The National Television SLRC and the French governmental organization Canal France International (CFI) have renewed their Partnership agreement on the audiovisual field.

M. Frédéric DURAND DROUHIN, trainer from Canal France International (CFI), M. Karunarathna Paranavithana , Chief Executive Officer of SLRC and M. Hervé MASCARAU, Cultural Counsellor of the French Embassy.

Following the positive evaluation of the partnership between CFI and SLRC, CFI, "supplier of programs" for SLRC, a decision had been made to widen the agreement to a mission of "cooperation".

In this framework, Mr. Alexandre Durand Drouhin, a French expert from CFI is now being conducting a 14 days training on TV reportage with the participation of journalists, reporters, producers and editors.
Eight employees of SLRC and five from the French - Sri Lankan cultural TV magazine "Bonsoir" have been selected to follow the workshop which was started on November 25.

CFI and SLRC also have worked together on a project in order to develop the SLRC and to strengthen the professional skills of its employees by organizing training courses, training workshops, and professional seminars in Sri Lanka.

Since February 2000, CFI offered to SLRC, many sorts of French and European television programs: news, entertainment, education, and sport etc. Within the context of the cultural and economic cooperation between France and Sri Lanka.