Office
of the Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal. Monday, November 11, 2019
-- The University of
the West Indies (The UWI) Open Campus and the Consular Corps of
Jamaica will host a webinar entitled, “Europe under explored –
the prospects for trade and investment with Jamaica in the 21st
Century” on Wednesday November 13, 2019 starting at 5:30 pm.

The
webinar will be hosted at The UWI Regional Headquarters, Hermitage
Road, Mona in the E. Nigel Harris Conference Room, and will be
facilitated using Zoom for online participants to join the event. It
will be carried live on the Open Campus Facebook page at
https://www.facebook.com/uwiopencampuscaribbean/.

The
facilitators are three ambassadors from European countries who have
expertise in the areas of international trade and investment. They
are their Excellencies, Hugo Verbist, Ambassador of Belgium; Josep
Maria Bosch Bessa, Ambassador of Spain; and Dr Bernd Von
Munchow-Pohl, Ambassador of Germany. Also presenting are Mr. Pascal
Carrére
, Regional Economic Attache from the Embassy of France, Panama and
Mr. Ricard Bardia Divins, Charge d’Affaires, Head of Delegation of
the European Union, Jamaica.

The
webinar will provide practical and operational expertise to
participants and practitioners in the field of trade and investment;
provide actionable information and guidance to persons involved in
the business of exports; provide an academic context for the
exploration of trade and investment opportunities with Europe. It
will also add value to the relevant courses being studied by the
students of International Business, International Relations, Law and
other related faculties at The UWI.

While
the webinar is free, interested persons should register online at
Http://TINY.CC/di6rfz. A link to
the Zoom platform will be sent via email to participants who register
for the webinar.

Wednesday’s
webinar is the first event in a series of planned collaboration
between The UWI Open Campus and the Consular Corps of Jamaica. On
July 23, 2019 the organizations signed an enterprise- wide Memorandum
of Understanding (MOU).

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About
the Consular Corps of Jamaica

The
Consular Corps of Jamaica is a body whose members consist of Honorary
Consuls, Honorary Consul Generals, Honorary Vice Consuls and Career
Consuls accredited to Jamaica. The objects of the Corps is to promote
and maintain harmonious relations on all matters of common interest
and to secure solidarity of representation and sympathetic
corporation viz-a-via all authorities and organisations that may be
brought into relation with the Corps. 

About
The UWI

For
over 70 years The University of the West Indies (The UWI) has
provided service and leadership to the Caribbean region and wider
world. The UWI has evolved from a university college of London in
Jamaica with 33 medical students in 1948 to an internationally
respected, regional university with near 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 an Open Campus. As part of its robust
globalization agenda, The UWI has established partnering centres with
universities in North America, Latin America, Asia, and Africa
including the State
University of New York (SUNY)-UWI Center for Leadership and
Sustainable Development;
the Canada-Caribbean Studies Institute with Brock University; the
Strategic Alliance for Hemispheric Development with Universidad de
los Andes (UNIANDES); the UWI-China Institute of Information
Technology, the University of Lagos (UNILAG)-UWI Institute of African
and Diaspora Studies and the
Institute for Global African Affairs with the University of
Johannesburg (UJ).
The UWI offers over 800 certificate, diploma, undergraduate and
postgraduate degree options in Food & Agriculture, Engineering,
Humanities & Education, Law, Medical Sciences, Science &
Technology, Social Sciences and Sport. 

As
the region’s premier research academy, The UWI’s foremost
objective is driving the growth and development of the regional
economy. The world’s most reputable ranking agency, Times
Higher Education,
has ranked The UWI among the top 600 universities in the world for
2019, and the 40 best universities in Latin America and the Caribbean
for 2018 and 2019.The UWI has been the only Caribbean-based
university to make the prestigious lists. For more, visit
www.uwi.edu.

(Please
note that the proper name of the university is The University of the
West Indies, inclusive of the “The”, hence The UWI.)