70 young Technopreneurs recognised at ‘#Our2030: Youth Dialogue’

From left: Citi Sri Lanka Corporate Affairs Head/Manager Shanaka Waduge, UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub – Youth Co:Lab Communications Consultant Karuna Kumar, Citi Sri Lanka Country Officer Ravin Basnayake, UNDP Sri Lanka Resident Representative Jorn Sorensen, Citi Sub-Cluster Head for Bangladesh and Sri Lanka James Morrow, Cisco Systems Inc. Program Manager (Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Maldives) Kalhari Kaluarachchi, National Youth Services Council Senior Instructor (ICT Division)Suranjith Ruwan, and UNDP Sri Lanka Youth, Tech and Innovation Coordinator Ralani Weerasinghe 

70 young participants of the ‘Technopreneurship for Social Change’ program who successfully completed the Advanced Peer Coaching Training session were recognised at the recently concluded ‘#Our2030: Youth Dialogue’, in the presence of notable attendees Citi Sub-Cluster Head for Bangladesh and Sri Lanka James Morrow, Citi Sri Lanka Country Officer Ravin Basnayake, UNDP Sri Lanka Resident Representative Jorn Sorensen, Citi Sri Lanka Corporate Affairs Head/Manager Shanaka Waduge, and Cisco Systems Inc. Program Manager (Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Maldives) Kalhari Kaluarachchi. A joint initiative of UNDP, Citi Foundation, Cisco and the National Youth Services Council, the ‘Technopreneurship for Social Change’ program has reached more than 1000 young people from around the country in 2018 through 20 programs held in 20 locations through e-learning courses on leadership, financial literacy and entrepreneurship.

With the continuous support from its partners, the program will expand in 2019 to reach another 1000 young people in 20 locations, while also conducting three focused programs targeted at young girls, persons living with disabilities, and juvenile/young prisoners.