Friday, August 22, 2025

Ministry of Digital Economy and UNDP Sri Lanka sign MOU to support ’Disrupt Asia 2025’

The UNDP in Sri Lanka and the Ministry of Digital Economy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) recently at the UN Compound.

The agreement recognises UNDP in Sri Lanka as a strategic partner to the Ministry of Digital Economy for ‘Disrupt Asia 2025’, Sri Lanka’s premier startup conference and innovation festival, where visionaries, investors, and disruptors come together.

The agreement was signed by Waruna Sri Dhanapala, Acting Secretary for the Ministry of Digital Economy and Azusa Kubota, Resident Representative, UNDP in Sri Lanka, in the presence of Eranga Weeraratne, Deputy Minister of Digital Economy; Dr Hans Wijayasuriya, Chief Advisor to the President of Sri Lanka on Digital Economy; Marina Ten, Deputy Resident Representative, UNDP in Sri Lanka; Fadhil Bakeer Markar, Team Leader – Strategic Engagement, Digital and Innovation Team, UNDP in Sri Lanka; Yasas Thalagala, Lab Manager, Citra Lab – UNDP in Sri Lanka, and Deshani Senanayake, Digital and Service Design Officer, Citra Lab – UNDP in Sri Lanka.

Through this collaboration, UNDP will continue to work closely with the Ministry in order to achieve the ambitious goals set forth in the government’s national digital economy blueprint for Sri Lanka.



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