ISB seminar on “Shaping Local Economy Through Lessons Learnt”
The Kurunegala-based Industrial Services Bureau (ISB) successfully conducted a national level “Experience Sharing Forum on Local Economic Development in Practice” under the theme of “Shaping Local Economy Through Lessons Learnt” on November 28 at the Centre for Banking Studies, Central Bank, Rajagiriya.
The objective of this forum was to create an opportunity for various development agencies and individual experts to share their experience on four important themes of local economic development.
K.C. Logeswaran, Governor, North Western Province was the Chief Guest while Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy, Governor of the Central Bank delivered the keynote address as the Guest of Honour. In his address, Dr. Coomaraswamy discussed the current status of the national economy and showed how the performance of the national economy affects the local economic development, the ISB said in a media release.
The forum consisted of four technical sessions and each session consisted of a paper presentation for about 30 - 45 minutes and a panel discussion for about 45 – 60 minutes. A group of nationally recognised experts in local economic development joined in the panel discussions. The panel comprised representatives from academia, policy makers, Ministry Secretaries, INOs/NGOs, development agencies, public and private sector.
More than 100 participants representing various government organisations, bilateral and multinational development agencies, UN agencies, local NGOs, government and private banks, private sector organisations, government projects, embassies, etc. participated in this event.