Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2014-07-24 |
Agreement between University of Peradeniya and Norwegian Agency for Development Corporation (NORAD) for receiving a grant on "Institutional capacity building in water management and climate change adaptation in selected countries in Asia" - the Norwegian Agency for Development Corporation (NORAD) has launched a programme in 2013 to stimulate South-North Collaboration in the fields of Higher Education and Research (the NORHED) Programme. The purpose of this programme is to strengthen the capacity of Higher Education Institutions in low and middle income countries. The University of Peradeniya has been selected in 2013 for funding by NORHED programme for the post-graduate programmes in Water and Environmental Engineering and a Memorandum of Understanting (MoU) has been signed between NORAD and the University of Peradeniya. 37% of the grant (NOK 6,730,482) will be utilized by the University of Peradeniya and University of Jaffna for 65 local and foreign scholarships / fellowships programmes. Approval of the Cabinet was granted for signing of the MOU as proposed by Hon. S.B. Dissanayake, Minister of Higher Education and to proceed with the activities relating to the above. |
