FCCISL wins many awards

The Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Sri Lanka (FCCISL) received the Silver award in the category of NGO/NPO in the Best Annual Reports Competition conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (ICASL), proving that FCCISL is within the ambit of Transparency, Social Accountability and good governance reflecting its excellent performances.

Earlier, FCCISL received several awards including international awards. Among them for the first time in Sri Lanka FCCISL won the award for the Best Unconventional project for SMEs at the 5th World Chambers Congress held in Turkey for the FCCISL project "Back to Business".

FCCISL was also adjudged the Best Social Marketing Project at the Brand Excellence Awards of the Asian Brand Congress held in Mumbai for its "Business for Peace Initiative" (BPI). Prior to receiving the award from ICASL, it received another international award for the Best CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) projects again under its BPI from the Asian CSR Forum in Singapore.

Secretary General, FCCISL Samantha Abeywickrama, said that it is the same result of it embarking on an effort to bring in the highest professionalism in the Sri Lankan Chamber movement and achieve higher standards in governance and service delivery.

All these awards and achievements are to be looked at in the context of milestones in excellence.

He said, "We are trying to push the limits and widen the wall of the conventional understanding and concepts of Chambers of Commerce."

There are some Chambers which are concerned in making profits, looking after their members only and not thinking of other people, the country and the economy. But FCCISL is changing that conventional chamber concept by pushing the limits and enlarging the chambers to gain greater recognition by their local and international stakeholders.