Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2017-01-10

Establishment of the Public Private Partnership Division

- The attention of the government has been focused on the implementation of the projects aligned with the national priority and the economic development agenda under the Public Private Partnerships. Accordingly, the joint proposal made by Hon. Ravi Karunanayake, the Minister of Finance and Hon. Malik Samarawickrama, the Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade, to establish a division in the Ministry of Finance comprised of commercial technical expertise to assist the relevant Ministries in providing assistance advice and facilitating when selecting projects suitable to be implemented under the Public Private Partnership collaboration, was approved by the Cabinet.