The Department of Accounting, University of Sri Jayewardenepura has launched a new project called Techno-Economic-Societal Sustainable Development Training in Sri Lanka (TESS).
Managing waste is challenging for all countries, but Sri Lanka encounters specific challenges. Higher educational institutions could play a leading role in addressing some of the waste management challenges.
The University of Sri Jayewardenepura is part of an international consortium under the rubric of Techno-Economic-Societal Sustainable Development Training in Sri Lanka (TESS), co-financed by the European Union through its Erasmus + Capacity Building in Higher Education program.
The consortium comprises three European Universities - University of South-Eastern Norway, University of Nova De Lisboa and University of Essex and Five Sri Lankan universities -. University of Sri Jayewardenepura, University of Vocational Technology, University of Moratuwa, University of Jaffna and the University of Ruhuna, including a not-for-profit organisation, (Janthakshan GTE).
The University of Sri Jayewardenepura, together with the University of South-Eastern Norway and the University of Vocational Technology, hosted a Training Workshop on Waste Management and Circular Economy as part of the TESS Project at the Galle Face Hotel, from March 27 to 31, 2023. TESS project members from the University of Ruhuna and the University of Vocational Technology participated.
Vice Chancellor, the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Dean, Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, Prof. Chamara Kuruppu, Primary Coordinator of TESS University of South-Eastern Norway, Program Manager - Cooperation section Delegation of the European Union to Sri Lanka and the Maldives and Prof. Anil Fernando, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Prof. Kennedy Gunawardana, University of Sri Jayewardenepura and a few other guests attended the opening ceremony.