A NEW PARADIGM FOR POVERTY ERADICATION

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A NEW PARADIGM FOR POVERTY ERADICATION

• Community Participation In Capacity Building
• The Set Aside Initiative
• For The Development of
• Community Participation in the Creation of New
  Wealth Opportunity and Eradication of Poverty

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Involvement of the Community in Master Planning

• Survey of the Geography and Demography of the
  Community Assets Inventory

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Identification of economic Opportunities from the
Master Planning Process

• Expert Transformation of Concepts to Feasible
  Business Proposals

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Recruitment of Proponent Groups to Generate Local
Resource Investment Action on selected economic
Opportunities from the Master Plan
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Management Capacity Building and Human Resource
Development

• Incubation arrangements

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Partnership Connections, Locally and in the
Diaspora

• Capital Equity Generation

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Production of New Products and ServicesFor
local Consumption and Export
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Community Based Marketing and Distribution of
Local Imported Products(National Import
Export Center)
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Connection to International Market Export Systems
(National Import Export Center)
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Financing Facility for Development, Start Up
Trade Transactions North and South
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MAJOR FUTURE COLLABORATIONSCRC CIDES UNIPOP
PARTNERSHIPA Five Year Plan(2007-2012)

• Medgar Evers College, through the Caribbean
• Research Center, is a founding member of the
• following three institutions
• Sustainable Development, a.k.a. Universidad
  Popular de Desarrollo Sostenible de Las Americas
  (UNIPOP)
• The International Center for Sustainable
  Development (CIDES)
• The Southern Caucus of NGOs for Sustainable
  Development (South Caucus).

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RATIONALE

• CAFTA House Action Report, Edition and Fact sheet
  No. 109-21, US Congressional Quarterly
  Publication (July 25, 2005), The Washington
  Office on Latin America
• CAFTA will attract foreign direct
  investment and boost Central American Exports in
  certain sectors, but will provide little benefit
  to the rural and urban poor region.

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RATIONALE

• Southern Caucus of NGOs for Sustainable
  Development Report
• Racism and discrimination against African
  descendants, Indigenous and ethnic minorities
  have served as obstacles to participation in the
  economic development of their various countries,
  and will serve as a barrier to adequate and
  effective participation in CAFTA.

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RATIONALE

• The United Nations Millennium
• Goals specifically identify eight global
  challenges for which urgent action is stipulated
  among them
• Global partnerships, education, health,
  gender equality, environmental sustainability,
  empowerment of women and the elimination of
  racism and other forms of discrimination.

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PURPOSE

• To engage universities in joint efforts to offer
  meaningful service to communities in need of
  professional and technical support.
• To collaborate in order to overcome obstacles to
  the inclusion of minority populations viz.
  social inequality, poverty and race based
  exclusionary practices.
• To create a new vision and a new paradigm for
  increasing opportunities in regional and
  international economic development initiatives.
• To foster enterprise growth and trade opportunity
  through public and private sector intervention
  designs.
• To strive to achieve the eradication of poverty
  in all its forms in the region.

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SET ASIDE PROJECT DELIVERABLES

• The CIDES UNIPOP CRC/MEC Partnership will
• engage in the following joint efforts aimed at
• promoting sustainable development throughout the
• region, primarily in the communities of African
• descendants, Indigenous and ethnic Minority
• populations

• Relevant social, cultural, economic, and
  environmental studies.
• Market Research / Needs Analysis.
• Feasibility Studies.
• Community Mapping Assessment.
• Training in Master Planning for Sustainable
  Development .

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SET ASIDE PROJECT DELIVERABLES contd

• Training in Master Planning for Sustainable
  Development .
• Formulation of Business Plans and Project
  Evaluation.
• Capacity Building and Technical Assistance in the
  areas of organizing, governance and development.
• Technology Exchange / Bridging the Digital
  Divide.
• Higher Education through Distance Learning.

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REGIONAL INTER-UNIVERSITY COLLABORATION

• The CRC further coordinated formal
• Agreements for Academic Collaboration
• with other universities in the region, which
• were signed by the President

• URACCAN in Nicaragua
• UNAPEC in Dominican Republic
• University of the West Indies (Jamaica)
• University of the West Indies (Barbados)
• Brazil

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ADDITIONAL CURRENT and PROSPECTIVE INSTITUTIONAL
COLLABORATIONS

• International Institute for Technology Exchange
  and Capacity Building, Panama
• CUNY Consortium for Sustainable Development, New
  York
• University of the Virgin Islands (UVI)
  Inter-collegiate Debating Competition
• International Center for Sustainable Development
  (CIDES), Panama