The Human Capital Summit is being held to establish a Human Capital Vision 2020 for Sri Lanka. 
The summit is a public-private collaboration organized by the Association of Human Resource Professionals (HRP) in collaboration with the National Human Resource Development Council (NHRD), the Employers Federation of Ceylon and supported by the ILO, ADB and World Bank.

The Association of Human Resource Professionals is the only professional network of practicing HR professionals in Sri Lanka. HRP with its 15-year history has made significant contributions to uplifting the standards of the HR profession in the country with a host of initiatives and interventions over the years. This project is embraced by them under the “go beyond” pillar in their 2016 activity calendar which is aimed at addressing national human resource and talent issues. 

The summit replete with strategies and actions plans will help carry forward the objectives  established which is developing an efficient labor market by allocating suitable jobs for specifically skilled people and thereby promoting productivity in Sri Lanka. 

This will be a pre-curser to the Human Capital round table that will be held in November this year. The key theme of the event is to deliberate and identify human capital opportunities in order to develop a National Agenda that will in turn support Sri Lanka’s growth sectors. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will deliver the key note address.  

The summit will serve as a stimulus which brings together thought leaders and think tanks on both local and international levels to engage in discussions and exchange ideas by establishing sectoral working groups. These groups will receive mandates to recommend solutions and work around identified gaps in different growth sectors, to suggest national level policy reforms and propose programmes.