UNESCO/UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM OF SMALL ISLAND STATES (University of the West Indies – Secretariat, University of the South Pacific, University of the Virgin Islands, University of Malta, University of Mauritius.)
Activity Financing Contract 3240205358.
This project was carried out with financial support of the UNESCO Kingston Cluster Office for the Caribbean. The Education Programme - providing capacity development and technical support to assist national efforts in achieving the Dakar goals and the intersectoral platform on Small Island Developing States (SIDS); enhancing the capacity of tertiary education in SIDS to implement the Mauritius Programme of Action for the Sustainable development of SIDS.
Creation of an inventory of courses offered by the 5 member Universities of UCSIS, for inclusion into an integrated, cross-campus Graduate degree programme being developed by the Consortium.
Period: 29th April, 2009 to 30th Sept, 2009
Funding: US$13,000
Principal Investigator: Dr. David C. Smith