SLEA calls for partnership

BY RAMANI Kangaraarachchi

SRI LANKA Economic Association (SLEA) calls for partnership of the private and public sectors to meet today's challenges and utilise the opportunities in the country in performing of their respective roles.

Both the public and private sectors individually have failed to generate adequate growth during the last three decades and now it is time for them to get together and perform towards a sustainable development.

President SLEA Prof. A.V.D.s Indraratna said addressing a press conference at Organisation of Professionals Association (OPA) in Colombo on Wednesday. He said that the Annual Session 2005 of the SLEA will be focused on the theme:

"Public and Private Sector Partnership for Accelerated Growth" and the main objective of the event is to examine and analyse how the two sectors could respectively meet the challenges.

The chief guest at the event will be the Director, Rajiv Ghandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, in New Delhi while eminent speakers such as Prof B. Hewavitharana, Dr. Anura Ekanayake, Franklyn Amarasinghe would speak on Changing Roles of the Public and Private Sectors, Economic Infrastructure and Development, Reshaping Agriculture for the Challenges ahead, and SMEs and Micro Finance at the four technical sessions.

The main objective of the SLEA is to provide a forum for Sri Lankan economists both local and foreign to exchange views on social and economic issues.