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27/08/2026

University Students August 27, 2026

Tourism Start-Up Competition 2026 – SLTDA AI Innovation | Apply Now

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Tourism Start-Up Competition 2026

“AI-Driven Innovation for the Future of Tourism”

Organized by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) in view of World Tourism Day 2026

Closing Date: 05 September 2026

Tourism Start-Up Competition 2026 – Application Details

The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority invites innovative teams to present AI-powered solutions capable of transforming Sri Lanka’s tourism sector. The competition supports innovation, sustainability, improved visitor experiences and the digital transformation of tourism.

Important: Artificial Intelligence must be a core component of the proposed solution. Applications without an AI component will not be considered.

Who Can Apply?

Tourism start-ups operating in Sri Lanka

Early-stage technology companies and tech entrepreneurs

University teams, undergraduates, postgraduates and incubators

School-level innovation teams and incubators

Eligible AI Solution Areas

Smart travel planning and personalized visitor experiences
AI customer service, chatbots and virtual assistants
Smart destination management systems
Predictive analytics for tourism demand and visitor behaviour
Sustainable tourism and environmental monitoring
Digital marketing and visitor-experience platforms
Smart mobility and visitor-flow management

Selection Process

Applications will be screened and shortlisted. Selected applicants will make pitch presentations before an expert panel. Proposals will be evaluated for innovation, feasibility, scalability and impact. Winners will be recognized at the World Tourism Day 2026 celebrations.

How to Apply

Download the official concept note and application form using the button below.
Complete all sections of the application form.
Attach available supporting materials, such as a pitch deck, product demo/prototype link, business registration certificate and relevant documents or media links.
Email the completed application to kusala@srilanka.travel on or before 5 September 2026.

Download Full Details & Application Submit Application by Email

සංචාරක ක්ෂේත්‍රයේ ආරම්භක ව්‍යාපාර තරගය 2026

“සංචාරක ක්ෂේත්‍රයේ අනාගතය සඳහා AI මත පදනම් වූ නවෝත්පාදනය” යන තේමාව යටතේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා සංචාරක සංවර්ධන අධිකාරිය විසින් මෙම තරගය සංවිධානය කරයි.

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ක්‍රියාත්මක සංචාරක ආරම්භක ව්‍යාපාර, තාක්ෂණික ව්‍යවසායකයින්, විශ්වවිද්‍යාල කණ්ඩායම් සහ පාසල් නවෝත්පාදන කණ්ඩායම් සඳහා අයදුම් කළ හැකිය.

වැදගත්: ඉදිරිපත් කරන විසඳුමේ ප්‍රධාන අංගයක් ලෙස කෘත්‍රිම බුද්ධිය (AI) අනිවාර්යයෙන් ඇතුළත් විය යුතුය. සම්පූර්ණ කළ අයදුම්පත සහ අදාළ ලේඛන kusala@srilanka.travel වෙත යොමු කරන්න.

අයදුම්පත් භාරගැනීමේ අවසන් දිනය: 2026 සැප්තැම්බර් 05

சுற்றுலாத்துறை தொடக்க நிறுவனப் போட்டி 2026

“எதிர்கால சுற்றுலாத்துறைக்கான AI சார்ந்த புத்தாக்கம்” என்ற கருப்பொருளில் இலங்கை சுற்றுலா அபிவிருத்தி அதிகாரசபை இப்போட்டியை நடத்துகிறது.

இலங்கையில் இயங்கும் சுற்றுலா தொடக்க நிறுவனங்கள், தொழில்நுட்ப தொழில்முயற்சியாளர்கள், பல்கலைக்கழக அணிகள் மற்றும் பாடசாலை புத்தாக்க அணிகள் விண்ணப்பிக்கலாம்.

முக்கியம்: முன்வைக்கப்படும் தீர்வில் செயற்கை நுண்ணறிவு (AI) ஒரு பிரதான கூறாக கட்டாயம் இடம்பெற வேண்டும். பூர்த்தி செய்யப்பட்ட விண்ணப்பத்தையும் தொடர்புடைய ஆவணங்களையும் kusala@srilanka.travel என்ற மின்னஞ்சலுக்கு அனுப்பவும்.

விண்ணப்ப முடிவுத் திகதி: 05 செப்டம்பர் 2026

Contact for More Details
011 2426800 – Ext. 394 / 151 / 155
070 6936641
Email: kusala@srilanka.travel

Source: Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA). Applicants should read the official concept note and application form before submission.

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26/08/2026

University Students August 26, 2026

National Child Protection Authority Short Film Competition 2026 – Submit Before 25 September

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🎬 National Child Protection Authority Short Film Competition 2026

ජාතික ළමා ආරක්ෂක අධිකාරියේ කෙටි චිත්‍රපට තරඟය 2026

தேசிய சிறுவர் பாதுகாப்பு அதிகாரசபையின் குறும்படப் போட்டி 2026

Organized to mark the International Day of the Girl Child, observed on 11 October 2026.

📅 Submission Deadline: 25 September 2026

🇬🇧 Short Film Competition 2026 – Full Details

The National Child Protection Authority has organized a short film competition in conjunction with the International Day of the Girl Child, which falls on 11 October 2026.

Talented filmmakers are invited to produce and submit short films based on child protection and social issues. Regular short films and AI-generated short films may be submitted according to the relevant competition category.

🏆 Competition Categories

1. School Section
Students in Grades 9–11 and Grades 12–13 may participate.
AI-generated short films are not allowed in this section.

2. Higher Education Section
University students and students following higher education programmes may participate.
Both regular and AI-generated short films are accepted.

3. Open Section
Professionals and other persons aged 25 years or above may participate.
Both regular and AI-generated short films are accepted.

💡 Short Film Themes

Issues faced by adolescents
Special protection for the girl child
Internet usage and child abuse
Parental love and the proper nurturing of children
Teachers’ social responsibility beyond classroom teaching
Loss of schooling due to child labour
Physical and mental abuse of children through corporal punishment

🎥 Technical Requirements

Regular Short Film Duration
5–8 minutes

AI-Generated Film Duration
2–4 minutes

Video Resolution
Full HD 1920 × 1080 or 4K

Aspect Ratio
16:9 widescreen

File Format
MP4 or MOV

Audio
Stereo – Left/Right channels

The film must contain embedded subtitles in Sinhala, Tamil or English.

🥇 Awards

First Place: Award, medal and certificate
Second and Third Places: Medal and certificate
Selected films will be published through the National Child Protection Authority’s official social media platforms.

📮 How to Submit Your Short Film

Create the short film according to the theme, duration and technical requirements given above.

Save the completed film in MP4 or MOV format and write it onto a DVD.

Place the DVD safely inside a protective cover or envelope. Clearly include the participant’s name, contact number and relevant competition category.

Send or hand-deliver the creation to the National Child Protection Authority at the address below.

The creation must reach the National Child Protection Authority on or before 25 September 2026.

Chairperson
National Child Protection Authority
No. 330, Thalawathugoda Road
Madiwela, Sri Jayawardenepura

⚠️ Applicants are advised to contact the National Child Protection Authority and confirm any additional labelling or submission requirements before posting the DVD.

🇱🇰 කෙටි චිත්‍රපට තරඟය 2026 – වැදගත් විස්තර

2026 ඔක්තෝබර් 11 දිනට යෙදෙන ජාත්‍යන්තර ගැහැණු ළමයාගේ දිනයට සමගාමීව ජාතික ළමා ආරක්ෂක අධිකාරිය විසින් මෙම කෙටි චිත්‍රපට තරඟය සංවිධානය කර ඇත.

පාසල් අංශය: 9–11 සහ 12–13 ශ්‍රේණිවල සිසුන්ට සහභාගි විය හැක. AI මගින් නිර්මාණය කළ චිත්‍රපට මෙම අංශයට භාර නොගනී.
උසස් අධ්‍යාපන අංශය: විශ්වවිද්‍යාල සහ උසස් අධ්‍යාපන සිසුන්ට සහභාගි විය හැක. සාමාන්‍ය සහ AI නිර්මාණ භාරගනු ලැබේ.
විවෘත අංශය: වයස අවුරුදු 25 හෝ ඊට වැඩි වෘත්තිකයන් සහ අනෙකුත් පුද්ගලයන්ට සහභාගි විය හැක. සාමාන්‍ය සහ AI නිර්මාණ භාරගනු ලැබේ.

සාමාන්‍ය කෙටි චිත්‍රපටයක කාලය විනාඩි 5–8ක් විය යුතු අතර AI මගින් නිර්මාණය කළ චිත්‍රපටයක කාලය විනාඩි 2–4ක් විය යුතුය. වීඩියෝව Full HD 1920 × 1080 හෝ 4K, 16:9 ආකෘතියෙන් MP4 හෝ MOV ගොනු වර්ගයකින් සකස් කළ යුතුය.

📮 නිර්මාණය භාරදෙන ආකාරය

සම්පූර්ණ කළ චිත්‍රපටය MP4 හෝ MOV ආකෘතියෙන් සකස් කරන්න.
චිත්‍රපට ගොනුව DVD තැටියකට ඇතුළත් කරන්න.
DVD තැටිය ආරක්ෂිත කවරයක බහා නම, දුරකථන අංකය සහ අදාළ තරඟ අංශය පැහැදිලිව සඳහන් කරන්න.
පහත ලිපිනයට තැපැල් මගින් යොමු කිරීම හෝ භාරදීම සිදු කරන්න.
නිර්මාණය 2026 සැප්තැම්බර් 25 දින හෝ ඊට පෙර අධිකාරිය වෙත ලැබිය යුතුය.

සභාපති
ජාතික ළමා ආරක්ෂක අධිකාරිය
අංක 330, තලවතුගොඩ පාර
මාදිවෙල, ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර

🇱🇰 குறும்படப் போட்டி 2026 – முக்கிய விபரங்கள்

2026 ஒக்டோபர் 11ஆம் திகதி அனுஷ்டிக்கப்படும் சர்வதேச பெண் பிள்ளைகள் தினத்தை முன்னிட்டு தேசிய சிறுவர் பாதுகாப்பு அதிகாரசபை இந்தக் குறும்படப் போட்டியை ஏற்பாடு செய்துள்ளது.

பாடசாலைப் பிரிவு: தரம் 9–11 மற்றும் 12–13 மாணவர்கள் பங்கேற்கலாம். AI மூலம் உருவாக்கப்பட்ட குறும்படங்கள் இப்பிரிவில் ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளப்படமாட்டாது.
உயர் கல்விப் பிரிவு: பல்கலைக்கழகம் மற்றும் உயர் கல்வியைத் தொடரும் மாணவர்கள் பங்கேற்கலாம். சாதாரண மற்றும் AI மூலம் உருவாக்கப்பட்ட குறும்படங்கள் ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளப்படும்.
திறந்த பிரிவு: 25 வயது அல்லது அதற்கு மேற்பட்ட தொழில் வல்லுநர்களும் ஏனையவர்களும் பங்கேற்கலாம். சாதாரண மற்றும் AI குறும்படங்கள் ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளப்படும்.

சாதாரண குறும்படத்தின் காலம் 5–8 நிமிடங்களாகவும் AI மூலம் உருவாக்கப்பட்ட குறும்படத்தின் காலம் 2–4 நிமிடங்களாகவும் இருக்க வேண்டும். காணொளி Full HD 1920 × 1080 அல்லது 4K தரத்தில், 16:9 அகலத்திரை அமைப்பில், MP4 அல்லது MOV கோப்பு வடிவத்தில் தயாரிக்கப்பட வேண்டும்.

📮 படைப்பைச் சமர்ப்பிக்கும் முறை

பூர்த்திசெய்யப்பட்ட குறும்படத்தை MP4 அல்லது MOV வடிவத்தில் தயாரிக்கவும்.
குறும்படக் கோப்பை DVD ஒன்றில் பதிவு செய்யவும்.
DVD-ஐ பாதுகாப்பான உறையில் வைத்து, போட்டியாளரின் பெயர், தொலைபேசி இலக்கம் மற்றும் போட்டிப் பிரிவைத் தெளிவாகக் குறிப்பிடவும்.
கீழே குறிப்பிடப்பட்டுள்ள முகவரிக்குத் தபால் மூலம் அனுப்பவும் அல்லது நேரடியாகக் கையளிக்கவும்.
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