CED Sri Lanka commenced budget advocacy project in August 2019 with an initial training awareness workshop on budget analysis for CED member organizations. This training was facilitated by APSBAE staff members and a local facilitator. The local facilitator was from the National budget department of Sri Lanka. At the end of the two days residential training programme, CED members discussed and prepared a draft plan for budget advocacy and at the same time they identified and prioritized the areas that need to be focused to ensure equality and gender responsive budgeting in Sri Lanka.