Oman, Sri Lanka emphasise cooperation in ICT sector

Oman, Sri Lanka emphasise cooperation in ICT sector

Muscat: Sri Lanka Embassy in the Sultanate along with the Export Development Board of Sri Lanka (EDB) organised an introductory webinar meeting in association with Knowledge Oasis Muscat (KOM) with a view to connecting Sri Lankan and Omani Information and Communications Technology/ Business Process Management (ICT/BPM) sector companies. Opening the webinar, the Director-General of the Export Development Board of Sri Lanka, Chitranjali Dissanayake, said Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman, Ameer Ajwad, had stated that the Information and Communications Technology (lCT) has emerged today as the most vital means of both resolving challenges and responding to the new reality. The COVID-19 crisis has triggered the need to further enhance international collaboration in this sector. He also pointed out that since Sri Lanka and Oman have identified the ICT sector as the key priority in their national policy framework, ICT/BPM companies in both countries could find synergies for collaboration. To this end, the ambassador informed that the Embassy would organise B2B webinar meetings between the ICT/BPM companies of both countries in the near future. He further stated that as the Ouran ICT sector emphasises innovation-driven solutions, Sri Lankan companies could leverage their experiences gained from the projects such as