The Ministry of Digital Finance and the United National Development Programme for Sri Lanka (UNDP) together signed a Cooperation Agreement for "Disrupt Asia 2025" (MOU) on August 20, 2025.
The United National Development Programme for Sri Lanka (UNDP) and the Ministry of Digital Economy signed this Agreement of Understanding (MOU) at the United Nations Center in Colombo.
Through this agreement, UNDP has been recognized as strategic collaborations of the Ministry of Digital Finance for “Disrupt Asia 2025”, known as the conference for Sri Lanka’s leading new entrepreneurs and innovation festival. This is a national level platform where innovators, investors and new entrepreneurs with vision.
For this was signed by Mr. Dhanapala, Secretary of the Ministry of Digital Economy and Mr. Asusa Kubota, Deputy Representative of UNDP Sri Lanka, Hon'ble Deputy Minister of Digital Economy Mr. Eranga Weeraratne, Senior Advisor to the President on Digital Economy, Dr. Hans Wijesuriya, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative Marina Ten Madam, Mr. Fadil Bakir Markar, Head of Strategy Application Department of UNDP Sri Lanka - Digital & Innovation Team, Mr. Yasas Thalagala, Manager of Citra Lab - UNDP Sri Lanka Representative, and Citra Lab - UNDP Sri Lanka Digital & Service Planning Officer Deshani Senanayake Mr and Mr. Going also attended the event.
Through this collaboration, also emphasized that the UNDP organization is constantly cooperating with the Ministry, to achieve the goals of the National Digital Economic Plan in Sri Lanka.
Ministry of Digital Economy and UNDP Sri Lanka sign MOU to support ’Disrupt Asia 2025.
Colombo, Sri Lanka, 20 August 2025: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sri Lanka and the Ministry of Digital Economy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) recently at the UN Compound.
The agreement recognises UNDP in Sri Lanka as a strategic partner to the Ministry of Digital Economy for ‘Disrupt Asia 2025’, Sri Lanka’s premier startup conference and innovation festival, where visionaries, investors, and disruptors come together. The agreement was signed by Mr. Waruna Sri Dhanapala, Acting Secretary for the Ministry of Digital Economy and Ms. Azusa Kubota, Resident Representative, UNDP in Sri Lanka, in the presence of Hon. Eranga Weeraratne, Deputy Minister of Digital Economy; Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya, Chief Advisor to the President of Sri Lanka on Digital Economy; Ms. Marina Ten, Deputy Resident Representative, UNDP in Sri Lanka; Mr. Fadhil Bakeer Markar, Team Leader – Strategic Engagement, Digital and Innovation Team, UNDP in Sri Lanka; Mr. Yasas Thalagala, Lab Manager, Citra Lab – UNDP in Sri Lanka and Ms. Deshani Senanayake, Digital and Service Design Officer, Citra Lab – UNDP in Sri Lanka.
Through this collaboration, UNDP will continue to work closely with the Ministry in order to achieve the ambitious goals set forth in the government’s national digital economy blueprint for Sri Lanka.