Steering senior public sector officials towards innovative thinking | Daily FT
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“Citra, Sri Lanka’s pioneering Social Innovation Lab, established as a joint initiative between the Prime Minister’s Office and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Sri Lanka, together with the Presidential Secretariat of Sri Lanka and the Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration (SLIDA), recently hosted the fifth “Citra Fellowship Executive Program 2026”.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Citra Lab is a joint initiative involving the Prime Minister's Office and UNDP in Sri Lanka. One source explicitly mentions the collaboration with the Presidential Secretariat and SLIDA. While the specific mention of hosting the 'fifth
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— Citra is Sri Lanka's first Social Innovation Lab operationalised as a joint initiative between the Prime Minister's Office and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in Sri Lanka. It uses hu…
https://www.citralab.lk/
https://www.citralab.lk/
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— Implemented in collaboration with the Presidential Secretariat, the Prime Minister's Office, and the Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration (SLIDA), and supported by UNDP through the ...
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/citralablk_citrafellowship202…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/citralablk_citrafellowship202…
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— Citra Lab, a joint initiative between the Government and UNDP Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka's first Social Innovation Lab, was established in 2018 through a Cabinet memo. In 2022, following a review, throug…
https://mawratanews.lk/news/prime-minister-and-ministers-giv…
https://mawratanews.lk/news/prime-minister-and-ministers-giv…
“This year’s program, held from 22 to 27 March welcomed a diverse cohort of public sector officials, including Additional Secretaries, Directors General (DGs) and Senior Assistant Secretaries from a range of Ministry portfolios.”
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— The Sama-Bajau include several Austronesian ethnic groups of Maritime Southeast Asia. The name collectively refers to related people who usually call themselves the Sama or Samah (formally A'a Sama, "…
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— 2026 (MMXXVI) is the current year, and is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2026th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 26th year of the 3…
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026
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— Yearly calendar showing months for the year 2026. Calendars – online and print friendly – for any year and month.
https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/?year=2026&country=1
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“The week-long program was facilitated by Citra Lab and international experts, with valuable support from UNDP’s Governance and Public Goods and Services (GPGS) team through the FutureGov initiative, funded by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Sub-Fund under the UN Peace and Development Fund.”
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— Citra was established as a joint initiative between the Prime Minister’s Office and United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Sri Lanka. The week-long program was facilitated by Citra Lab and inter…
https://dailyexpress.lk/infotainment/events/34685/
https://dailyexpress.lk/infotainment/events/34685/
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— Citra Innovation Lab convened its Steering Committee Meeting on 22 January 2026, co-chaired by Mr. Pradeep Saputhanthri, Secretary to the Prime Minister’s Office, and Ms. Azusa Kubota, Resident Repres…
https://lk.linkedin.com/company/citralablk
https://lk.linkedin.com/company/citralablk
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— Patrick Duong is the Global Lead of UNDP’s Governance for Public Goods and Services (GPGS). Together with his team, Patrick supports countries in transforming and innovating their public institutions …
https://gpgs.futuregov.org/
https://gpgs.futuregov.org/
“The Citra Fellowship Executive Program is structured in three progressive stages: Stage 1: A residential five-day workshop crafted to build a future-fit public service, facilitated by Citra Lab; Stage 2: Guided implementation of learning outcomes via a small-scale project over a three-month period, ranging from streamlining existing processes to redesigning workflows for greater efficiency; Stage 3: A recap session focusing on sharing experiences, addressing challenges, celebrating successes, and charting a path forward for enhanced public service delivery.”
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— The fellowship program is structured in three stages, beginning with a five-day residential workshop facilitated by Citra Lab, followed by a three-month project implementation phase and concluding wit…
https://dailyexpress.lk/infotainment/events/34685/
https://dailyexpress.lk/infotainment/events/34685/
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— Citra Lab has amassed an impressive track record of successful project and programme delivery with public sector partners, while learning and internalising lessons from several projects which did not …
https://erc.undp.org/evaluation/documents/download/19218
https://erc.undp.org/evaluation/documents/download/19218
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— The second stage of the Fellowship commences when participants return to their respective workplaces. After the completion of the programme, participants carry out a small-scale project over three mon…
https://www.citralab.lk/work/citra-fellowship-experiential-l…
https://www.citralab.lk/work/citra-fellowship-experiential-l…
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