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Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2012-08-15
Obtaining services of Australian volunteers for development programmes
- the objective of the above programme is to provide an opportunity to Australian volunteers to share their skills and knowledge with local counterparts on short term (6 months) and long term (up to 3 years) basis and foster links between organizations and communities in Australia and Sri Lanka. These volunteers are to be deployed for development programmes in coordination with Aus-Aid's Development Cooperation Programme in Sri Lanka and all relevant expenses of this programme will be borne by the Government of Australia. The proposal made by H.E. the President, in his capacity as the Minister of Finance and Planning, to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding for the purpose, was approved by the Cabinet.