Sri Lanka received the South Asia Procurement Innovation Award 2017- 2018 at the Fifth South Asia Region Public Procurement Conference in New Delhi recently.
A case story on the path breaking reform submitted by the Department of Public Finance of the Ministry of Finance and Mass Media was felicitated as the Best Country Case Story at the South Asia Procurement Innovation Award 2017.
Director General of Department of Public Finance P. Algama, the current Chair of the conference participated at this conference with Director of the Department of Public Finance E.A. Rathnaseela representing Sri Lanka.
The conference hosted by the Ministry of Finance of India and was co‐sponsored by the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and Islamic Development Bank.
The heads of public procurement of South Asian countries, high‐level government officials responsible for public procurement policymaking; oversight agencies; and representatives from several Development Partners active in the South Asian Region are among the participants of the conference.
Director, Department of Public Finance, E.A Rathnaseela received the award from the World Bank Country Director for India.