Development Co-operation between Norway and Sri Lanka

Norway signed in October 2009 a new agreement with UNIDO to support the NCPC with an additional LKR 191 million for the next three years.

Norway supports photography training in the South through its cooperation with IFCs on SME developments in the districts of Ratnapura, Hambantota, Monaragala, Matare and Galle . Norway supports the programme with 290 million rupees.

Norway supports a Match Making Programme (MMP), where we assist Sri Lankan and Norwegian businesses to identify good partners, to enhance business cooperation between the two countries. The Sri Lanka – Norway Matchmaking Programme started in 1994. As a result about 60 joint ventures and trade collaborations are now in operation. The collaborations are found in different fields, but boat and gla...

In August 2009, the Embassy visited a number of rural villages in Mannar and Vavunia that had received electricity for the first time, through a rural electrification scheme supported by Norway. In 2004, Norway allocated more than 1 billion rupees to Sri Lanka to support rural electrification in the north. The objective has been to provide electricity and reconnect people in the conflict affect...