A ‘Training of Trainers’ program focused on empowering women entrepreneurs through digital transformation was held in Colombo, under the leadership of Mrs Thilaka Jayasundara, Secretary to the Ministry of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development. The Ministry of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development organised this three-day programme in collaboration with the Asian and Pacific Training Centre for ICT for Development (APCICT), which provided specialised training to 50 selected active trainers in the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) sector.<\/p>\n
The objective of this programme was to equip women entrepreneurs with the knowledge and skills required to succeed in the digital economy. The programme focused on data collection, data analysis, e-commerce, digital marketing, and artificial intelligence (AI).<\/p>\n
Speaking on this occasion, Mrs Thilaka Jayasundara, Secretary to the Ministry of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development, said that digital transformation is essential to developing the women-led micro, small, and medium-scale enterprise (MSME) sector, which contributes significantly to Sri Lanka\u2019s national economy. She emphasised that for the full potential of this sector, it is necessary to foster enterprises that are productive, innovative, competitive, and sustainable. Furthermore, she noted that the Ministry of Industry aims to establish a robust and sustainable network of skilled trainers capable of empowering these entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n
Resource contributions for this three-day workshop were provided by Nuankae Wongthawatchai (Programme Management Officer, UN APCICT), Irene Boey (Founder of Irene AI Training & Consulting; Consultant and Resource Expert for UN APCICT), Koh Yoet Siang (AI, Digital Marketing & E-commerce Trainer), and Maria Juanita Macapagal (Social Development Consultant) from the Asian and Pacific Training Centre for ICT for Development (UN APCICT).<\/p>\n
Mr Suranga Gunaratne, Director General of the National Productivity Secretariat; M.S.M. Safraz, Director of the Public Enterprises Division at the Ministry of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development; Deputy Director Nishan Chamara; as well as other officials from the Ministry, the National Productivity Secretariat, and the Small Business Development Division participated in this workshop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A ‘Training of Trainers’ program focused on empowering women entrepreneurs through digital transformation was held in Colombo, under the leadership of Mrs Thilaka Jayasundara, Secretary to the Ministry of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development. The Ministry of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development organised this three-day programme in collaboration with the Asian and Pacific Training Centre for ICT for Development (APCICT), which provided specialised training to 50 selected active trainers in the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) sector. The objective of this programme was to equip women entrepreneurs with the knowledge and skills required to succeed in the digital economy. The programme focused on data collection, data analysis, e-commerce, digital marketing, and artificial intelligence (AI). Speaking on this occasion, Mrs Thilaka Jayasundara, Secretary to the Ministry of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development, said that digital transformation is essential to developing the women-led micro, small, and medium-scale enterprise (MSME) sector, which contributes significantly to Sri Lanka\u2019s national economy. She emphasised that for the full potential of this sector, it is necessary to foster enterprises that are productive, innovative, competitive, and sustainable. Furthermore, she noted that the Ministry of Industry aims to establish a robust and sustainable network of skilled trainers capable of empowering these entrepreneurs. Resource contributions for this three-day workshop were provided by Nuankae Wongthawatchai (Programme Management Officer, UN APCICT), Irene Boey (Founder of Irene AI Training & Consulting; Consultant and Resource Expert for UN APCICT), Koh Yoet Siang (AI, Digital Marketing & E-commerce Trainer), and Maria Juanita Macapagal (Social Development Consultant) from the Asian and Pacific Training Centre for ICT for Development (UN APCICT). Mr Suranga Gunaratne, Director General of the National Productivity Secretariat; M.S.M. Safraz, Director of the Public Enterprises Division at the Ministry of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development; Deputy Director Nishan Chamara; as well as other officials from the Ministry, the National Productivity Secretariat, and the Small Business Development Division participated in this workshop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":45593,"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\/45596"}],"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\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45600,"href":"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45596\/revisions\/45600"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.industry.gov.lk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}