Sri Lanka’s cabinet has approved the signing of a tripartite agreement to roll out a programme promoting energy-efficient and climate-resilient buildings, backed by a grant of €924,063 from Germany.
According to EconomyNext, the grant — worth around 314 million rupees — will be provided under the Framework Agreement on Technical Cooperation between Germany and Sri Lanka. Cabinet Spokesman Minister Dr Nalinda Jayatissa said the programme aims to help the country develop the policies, institutional frameworks and technical capacity needed to design and maintain buildings that use less energy and better withstand climate stress.
The initiative will be implemented by the German development agency GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH), with progress overseen by the Ministry of Energy and the Sustainable Energy Authority. The formal pact will be signed between the Ministry of Energy, the Department of External Resources and the local representative of GIZ, the cabinet said.
Daily Mirror reported that the assistance is intended to strengthen the regulatory and structural framework for green infrastructure in the construction sector. Officials expect the technical support to accelerate Sri Lanka’s shift toward more sustainable urban development and climate-resilient engineering standards, according to The Island.
