Activity under preparation Advancing sustainable trade between EU and Sri Lanka

About this project

This Action aims to strengthen Sri Lanka¿s economic recovery potential after the 2022 crisis through an improved enabling environment for sustainable trade aligned with the EU Global Gateway strategy. The Action will enhance Sri Lanka's trade capacity by supporting improvements in policies and regulatory frameworks, building understanding and capacity for compliance with international and EU standards and regulations at policy, trade support ecosystem, and enterprise levels, and fostering the development of sustainability, digitalisation and resilience of the export potential. Building on previous trade-related assistance that focused on trade facilitation, export strategy, and specific value chains (e.g. cinnamon, IT), this Action will strategically emphasize policy reforms that foster a supportive environment for the green economic transition related to exports. The Action will complement policy and institutional support with targeted support to promote value addition through product upgrading, diversification and resilience within the relevant EU export base. This includes supporting a shift from basic harvesting toward higher-value activities such as processing, marketing, and related off-farm enterprises.It will do so through the following Specific Objective and related Outputs:-Specific Objective: Increased sustainable trade linkages with EU markets through regulatory alignment, green transition, and climate-adaptive practices with EU standards operating in an enabling…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 5Gender Equality
• 8Decent Work and Economic Growth
• 10Reduced Inequalities
• 12Responsible Consumption and Production
• 13Climate Action
• 16Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
• 17Partnerships for the Goals

Published by

European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships · Other public sector

Countries

Sri Lanka

Sectors

Trade facilitationEnvironmental policy and administrative management

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Main focusClimate mitigation · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Also contributes

Published by European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 29 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XI-IATI-EC_INTPA-2021-ACT-63084.

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