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