them based on local conditions, to planning in Sri Lanka” 

- Hon. Harsha De Silva, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs