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Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2017-09-26
Entering into Collaboratives with the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
- Sri Lanka has entered into a Collaborative with the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), an institution which is engaged in high energy physics and related high tech scientific experiments, in May 2017. This Collaborative will provide an opportunity for the professors and lecturers of the universities and the scientists of the country to have access to the laboratories of the organization and to liaise with the Organization and the Scientists of around 77 countries linked with the Organization and it will enable to educate the Sri Lankan student population and as well as for the progress of the local industries.

Accordingly, the proposal made by Hon. Susil Premajayantha, the Minister of Science, Technology and Research, to enter into Collaboration Agreements and to allocate a provision of Rs.250.45 million in the forthcoming 05 years for the activities related to the said Collaboratives, was approved by the Cabinet.