EIAS Webinar: EU-Sri Lanka Trade and Investment Opportunities
This EIAS Webinar organised in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Embassy to the Kingdom of Belgium, Luxembourg and the European Union, addressed new developments in trade and investment opportunities between the EU and Sri Lanka. There is a major scope for new potentials for EU companies for private equity and investments in Sri Lanka in promising sectors prioritised by the Sri Lankan government, such as Pharmaceuticals, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Agro-Industry, Food Processing, the Apparel sector, Infrastructure and Logistics. This Webinar also emphasized the Sri Lanka 2021 Investment Forum, which was held virtually 7th-9th June 2021 with opportunities for registration for B2B meetings.
More information on the Sri Lanka 2021 Investment Forum can be found here
Watch the recording of the Livestream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it1nRiILrZ4
DOWNLOAD THE PRESENTATION on EU GSP plus benefits by Ms. Ewa SYNOWIEC, Director of Directorate C, Africa, Caribbean and Pacific, South East and South Asia, Trade and Sustainable Development, Green Deal DG TRADE of the European Commission
DOWNLOAD THE PRESENTATION on Investment proposals and Belgium investment in Sri Lanka by Mrs. Nilupul DE SILVA, Director for Investment Promotion, Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (BOI)
DOWNLOAD THE PRESENTATION on Sri Lanka’s Exports by Mrs. Anoma PREMATHILAKE, Director of Market Development, Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB)
Programme of the Webinar
10:00 – 10:05 Welcome Address
Axel GOETHALS, CEO, EIAS
10:05– 10:20 Address on Trade and investment opportunities in Sri Lanka
Her Excellency Grace ASIRWATHAM, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Kingdom of Belgium, Luxembourg and the European Union
10:20 – 10:35 Address on EU GSP plus benefits
Ms. Ewa SYNOWIEC, Director of Directorate C, Africa, Caribbean and Pacific, South East and South Asia, Trade and Sustainable Development, Green Deal DG TRADE of the European Commission
10:35 – 11:00 Presentation on investment proposals and Belgium investment in Sri Lanka
Nilupul DE SILVA, Director for Investment Promotion, Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (BOI)
11:00 – 11:25 Introduction of Sri Lanka’s Exports
Mrs. Anoma PREMATHILAKE, Director of Market Development, Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB)
11:25 – 11:55 Interactive Q&A Session with the audience
11:55 – 12:00 Closing remarks
Moderator: Eddy LAURIJSSEN, Vice-Chairman, EIAS