Citra Social Innovation Lab Archives

Recognizing the pivotal role data plays in Sri Lanka's journey towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Government of Sri Lanka and the United Nations, jointly organized "#SDGDataLK: Enhancing Data for a Sustainable Sri Lanka"- the First National Symposium on Data for the SDGs, which took place on 20 & 21 March 2018 in Colombo. The two-day symposium brought together multiple stakeholders from the Government, UN Agencies, Private Sector, Civil Society Organizations, Academia, and Data and Research organizations, to discuss the importance of using data towards evidence-based policy and decision-making. With 24 esteemed local and international speakers, the symposium brought together multi-disciplinary discussions on how data helps policy making, the status of...

The Colombo Development Dialogues are convened by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the South Asia Centre of the London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE-SAC), bringing together a diverse group of development thinkers, practitioners and policy-makers from the public and private sectors to discuss relevant issues pertaining to current national regional priorities. Held at least twice a year in collaboration with the Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Colombo, Dilmah Tea and Citra Social Innovation Lab, these Dialogues aim to generate awareness on different issues of interest and concern in Sri Lanka today, thereby setting an agenda for debates on development. Each Dialogue will focus on a key theme relevant to national development prioritie...