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proffered strategies for economic growth and develop- ment. Calling on CARICOM governments to accelerate the completion of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) agenda, the CDB President identified trade facili- tation and knowledge governance as pivotal for crafting a “new paradigm for our Region”. Under knowledge governance and innovation, Dr Leon proposed augmenting the region’s support institutions and readiness programmes to capitalise on “framework-condi- tions” on intellectual property rights, including reforming the existing IP legislative frameworks, streamlining the facil- itation arrangements between copyright collecting socie- ties, pursuing communal trademarks, and adapting compe- tition policy to play a “complementary role to the IP and trade rule provisions in the region’s knowledge governance framework”. In her welcome remarks, SRC Director, Dr Jan Yves Remy, reflected fondly on the sterling contribution of the late trade economist who she described as a “frequent visitor, devoted mentor, exacting taskmaster, unrelenting debater, and dear friend to the SRC”. She noted that “Owen Arthur’s embrace of trade liberalisation and the CARICOM Single Market and Economy as pathways for Caribbean develop- ment, would always distinguish him for singular focus at the SRC”, an institution devoted to international trade training, research and outreach. Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of The UWI Cave Hill Campus, Professor R Clive Landis, lauded Professor Arthur’s dedication to the Cave Hill Campus, noting it was here that the late economist had received his undergrad- uate training in economics, before proceeding to The UWI’s Mona Campus to pursue advanced studies in the subject. Professor Landis noted that as Prime Minister, he gifted The UWI land at the Lazaretto and that even after his retire- ment, the former Prime Minister was always willing to share his vast knowledge with UWI students and faculty alike. Delivering remarks at the evening’s event were also Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr the Honourable Jerome Walcott, Vice-Chancellor of The UWI, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, and Mrs Julie Arthur, widow of the late Professor Arthur. The Master of Ceremonies for the evening was Professor Winston Moore, Deputy Principal of The UWI Cave Hill.
SRC and CDB co-host Inaugural Distinguished Owen Seymour Arthur Memorial Lecture Caribbean countries must adopt a resilience model of development if the region is to achieve the Right Honourable Professor Owen Seymour Arthur’s vision of sustained development and escape the chasm of cyclical underdevelopment. This was one of several important policy prescriptions offered by President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr H Gene Leon, while delivering the inaugural Distinguished Owen Seymour Arthur Memorial Lecture on September 8, 2021. The lecture, co-hosted by the Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy and Services (The SRC) and the CDB, was broadcast live on UWITV. Slated to be an annual event, the lecture series honours the legacy of the late economist and statesman, Professor Arthur, who passed away on July 27, 2020 at the age of 70. In the forty-minute lecture entitled “Re-designing Economic Growth Strategies”, Dr Leon paid tribute to Professor Arthur’s sterling legacy as an economic visionary, and
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES CAVE HILL CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT TO COUNCIL 2021/2022
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