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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 13294889" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/100px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/135px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />European Union will provide Sri Lanka an Rs. 9 billion (Euro 60 million)  grant under its support to the District Development programme from 2012  to 2017, the Economic Development Ministry saidThe announcement was made by EU Delegation Head Bernard Savage during a  meeting with Minister Basil Rajapaksa yesterday in Colombo. Under this programme, the projects identified by the Sri Lankan  government as priority projects will be implemented by United Nations  agencies -- UNDP, UNICEF, UNOPS, FAO, ILO and IFC, the ministry said. Speaking at the event UN Resident Coordinator & UNDP Representative  Subaine Nandy said that UN and its agencies would always cooperate with  overall development strategies of the government and extend assistance  in accordance with the requirements of the government. Experience gained  and lessons learnt from the implementation of the projects can be used  to design the next projects, he said.DM</blockquote>

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