AHK Sri Lanka

Within the framework of the Export Initiative for Environmental Technologies by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), the Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Sri Lanka (AHK Sri Lanka), in cooperation with German Water Partnership e. V. organized a Know-How Transfer Initiative to Colombo on the topic of capacity building in the field of (waste)water management in Sri Lanka starting in the year of 2022. The initiative aimed at fostering the transfer of experise and strived to build capacities within Sri Lanka´s National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) with the objective to accelerate the developent of a sustainable drinking water supply and sewage system in the country. In addition to an integrated conference in Colombo with decision-makers from the public sector and site visits to selected water treatment plants in Sri Lanka, the Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Sri Lanka facilitated, under the supervision of a German consultant, which is specialized in (waste)water management, a hybrid series of blended learning workshops to increase capacities in Sri Lanka´s National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB).