The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism on Monday (18) launched a revamped official website and a new common digital platform for Sri Lanka’s diplomatic missions abroad, as part of the government’s broader digital transformation agenda.
The launch ceremony was attended by Foreign Affairs Minister Vijitha Herath, deputy ministers and senior ministry officials, with heads of Sri Lankan missions overseas joining virtually.
Herath said the initiative aimed to improve public service delivery through greater efficiency, accessibility, transparency and accountability. The platform would also strengthen Sri Lanka’s digital engagement with citizens, overseas Sri Lankan communities, foreign partners, investors and tourists, he added.
Seven missions have been integrated into the unified platform in the first phase: the High Commissions and Embassies in New Delhi, Malé, Cairo, Bucharest, Brasília, Wellington and The Hague. The ministry said the system would be expanded in further phases to bring all Sri Lankan missions abroad under a standardised digital framework.
The initiative was jointly implemented by several ministry divisions together with the Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SLCERT) and the Information and Communication Technology Agency.
The rollout follows the recent suspension of the foreign ministry’s e-DAS document attestation platform due to a separate technical failure, which forced consular service operations onto e-Channeling appointments. The unified mission platform is intended to address those service-delivery gaps over time by routing public-facing functions through a common digital backbone.
