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British Council launches Youth-Led Green and Inclusive Initiatives in Businesses project in Sri Lanka Youth-led businesses can be a vital catalyst for change, sparking multiple positive ripple effects. This month, the British Council Sri Lanka launched a new project, ‘Youth-Led Green and Inclusive Initiatives in Businesses’, to harness the enthusiasm and energy of young business leaders and spearhead green and inclusive transitions in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Sri Lanka. The project aims to provide knowledge, skills, resources, and networks to young entrepreneurs to help transform their existing businesses into inclusive and sustainable businesses. A systemic commitment to sustainability and inclusiveness can build customer loyalty, attract better talent, yield more investments, boost stakeholder engagement, build a stronger sense of belonging amidst a team, and improve innovation and efficacy for businesses. The timely project attempts to demystify green and inclusive initiatives, demonstrating how SMEs and young entrepreneurs can create progressive ...

British Council’s networking event brings together latest cohort of Commonwealth Scholars from Sri Lanka The British Council in Sri Lanka successfully hosted its annual networking event to welcome home the most recent batch of Sri Lanka’s Commonwealth Scholars from the UK on completion of their studies. The event held at the Mövenpick Colombo was attended by a large number of Commonwealth Scholars from Sri Lanka along with British Council staff. The event featured an informative panel discussion with the participation of five of the returning scholars where they provided insights about their application process, choice of subject, learnings at their universities, experience of living in the UK and their short- and long-term plans on how they hope to apply their new learnings. This was followed by an interactive networking session. The returning scholars of 2023 have completed their postgraduate studies in diverse fields including Dementia Studies, Plant Molecular Genetics, Crop Science, ...