UNDP Sri Lanka

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!

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 

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.

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

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

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

Selyna Pieris of Selyn Handlooms

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

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

“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

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

Jorn Sorensen, UNDP Sri Lanka Country Director 

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

#2030NOW | #SocialGoodSummit 

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

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

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