Indo-Sri Lanka Economic and Technology Cooperative Agreement (ETCA)

Negotiations on the Indo-Sri Lanka Economic and Technology Cooperative Agreement or ETCA and Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between India and Sri Lanka or CEPA, have once again come to the fore. This forum is for you to study about CEPA/ETCA.

• 06-10-2003  – Institute of policy studies of sri lanka JSG report on CEPA
  

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• 28-06-2015 – NEWS.LK – Govt. to establish an Emergency Ambulance Health Protection Service
  

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• 13-09-2015 – දිවයින – සීපා?
  

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• 15-09-2015 – Newsfirst – India towards setting up of, and operation of, emergency ambulance service in Sri Lanka
  

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• 15-09-2015 – Lanka Business Online – Sri Lanka and India to sign a new trade agreement in 2016
  

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• 17-09-2015 – Daily FT – Sri Lanka pitches for inking CEPA by next year

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  17-09-2015 – Daily FT – India to supply of medical equipment to district hospital in Vavuniya, establishment of emergency ambulance services in Sri Lanka

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• 18-09-2015 – Newsfirst – Two million Indians reply to ad for 300 clerical jobs
  

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• 18-09-2015 – Neth FM  – සීපා එපා – අගමැති කියයි
  

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• Ada Derana Interview –  Watch
  
• CEPA handout of Sri Lanka Engineers Association – Read
  

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• 19-09-2015 – GMOA CEPA memo – Download
  

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• 19-09-2015 – NEWS.LK – Government never discussed CEPA with India

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  22-10-2015 - UNITED PROFESSIONALS' MOVEMENT (UPM)
  UPM  is a forum consists of all Professional Associations of Sri Lanka:
  1. Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA)
  2. Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BAR)
  3. Sri Lankan Engineers’ Association (SLEA)
  4. Chartered Institute of Management Accounts – Sri Lanka (CIMA)
  5. Computer Society of Sri Lanka (CSSL)
  6. Institute of Applied Statistics – Sri Lanka
  7. Institute of Personal Management – Sri Lanka
  8. Institute of Incorporated Engineers
  9. Organization of Professional Association of Sri Lanka (OPA)
  10. Sri Lanka Institute of Architects (SLIA)
  11. The Institute of Engineers – Sri Lanka (IESL)

  UPM Objectives:
  1. Insist Government to get professionals involved in policy development process of International Trade Agreements.
  2. To formulate House rules, regulations and policies for all professions in Sri Lanka
  3. Force Government to make Indo-Sri Lanka Cooperative Agreements, public.

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  26-10-2015 – Daily Mirror – The Indian High Commissioner’s speech at the Annual Research Symposium 2015 held at the Colombo University

• GMOA CEPA Memo     Download 
  

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• GMOA CEPA Presentation     Download
  

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• Dr. Harsha De Silva Interview: Emergency Ambulance Service

• 05-11-2015 – Workshop for Trade Unions in Health Sector on Bilateral International Trade Agreements
  

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• 08-11-2015 – The Sunday Leader – ETCA instead of CEPA?
  

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• 09-11-2015 – United Professionals Movement (UPM) – Press Conference 09-11-2015
  

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• 11-11-2015 – දිවයින – ගිලන් රථ කුමන්ත්‍රණයක් ගැන පාදෙනිය කියයි
  

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• 14-11-2015 –  රිවිර – ගිලන් රථ සේවාවේ කොටසක් ඉන්දියානු සමාගමකට
  

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• 16-11-2015 – රවිර – ඉන්දියාව එක්ක ගහන ගිවිසුම් මෙරට වෘත්තිකයන්ට ඉතා හානි කර විය හැකි
  

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• 08-11-2015 – Hon. Prime Ministers Response to UPM request     Letter
  

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• Mr. T.M.K.B. Tennekoon, Secretary, Ministry of Industry & Commerce Response to UPM request     Letter
  

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• 23-11-2015 – Daily News – GMOA requests TUs to educate membership on CEPA/ETCA
  

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• 08-12-2015 – Daily Mirror – CEPA comes as ETCA, Says GMOA 
  

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• 09-12-2015 – Hon. PM’s Speech