Faculty of Allied Health Sciences

University of Peradeniya

Faculty of Allied Health Sciences

University of Peradeniya


Fourth nEUROcare workshop 2023


The fourth workshop of the nEUROcare Project was successfully held at Grand Kandyan hotel on 13th and 14th of February 2023 from 8.00 AM to 6.00 PM. “nEUROcare – a European initiative for capacity building to meet the challenges of caring for people with neurodegenerative disorders in Sri Lanka” is a project aimed for the Capacity Building in the field of Higher Education (CBHE). This is a joint project through the main coordination of Kristianstad University (Sweden). The partner Universities of this this project are Triskelion (Norway), University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), University of Tartu (Estonia), Neapolis University Pafos (Cyprus), University of Colombo, University of Ruhuna, University of Peradeniya and Kotelawala Defense University. About 45 European and Sri Lankan project members’ participated in the event.

Professor, MD Lamawansa, the Vice-Chancellor of University of Peradeniya, Major General Milinda Peiris Vice-Chancellor of University of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University and Professor Håkan Pihl , Vice-Chancellor of Kristianstad University graced the inauguration session. The event was coordinated by Dr Damayanthi Dassanayake, the project Manager of nEUROcare, University of Peradeniya.