SL shortlisted for Outsourcing Destination of the Year for Europe
View(s):Sri Lanka has been shortlisted for the Outsourcing Destination of the Year Award by the European Outsourcing Association (EOA). This follows the country also having recently won the Offshoring Destination of the Year 2013 award from the UK’s National Assciation for Outsourcing, according to an announcement issued by private-sector IT body SLASSCOM
Further, the announcement added; “The EOA Awards (EOAAs) now in its fifth year recognises and celebrates the efforts of companies and individuals who have demonstrated best-practice in outsourcing. The Awards bring the best and brightest of Europe’s outsourcing industry together, featuring a range of suppliers, end-users and support service providers and affiliate organisations from the UK, Austria, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and Spain, to reward European outsourcing successes”.
Additionally, the announcement also quoted SLASSCOM Chairman Madu Ratnayake as commenting; “Sri Lanka offers a very compelling value proposition for European businesses as an outsourcing destination. Especially for Software Product Engineering and Financial Accounting Outsourcing (FAO) Sri Lanka is one of the best partners for Europe. Europe remains an important market for Sri Lankan Outsourcing companies and being short listed for this award is a singularly important achievement for the country. We hope the visibility that Sri Lanka gets with this [shortlisting] would encourage European companies to explore the tremendous potential Sri Lanka has to offer”.
Also noted; “Ranked among the Top 25 Global Outsourcing destinations by AT Kearney and among the Top 20 Emerging Cities by Global Services Magazine, the Sri Lankan environment is highly conducive for allowing global enterprises to enjoy premium access to a high quality talent pool for small to medium scale engagements whilst establishing high-in-demand niche competency centres. Sri Lanka acts as an off-shore development centre and joint venture development centre to several Fortune 500 companies and industry leaders from the North American continent, Great Britain, Australia, Sweden, Norway, and Japan”.