{"id":36568,"date":"2026-07-07T15:40:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T10:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/?p=36568"},"modified":"2026-07-07T15:41:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T10:11:23","slug":"the-national-4i-project-builds-young-entrepreneurs-to-the-global-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/the-national-4i-project-builds-young-entrepreneurs-to-the-global-market\/","title":{"rendered":"The National 4i Project builds young entrepreneurs to the global market"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"36568\" class=\"elementor elementor-36568\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-deac971 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"deac971\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e75ebb\" data-id=\"2e75ebb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8740a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a8740a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 29-01-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The National 4i Project builds young entrepreneurs to the global market<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d6c21ce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"d6c21ce\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e8a2be\" data-id=\"2e8a2be\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-087c874 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"087c874\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 29-01-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>A special training program for the District Liaison Officers of the National Program for Developing 1,000 Young Entrepreneurs (4I Project) was held at the Colombo Foundation Institute under the patronage of the Secretary to the Ministry of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development, Mrs Thilaka Jayasundara, over three days from June 24, 25 and 26. This training program was conducted for 40 selected officers, including Additional District Secretaries and Assistant District Secretaries, representing all 25 districts of the island.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The 4I project, implemented by the Ministry of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development in collaboration with the National Productivity Secretariat, aims to empower 1,000 young small and medium-scale entrepreneurs by improving their knowledge, skills and attitudes to access the global market successfully. The 4I project will also identify and address the barriers and challenges that selected entrepreneurs face in accessing the export market, thereby increasing their production capacity.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The pilot project was first implemented in the Gampaha District in 2023, empowering 100 selected young entrepreneurs. Based on the success of the pilot project, the Ministry of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development plans to empower an additional 1,000 young entrepreneurs through this initiative.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The Ministry of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development expects to implement this 4I project under the direct supervision and coordination of these selected District Liaison Officers, and special training was provided to the District Liaison Officers on strategic planning to build strong leadership for young entrepreneurs. These Liaison Officers were also able to gain field observation experience during this training program, in the factories of entrepreneurs empowered by the pilot project.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National 4i Project builds young entrepreneurs to the global market A special training program for the District Liaison Officers of the National Program for Developing 1,000 Young Entrepreneurs (4I Project) was held at the Colombo Foundation Institute under the patronage of the Secretary to the Ministry of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development, Mrs Thilaka Jayasundara, over three days from June 24, 25 and 26. This training program was conducted for 40 selected officers, including Additional District Secretaries and Assistant District Secretaries, representing all 25 districts of the island. \u00a0 The 4I project, implemented by the Ministry of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development in collaboration with the National Productivity Secretariat, aims to empower 1,000 young small and medium-scale entrepreneurs by improving their knowledge, skills and attitudes to access the global market successfully. The 4I project will also identify and address the barriers and challenges that selected entrepreneurs face in accessing the export market, thereby increasing their production capacity. \u00a0 The pilot project was first implemented in the Gampaha District in 2023, empowering 100 selected young entrepreneurs. Based on the success of the pilot project, the Ministry of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development plans to empower an additional 1,000 young entrepreneurs through this initiative. \u00a0 The Ministry of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development expects to implement this 4I project under the direct supervision and coordination of these selected District Liaison Officers, and special training was provided to the District Liaison Officers on strategic planning to build strong leadership for young entrepreneurs. These Liaison Officers were also able to gain field observation experience during this training program, in the factories of entrepreneurs empowered by the pilot project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":36569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36568"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36568"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36573,"href":"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36568\/revisions\/36573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}