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UNU Holds First Global Seminar in the Caribbean
22 July, 2010
Regional Governance: Challenges and Opportunities
The United Nations University recently held its first global seminar in The Caribbean. The seminar, hosted by the Institute of International Relations (IIR), University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago on the theme "Regional Governance: Challenges and Opportunities" was held from June 28 to 30. In his opening remarks, Timothy M. Shaw, the director of the Institute of International Relations at UWI stated that the UNU Global Seminar would build on existing networks between UWI and other United Nations agencies, and as UNU's first seminar in the Caribbean region, would open new opportunities for research collaboration between UNU researchers and researchers in the region.
In his keynote remarks, UNU Vice-Rector Kazuhiko Takeuchi presented UNU's current and future plans for graduate programmes, twin institutes, and integrated interdisciplinary approaches to global sustainability challenges. Following Prof. Takeuchi's remarks, John Agard, a renowned climate scientist, spoke on the relevance of sustainability science and the importance of developing an interdisciplinary understanding.
The seminar was attended by 45 students selected mainly from the undergraduate and graduate programs at UWI and the United Nations Youth Association for Trinidad and Tobago. The seminar featured 15 guest lectures delivered by leading experts selected from UWI, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago, UN agencies and regional organizations based in Trinidad. Some of the guest lecturers included Anita Montoute, Matthew Bishop, Mark Kirton, Michele Reis (all from UWI), Luis Andrade Fall of the Association of Caribbean States, Jens Ulrich Poppen from UN Volunteers, and Reita Gabrielle of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The seminar was jointly facilitated by Obijiofor Aginam of the UNU Institute for Sustainability and Peace, Tamara Brathwaite (IIR, UWI), Amanda Laurence (UNIC), and Solange Cross-Mike (IIR, UWI) who supervised the group work and presentations of the students on four topics related to the challenges of regional governance in the Caribbean region.
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