Initiation of nEUROcare, co-financed by the Erasmus + Capacity Building in Higher Education program

The University of Peradeniya is part of an international consortium under an Erasmus + project. The project, nEUROcare – a European initiative for capacity building to meet the challenges of caring for people with neurodegenerative disorders in Sri Lanka is co-financed by the Erasmus + Capacity Building in Higher Education program (618596-EPP-1-2020-1- SE-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP). The aim of this project is to improve the clinical provision of care for neurodegenerative diseases. The main outcome of the project is to develop eight courses that represent a total of 30 credits in accordance with the Sri Lanka Qualification Framework (SLQF) system related to neurodegenerative care.

The European partners of the project are Högskolan Kristianstad, Sweden, Triskelion, Norway, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, University of Tartu, Estonia, and Neapolis University Pafos, Cyprus. University of Colombo, University of Peradeniya, University of Ruhuna, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University are the Sri Lankan partners of the project.

During 07 th to 11 th of February 2022, the first workshop of the project was successfully conducted at the Waters Edge, Battaramulla . This was led by Professor Martin Persson, the Project Manager, Kristianstad University (Sweden)..

The project team of University of Peradeniya Dr HDWT Damayanthi Dassanayake (Project Coordinator) Dr Sarath Rathnayake Dr AMS Deepani Pathiranage Ms. BRGTK Weerasingha Ms. DARK Dasanayaka