The Year-End National Project Steering Committee of the CSIAP held at MoA

The year-end  National Project Steering Committee (NPSC) Meeting of the Climate Smart Irrigated Agriculture Project (CSIAP) was held at the Ministry of Agriculture recently. The NPSC meeting is chaired by of Mr. Janaka Dharmakeerthi, Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture. The NPSC is set up at the Ministry of Agriculture to take the overall responsibility in executing the CSIAP. The NPSC will consist of key officials of the major stakeholder agencies of the central government, provincial government, private sector and the apex level community organizations mainly to provide policy guidance to the project and to ensure achieving CSIAP’s objectives.

The World Bank Officials, Chief Secretaries of provinces where the CSIAP is being implemented, Heads of Government Departments, Senior Officials of implementing agencies, Project Director and Provincial Deputy Project Directors joined the meeting remotely, and senior officials of the ministry and  CSIAP were also present in this meeting. 

Photograph by Nikeshala Kodithuwaku, PMU, CSIAP

The Year-End Progress Review Meeting of the CSIAP held with the World Bank

The Year-End Progress Review Meeting of the Climate Smart Irrigated agriculture Project (CSIAP) to assess performance, address challenges, ensure alignment with project objectives and stakeholder expectations and maintain momentum towards the successful completion of the project was held with the World Bank at the Project Management Unit (PMU), CSIAP recently. The CSIAP team led by Eng. R.M.B. Rajakaruna, Project Director.

The World Bank team headed by Dr. Sheu Salau (Senior Agriculture Economist, Task Team Leader), Dr. Athula Senaratne (Senior Agriculture Specialist), Mr. Seenithamby Manoharan (Consultant – Agriculture & Rural Development), Ms. Nadeera Rajapakse (Environmental Specialist), Mr. Shanek Fernando (Social Development Specialist), Ms. Anula Harasgama (Sr. Financial Management Specialist), Ms. Heenaben Yatin Doshi (Sr. Procurement Specialist), Ms. Sithara Atapattu (Consultant – Environment), Mr. Jayantha Kankanamge (Consultant – Social), Mr. Udara Wijeratne (Consultant – ICT), Mr. Sarath Wickramaratne (FAO Consultant – Institutional Development) and Prof. Ravichandran Kannan (FAO Consultant - CSA Specialist ) attended this meeting.

Photograph by Nikeshala Kodithuwaku, PMU, CSIAP