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

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.

06-10-2003 – Institute of policy studies of sri lanka JSG report on CEPA
28-06-2015 – NEWS.LK – Govt. to establish an Emergency Ambulance Health Protection Service
13-09-2015 – දිවයින – සීපා?
15-09-2015 – Newsfirst – India t owards setting up of, and operation of, emergency ambulance service in Sri Lanka
15-09-2015 – Lanka Business Online – Sri Lanka and India to sign a new trade agreement in 2016
17-09-2015 – Daily FT – Sri Lanka pitches for inking CEPA by next year
17-09-2015 – Daily FT – India to supply of medical equipment to district hospital in Vavuniya, establishment of emergency ambulance services in Sri Lanka
18-09-2015 – Newsfirst – Two million Indians reply to ad for 300 clerical jobs
18-09-2015 – Neth FM – සීපා එපා – අගමැති කියයි
Ada Derana Interview – Watch
CEPA handout of Sri Lanka Engineers Association – Read
19-09-2015 – GMOA CEPA memo – Download
19-09-2015 – NEWS.LK – Government never discussed CEPA with India
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.
26-10-2015 – Daily Mirror – The Indian High Commissioner’s speech at the Annual Research Symposium 2015 held at the Colombo University