The Sri Lankan Consulate in Frankfurt recently facilitated a visit of Sri Lanka cooperative bankers to the Academy of German Co-operatives (ADG) in Montabour, Germany. The ADG is a training institution set up to train coop banks in Germany and also provides information and services to co-operative banking networks worldwide. A five member team headed by Damitha Narangoda, CEO of the Co-operative Insurance Company Limited, participated in this three day workshop held in Montabour.

This visit was a result of the Consul General of Sri Lanka in Frankfurt, Pradip Jayewardene's initiatives. "The workshop and the visit of this delegation were initiated by me as I have first hand knowledge of the rural banking network in Sri Lanka and have seen the

On 21^st August 2014 the Consul General of Sri Lanka, Pradip Jayewardene, visited Duesseldorf Chamber of Commerce, which is the Trade Chamber for the City Duesseldorf, Capital of the Federal State Northrhine-Westfalia and the surrounding Region having more than 80,000 Member companies. He is the first Sri Lankan Representative to visit this important Chamber and during his visit signed the Golden Book of the Chamber.