Academic Link between the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka and the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

The Vice-Chancellor, University of Colombo and the Rector, University of Ljubljana signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the 18th of April 2011, at the University of Ljubljana to contribute towards the development of academic, scientific and cultural cooperation between the two universities in the spirit of broadening the already existing cooperation between the Faculty of Social Work of the University of Ljubljana and the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo. An Annex to the Memorandum of Understanding was also signed on the same day specifying further collaboration between the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo and the Faculty of Social Work, University of Ljubljana in continuing the joint collaborative programme that was started after 2004 tsunami with the need for professional social workers as outlined in the Letter of Intent signed by the two Universities on the 13th of April 2005,