Regional consultation on “Global Digital Compact” 2024

SLT Campus Vice Chancellor and National Science and Technology Commission Chairman Prof. Veranja Karunaratne representing Sri Lanka at BIMSTEC consultation meeting

SLT Campus Vice Chancellor and National Science and Technology Commission Chairman Prof. Veranja Karunaratne addressing the 

concluding session

SLT Campus Vice Chancellor and National Science and Technology Commission Chairman Prof. Veranja Karunaratne represented the Government of Sri Lanka at a regional consultation meeting of the Global Digital Compact (GDC) organised by the Bangladesh Government in collaboration with the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Secretariat on 22-23 June. 

The aim of the consultation meeting was to identify and promote shared objectives and relevant priorities, facilitating a unified voice in digital technologies at the ongoing negotiations of the United Nations in New York. 

The intergovernmental consultation involved relevant Government officials and experts from the member states of BIMSTEC. The objectives of the meeting were to foster the exchange of ideas about both the potentials and challenges related to the evolving use of digital technologies in the region and beyond, to establish a collective understanding and shared vision for the region in relation to the GDC formulation process, and to develop actionable inputs and expectations from various stakeholders to be reflected within the GDC during the ongoing negotiation process in New York.