Sri Lanka’s aviation video wins world’s first place

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Dev Kowsala Samarajeewa (right) receives award for video which won first place

Video representing Sri Lanka, has won the first place in the ‘Women in Aviation Multimedia Engagement Contest’ organised by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). Sri Lanka’s submission stood out in over 289 submissions received globally.

This short video was created and submitted by Dev Kowsala Samarajeewa.

Many countries have joined the competition with their multimedia creations; only Sri Lanka, France, Philippines, Argentina, USA, Turkey, Slovenia, Ireland, Serbia, Kenya, Canada and Seychelles were selected as the final twelve by ICAO.

The finalists’ creations were uploaded to the official Facebook page of ICAO and were open for voting for a week till 15 June.

Sri Lanka was ranked first place with a total of 28,000+ votes, along with Argentina as runners-up with over 4,800 votes.

This video was awarded at the ICAO Global Aviation Gender Summit 2023 held in Spain on 6 July 2023.

The video is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgQdndBsj6g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9tXqDBXmR8&t= 108s