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UWI presents findings on Caribbean Regional Integration study

For Release Upon Receipt - June 28, 2011

St. Augustine


The UWI Institute of International Relations (IIR) will host a seminar, ‘The Future of Caribbean Regional Integration’ on Thursday 30th June 2011 from 4pm at the IIR Board Room, UWI St. Augustine.

The seminar will highlight key findings from the recent Caribbean Regional Integration study conducted by staff of the IIR. The study sought to analyse the Caribbean regional integration process, to help identify options for moving it forward by helping to inform future strategic engagement by different stakeholders, with a view to facilitating and assisting in the development of the regional integration agenda. The seminar will discuss the pertinent issues and challenges currently facing Caribbean integration as revealed through the study, as well as future directions and recommended solutions.

Presenters at the seminar include Dr Matthew Bishop, Lecturer in IR and Lead Author of report; Professor Emeritus Norman Girvan, (retired) IR faculty and Joint Lead Author of report; Sunity Maharaj, Director of the Lloyd Best Institute; and  Mr Keston Perry, of the Caribbean Movement for Civil Empowerment, to name a few.

The seminar is free to attend and is open to the public. For further information, please call (868) 662 2002 ext 3238 or 3237, or email Matthew.Bishop@sta.uwi.edu or Zahra.Alleyne@sta.uwi.edu.

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Over the last six decades, The University of the West Indies (UWI) has evolved from a fledgling college in Jamaica with 33 students to a full-fledged University with over 40,000 students. Today, UWI is the largest and most longstanding higher education provider in the English-speaking Caribbean, with main campuses in Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, and Centres in Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Christopher (St Kitts) & Nevis, St Lucia, and St Vincent & the Grenadines. UWI recently launched its Open Campus, a virtual campus with over 50 physical site locations across the region, serving over 20 countries in the English-speaking Caribbean. UWI is an international university with faculty and students from over 40 countries and collaborative links with over 60 universities around the world. Through its seven Faculties, UWI offers undergraduate and postgraduate degree options in Engineering, Humanities & Education, Law, Medical Sciences, Pure & Applied Sciences, Science and Agriculture, and Social Sciences.

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