New and expanding partnerships The Office facilitated several development initiatives in the review period: • Policy Dialogue on Masculinity and Gender Relations in the Caribbean (April 11–12, 2019) and a series of IDB - commissioned UWI research studies with the IGDS, UWI St. Augustine Campus, SALISES and IGDS, UWI Cave Hill; and School of Education, UWI St. Augustine, which underpinned the Policy Dialogue.
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Policy Dialogue on Promoting Dynamic Entrepreneurship in the Caribbean Region (June 12–14, 2019), organised by the IDB, Development Bank of Jamaica and The UWI. It focused on strengthening ecosystems that support dynamic entrepreneurship and innovation in the Caribbean region; advancing the Blue Economy; the role of higher education in entrepreneurship development and issues critical to fostering one-Caribbean development solutions. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Blue Talk (May 27, 2019). Hosted at The UWI Cave Hill Campus, it brought together leading innovators in the field to engage with the public on the unique opportunities presented by the Blue Economy.
The Global University Consortium (GUC) website accessible at: https://www.universities4climateaction.org/
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CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) grant funding to support the preparation of a Strategy to Strengthen the Higher Education Ecosystem in the Eastern Caribbean. This study articulates a pathway to increased access to tertiary education for persons living in the Eastern Caribbean.
The Office also mobilised resources for key strategic initiatives including: • CDB’s approval for US$500,000 dedicated to equipping the UWI China Institute of Information Technology under the UWI Open Campus Development Project • Funding dedicated by CDB to the One UWI Digital Transformation Project (over US$100,000 approved to date) • Customised training in Procurement Management for the Office of the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago (US$35,000), which was commissioned and delivered by The UWI Open Campus
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In addition, the Office provided project execution oversight and strategic donor relations management for CDB-funded projects including: • The preparation of a Comprehensive Sport for Development Initiative for the New Faculty of Sport of UWI (US$210,000) • Enhancement of UWI tv Regional Project (US$130,000).
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