University of the West Indies (UWI)
Université des Indes occidentales
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URL: http://www.uwi.tt/
URL: http://www.uwimona.edu.jm/
URL: http://isis.uwimona.edu.jm/
URL: http://sta.uwi.edu/
URL: http://www.uwi.edu/
Founded
1948 Mona Jamaica
History
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Unlock West Indian potential for economic and cultural growth through high quality teaching and research aimed at meeting critical regional needs, by providing West Indian society with an active intellectual centre and by linking the West Indian community with distinguished centres of research and teaching in the Caribbean and overseas.
Events
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Recognized by the Community Treaty as an Institution of: D-XD4579 - Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Observer to: F-XJ7911 - Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM); H-XF0551 - Regional Nursing Body, CARICOM Community (RNB). Contracting party to the Agreement establishing: D-XD5213 - Council of Legal Education (CLE). Coordinates: F-XF9788 - Caribbean Information System for the Agricultural Sciences (CAGRIS). Partner with: F-XM4987 - EU-LAC Foundation. Member of: F-XF2829 - Latin American and Caribbean Research Network. Under Lomé Conventions, links with: E-XE2442 - European Commission (EC).
Links with:
- F-XF1971 - Caribbean Action Plan (CAR);
- H-XK1170 - Caribbean Agricultural Science and Technology Networking System (PROCICARIBE);
- E-XE8871 - Caribbean Council for Science and Technology (CCST);
- F-XF3668 - Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ);
- F-XF4023 - Caribbean Development Bank (CDB);
- D-XD5631 - Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC);
- H-XE2285 - Caribbean Information Action Group (CARINFO);
- E-XE8645 - Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH);
- U-XF8974 - Caribbean Network of Educational Innovation for Development (CARNEID);
- D-XM6108 - Caribbean Regional Information and Translation Institute (CRITI);
- D-XD1294 - Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO);
- E-XE5481 - CARIRI - Caribbean Industrial Research Institute;
- F-XF3936 - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation (CFTC);
- F-XF1309 - Commonwealth of Learning (COL);
- C-XC0376 - Commonwealth Secretariat;
- K-XK1177 - Commonwealth Youth Programme - Caribbean Centre (CYPCC).
Links indicated by: E-XJ1503 - Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Library is member of: A-XA1945 - International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). Member of: B-XB1363 - International Association of Universities (IAU). Cooperates with: F-XF5669 - Caribbean Regional Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (CRN+); F-XF5302 - West India Committee (WIC). Mona Campus provides secretariat for: D-XM2482 - Caribbean Cardiac Society (CCS); F-XM2025 - Caribbean HIV/AIDS Regional Training Network (CHART). Member of: U-XJ1443 - Engineering for the Americas (EftA); H-XM1159 - Caribbean Association for Distance and Open Learning (CARADOL); B-XB1766 - International Council on Archives (ICA); B-XB1723 - International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB); E-XE2018 - North American and Caribbean Association of Schools of Social Work (NACASSW); F-XJ1814 - Talloires Network. Partner of: F-XM8930 - Blue Finance. Links with:
- D-XD1269 - Association of Caribbean Historians (ACH);
- D-XD8585 - Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM);
- D-XD3086 - Association of Caribbean Tertiary Institutions (ACTI);
- D-XD4170 - Universities Caribbean;
- D-XD0874 - CANTO;
- G-XG5046 - Caribbean Academy of Sciences (CAS);
- H-XD8698 - Caribbean Association of Researchers and Herbal Practitioners Association (CARAPA);
- D-XD3145 - Caribbean Association of Theological Schools (CATS);
- D-XD4292 - Caribbean Conservation Association (CCA);
- U-XF2804 - Caribbean Environmental Reporters' Network (CERN);
- U-XG5621 - Caribbean Institute of Food Science and Technology;
- H-XF1677 - Caribbean Institute of Perinatology (CIP);
- E-XF1032 - Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI);
- F-XF1268 - Caribbean Network for Integrated Rural Development (CNIRD);
- E-XF1481 - Caribbean Policy Development Centre (CPDC);
- F-XF6789 - Caribbean Publishers Network (CAPNET);
- K-XE0018 - Caribbean Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives (CARBICA);
- F-XE0600 - Caribbean School of Media and Communication (CARIMAC);
- D-XD6085 - Caribbean Studies Association (CSA);
- D-XD6094 - Caribbean Union of Teachers (CUT);
- U-XF1056 - Consortium of Caribbean Universities for Natural Resource Management (CCUNRM);
- D-XD1965 - Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Caribbean (ICAC);
- G-XG8377 - International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear Sciences (ICENS);
- U-XF3793 - International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR);
- C-XC0048 - Third World Forum (TWF).
Links indicated by: D-XD4479 - Caribbean College of Family Physicians (CCFP); F-XF6010 - Caribbean Electric Utility Services Corporation (CARILEC); E-XJ4939 - Global Land Tool Network (GLTN).
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UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XF7988
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