The International Day of Peace was established in 1981 by the United Nations GeneralAssembly. Two decades later, in 2001, the General Assembly unanimously votedto designate the Day as a period of non-violence and cease-fire. Each year the International Dayof Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. The UN General Assembly hasdeclared this as a day devoted...
Dr. Saja has led a Hackathon session held in the summer school on Climate Change adapted Water Management in Sri Lanka conducted by University of Peradeniya under CCWATER EU Erasmus+ project. This project is led by NMBU – Norwegian University of Life Sciences. 36 students from 10 universities representing 6 project partner countries (Norway,...
Dr. Saja participated in the two weeks program titled “Tackling Climate Change as an Underlying Disaster Risk Driver” initiative under the Climate Change Adaptation – Disaster Risk Reduction (CCA-DRR) project with multi-disciplinary team of academics from Sri Lankan Universities and University of Huddersfield, UK. The team developed a research road map in CCA-DRR for...
The Faculty of Engineering, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka has recently hosted a #hackathon Sri Lanka 2023 of #CCWater (Climate Change Adapted Water Management) project funded by @Erasmus+ European Union, Project is led by NMBU – NMBU – Norwegian University of Life Sciences. 12 Graduate students from University of Peradeniya Rajarata University of Sri Lanka and South Eastern...
Saja joined in a global platform on climate change among the 20 Global #commonwealth Futures Climate Research Cohort 2023/24. 20 early career researchers (ECRs), from ten priority countries (Bangladesh, Egypt, Ghana, India, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka), have embarked on a one-year applied training and development programme. https://www.acu.ac.uk/news/second-climate-research-cohort/ I will be working in...
Great learning and capacity building shown by young leaders. They enjoyed a simulation exercise on debating the affordable energy crisis (#SDG7) and #SDG16 – peace, justice and strong institutions to promote social cohesion#SDGs#sdg2030#youthempowerment10 Billion Strong#sdg16#sdg7#sustainabledevelopmentgoals#sdglk This program is supported by the HOPE OF YOUTH project of Ampara district in collaboration with GCERF HELVETAS and #GAFSO. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7026717093391736833/