Helani Galpaya was selected as one of the stakeholders invited to speak at the United Nations General Assembly’s Informal interactive stakeholder consultation held at UN Headquarters in New York on the 2nd of July. The selection itself was done by a committee that reviewed applications by over a 100 organizations to speak at this event. Helani’s opening comments that were read out can be found here.
Workshop: Digital Tools for Strengthening Public Discourse
Today, LIRNEasia hosted a workshop to launch digital tools created by Watchdog Sri Lanka, funded by GIZ’s Strengthening Social Cohesion and Peace in Sri Lanka (SCOPE) programme. Researchers, practitioners, activists and journalists attended to learn about these tools, and how they can potentially help them in their own lines of work.
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Rokonuzzaman
Points of cost and value for broadband service,particularly for low income group, are well stated. How to address them, particularly using market forces,should be stated to empower stakeholders. How to benefit from economy of scale and scope to reduce cost for profitable delivery? How to promote user group specific innovation to increase value of broadband service consumption? Look forward to share further insights to address these burning issues…