Vice-Chancellor's Report to University Council 2019/2020

• Resilient Series: “Keeping Clients Amidst COVID-19: Cost effective marketing and client engagement” • E-Conference Series: “Private Sector for COVID-19 Response” • One Caribbean Solutions: “Post Crisis Strategic Partnership and Next Steps for Reopening Universities”

St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ Historic Appointment to the UN Security Council The Launch of the Caribbean Administrative Tribunal (CCAT) Caribbean Court of Justice 15 th Anniversary “Legal Dimensions Arising from COVID-19 Pandemic” “The Life and Work of Walter Rodney”

E-Conference Series: “Food Security and Economic Diversification as Part of the COVID-19 Response” UWI MoU signing with the European University Institute UWI MoU signing with Glasgow University

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CARICOM Reparations Commission: Sir William Arthur Lewis: Founder of Reparations for Caribbean Economic Development • The Launch of the P.J. Patterson Centre for African- Caribbean Advocacy • “From Apology to Action: CARICOM’S Call for Reparatory Justice” • “Caribbean Justice: A Needs Assessment of the Judicial System” • “The Uses and Abuses of Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence: Is Racism a Feature?” In its daily operations, UWItv continued to work in close collaboration with multiple stakeholders to incorporate an entrepreneurial approach. UWItv has forged and strengthened strategic and developmental partnerships that have enlarged the global footprint of The UWI. • “Development Finance for The COVID-19 Response in the Eastern Caribbean” • Resilient Series: “Pivoting Your Business to Survive COVID-19: Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Brand Development” • Resilient Series: “Money Management of MSMEs: Managing Your Finances and Relationships with your Financial Institution”

In July 2020, UWItv was a partial recipient of a Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) grant valued at USD $95,000 for the provision of Instructional Television through the UWItv Cable Channel in partnership with The UWI Open Campus.

E-Conference Series: “Reopening the Economy at the End of the COVID-19 Response”

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