At the UWI-UNDP MoU signing: (From left) The UWI Pro Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Practice, Global Affairs, Ambassador Dr. Richard Bernal; The UWI Pro Vice-Chancellor and Campus Principal, Open Campus, Dr. Luz Longsworth; The UWI Director, University Office of Global Partnerships and Sustainable Futures, Dr. Stacy Richards-Kennedy; The UWI Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles; UNDP Assistant Secretary General and Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Dr. Luis Felipe López Calva; UNDP Regional Advisor, Latin America and the Caribbean, Mr. Kenroy Roach and UNDP Regional Partnership Advisor, Ms. Francesca Nardini.
As a Climate-smart Leader, The UWI secured USD 160,000 funding in June 2020 from an Open Society Foundation grant to support the university's institutional leadership on Climate Justice and Resilience. UNDP also committed USD 100,000 towards a joint UNDP-UWI Public Policy Think Tank on the Blue Economy within the framework of the renewed UWI-UNDP MoU. A USD 500,000 proposal is also under consideration by the Caribbean Climate Smart Accelerator for a project entitled "Building Capacity for Climate-Smart and Resilient Development".
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