National Chamber and NEDA launch Western Province Entrepreneur Awards

The National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka has joined hands again with the National Enterprise Development Authority (NEDA) for the fifth year in succession to conduct Entrepreneur Awards 2020 – Western Province, for the micro, small, medium and large sectors.

Applications are now being issued by the National Chamber at the National Chamber Secretariat, No: 450, D.R. Wijewardena Mawatha, Colombo 10 or could download from the National Chamber website: www. nationalchamber.lk.

There will be around 25 awards to be presented to winners in the categories of industry/manufacturing, agriculture/ livestock and fisheries and hospitality/ tourism and other services, i ncluding Overall Excellence Winners of Gold, Silver and Bronze.

In addition to the above, the NEDA and National Chamber decided to select special award winners: Award for the Best Entrepreneur Recovered during COVID and Award for t he Best Entrepreneur survived during COVID.

The award winners will enjoy the following benefits: recognition through provincial and national level publicity and prestige in print and digital media, exposure and development of their businesses to a higher level and preferential assistance from t he NEDA, National

Chamber and other associated institutions.

This award scheme is designed to distinguish, reward and motivate Sri Lanka’s very own entrepreneurs to reach the mantle of achievement and encourage the business community in the Western province to improve their standards of business practices and achieve a high level of entrepreneurship.

The National Chamber of Commerce and NEDA have been assisting the micro, small, medium and large sectors in the regions for a long time and this gives special focus towards the upliftment of these sectors in the provinces to develop their businesses and conduct training programmes for them, including for differently-abled entrepreneurs.

The most prestigious awards will be for Overall Enterprise Excellence (one award) and Best Enterprise Awards (12 awards) for each sector. Special awards (nine awards) will be presented for the Best Environmental Friendly Enterprise, Best Exporter, Best Productive Enterprise, Best Innovative Enterprise, Best ValueAdded Enterprise, Best Energy Efficiency Enterprise, Best Entrepreneur Providing Most Number of Jobs for Females, Best Women Entrepreneur and Best Differently Abled Entrepreneur. For applications contact the National Chamber on 011 4741788/076 2 555 707 (Dilrukshi).