Microsoft offers support to achieve national digitalisation goals
View(s):
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, meets Jean Philippe Courtois, President of Microsoft International together with Harin Fernando, Minister of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure, and Ravi Karunanayake, Minister of Finance.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe recently met with Jean-Philippe Courtois, President of Microsoft International, on the sidelines of the 47th Annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
At the meeting the premier and Courtois, discussed how Microsoft could best assist the Sri Lankan Government to create a cross-government productivity platform to enhance the ICT landscape and digitalize the economy, according to a Microsoft media release.
Supporting the Government’s digital transformation and good governance agenda, Microsoft will focus on aiding the Sri Lankan Government in education, innovation, entrepreneurship and modern government, which are amongst the many sectors Microsoft operates in. Further to that, Microsoft has extended its support for the Government’s goal of providing one million jobs, one million devices to transform education and digitise government.
“Microsoft is keen to help accelerate world class education capabilities in Sri Lanka, and to partner with the Ministry of Education to develop a 21st century learning plan, while piloting transformation projects with the Government including ‘Smart Classrooms’. The global software company is also interested in assisting the Ministry of Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructure with establishing a Government Security Programme to enable regular monitoring on cyber threats and security,” the release said.