University Consortium of Small Island States
The Consortium is a collaborative effort of the University of Malta, University of Mauritius, University of the South Pacific, the University of the West Indies and the University of the Virgin Islands, to enhance the capacity of higher education institutions in small island states, to provide practical, high quality training, research and outreach to assist these Member States with the institutional and systematic capacity needed to implement the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (BPOA) and Mauritius Strategy. Technical and financial support was provided to the UNESCO-UNITWIN partnership with Consortium, formalized early 2007 to establish a Cooperation Programme to promote an integrated system of research, training, information and documentation of activities in the fields of climate change, natural and environmental disasters, waste management, resources management, culture, and sustainable living and development.

UNESCO Sector:  Division of Science Policy and Sustainable Development
Responsible Staff:  Douglas Nakashima, Fathimath Ghina, Khalissa Ikhlef
More information: http://www.myucsis.com/