The Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) has announced that applications are now open for the Presidential Export Awards (PEA) 2023/24.
The PEA ceremony is scheduled to be held in November 2024 at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) under the patronage of the President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
The Presidential Export Awards stands as the pinnacle of recognition bestowed by the President upon exporters who have made exceptional contributions to the country’s export sector and economic advancement.
The EDB extends an invitation to Sri Lankan exporters to submit their applications for consideration as recipients of the Presidential Export Awards.
This esteemed accolade seeks to honour and acknowledge exporters who have demonstrated outstanding achievements in fostering growth in economic development.
This year’s awards ceremony will be held to recognize the country’s best exporters for financial years 2023/24. The awards will be presented in two main categories with 14 Overall awards and 51 products & services sector awards.
Further, Merit Awards for the deserving sectors will also be awarded as decided by the Panel of Judges based on the performance of the applicants. The selections for the awards were done by an eminent Panel headed by a Retired Judge of the Supreme Court.
Applications could be submitted using the web portal https://pea.edb.gov.lk/ dedicated for Presidential Export Awards till 15th August 2024. Apart from the online application, exporters could obtain all the relevant details of the programme such as Award Categories, Guidelines, Evaluation Criteria, instruction videos to fill out the application and the testimonials given by the winning companies through this portal.
For further information, interested applicants can contact Ms. Saumya Kannangara, Deputy Director or Ms. Manuka Perera, Assistant Director through Tel: 0112300721/0112300705-711(Ext 253 or 267) Email: awards@edb.gov.lk, saumya@edb.gov.lk, manuka@edb.gov.lk. (Newswire)