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The UWI’s PJ Patterson Institute for Africa-Caribbean Public Advocacy hosts Symposium on March 20

For Release Upon Receipt - March 18, 2024

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The UWI, Regional Headquarters, Jamaica. Monday, March 18, 2024—On Wednesday, March 20, the PJ Patterson Institute for Africa-Caribbean Public Advocacy at The University of the West Indies (The UWI) will host a symposium. Themed Strengthening Cooperation Between African & Caribbean States: Facing the Challenges, Creating Solutions, it will facilitate the sharing of ideas, experiences, and best practices, and develop a framework for advancing collaboration between African and Caribbean entities, researchers, and where possible, policy-makers.

Positioned as a hybrid event, the Symposium will be held at the E. Nigel Harris Council Room at The UWI’s Regional Headquarters Jamaica from 9 am – 4 pm (Jamaica)/10 am – 5 pm (Eastern Caribbean/AST) and carried live via UWItv on www.uwitv.global, UWItv on Facebook and on UWItv’s Flow and HubTV cable channels.

 Renewed efforts by African and Caribbean countries are underway to broaden, deepen, and accelerate functional cooperation in a wide range of development-related areas. Launched in June 2020, the PJ Patterson Institute situated within The UWI, was established to build bridges between CARICOM and African States through academic exchanges and collaborations with institutions as part of a specialized institutional agreement. The Institute is led by Former Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Most Honourable PJ Patterson who was appointed Statesman in Residence at The UWI.

 Advancing its mandate, the PJ Patterson Institute is initiating public dialogue in the region on climate change, information technology, and innovation.

During the symposium’s opening session, remarks are expected from the Hon. Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister, Barbados, The Most Hon. PJ Patterson, Statesman-In-Residence, PJ Patterson Centre for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy at The University of the West Indies, Senator, Dr the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, Minister, Office of the Prime Minister, Jamaica, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice-Chancellor, The University of the West Indies and H.E. Olusegun Obasanjo, Chairman, The Brenthurst Foundation, Former President, Federal Republic of Nigeria.

 The plenaries include panel discussions on Climate Change Mitigation Strategies: Opportunities for Africa and the Caribbean and Information Technology and Innovation with presentations from Dr Carla Barnett, Secretary-General, CARICOM, Dr Didacus Jules, Director General, OECS among others.

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 Note to the Editor

Interested persons may RSVP Sharon Bogues-Wolfe sbogues-wolfe@inafricara.com to attend in person.

The Symposium’s programme can be accessed here.

 About The University of the West Indies

 The UWI has been and continues to be a pivotal force in every aspect of Caribbean development, residing at the center of all efforts to improve the well-being of people across the region for over 75 years.

 From a university college of London in Jamaica with 33 medical students in 1948, The UWI is today an internationally respected, global university with nearly 50,000 students and five campuses: Mona in Jamaica, St. Augustine in Trinidad and Tobago, Cave Hill in Barbados, Five Islands in Antigua and Barbuda and its Global Campus, and global centres in partnership with universities in North America, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Europe.

 The UWI offers over 1000 certificate, diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate degree options in Culture, Creative and Performing Arts, Food and Agriculture, Engineering, Humanities and Education, Law, Medical Sciences, Science and Technology, Social Sciences, and Sport. As the Caribbean’s leading university, it possesses the largest pool of Caribbean intellect and expertise committed to confronting the critical issues of our region and the wider world.

 The UWI has been consistently ranked among the best in the world by the most reputable ranking agency, Times Higher Education (THE). Since The UWI’s 2018 debut in THE’s rankings, it has performed well in multiple schemes—among them including World University Rankings, Golden Age University Rankings (between 50 and 80 years old), Latin America Rankings, and the Impact Rankings for its response to the world’s biggest concerns, outlined in the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including Good Health and Well-being; Gender Equality and Climate Action.

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