COLOMBO: The second roundtable discussion of the ‘Prevention of Marine Litter in the Lakshadweep Sea’ (PROMISE) project, funded by the European Union (EU) through the SWITCH-Asia Programme, focused on policy benchmarking and discussion around adaptation to challenges and gaps in the Sri Lankan context, followed by the design and development of policy prototype solutions.
Delivering the keynote address Jenny Correia Nunes, Head of Cooperation of the EU to Sri Lanka and the Maldives said that despite marine pollution being a transboundary issue, the substantial dependency of Sri Lanka’s economy on its marine and coastal environments necessitates a look into national solutions. She added that with the EU as a global force driving to achieve climate neutrality, the PROMISE project can help the economies of Sri Lanka, Maldives and India to make a green transition and keep the seas clean.
The PROMISE project has organised a series of policy roundtable meetings to look at solutions to tackle marine litter in the Lakshadweep Sea between Sri Lanka, Maldives and India.
The discussion was attended by government institutions, academia, NGOs, international development organisations and tourism industry associations.
PROMISE is a 4-year project (2020-2024) supported by the European Union (EU) under the SWITCH-Asia Programme. It promotes sustainable consumption and production in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The project activities target tourism clusters located along the Lakshadweep shorelines in the Maldives, Sri Lanka and India. It aims to prevent the leakage of wastes from land-based sources into the Lakshadweep Sea. The project is implemented by the Maldives National University (MNU), in collaboration with Parley for the Oceans, the National Cleaner Production Centre, the Energy and Resources Institute, STENUM Asia, and Adelphi Research
