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

Involvement of the Community in Master Planning

Survey of the Geography and Demography of the Community &

Assets Inventory

Identification of economic Opportunities from the Master Planning Process

Expert Transformation of Concepts to Feasible

Business Proposals

Recruitment of Proponent Groups to Generate Local Resource

Investment & Action on selected economic Opportunities from the

Master Plan

Management Capacity Building and Human Resource Development

Incubation arrangements

Partnership Connections, Locally and in the Diaspora

Capital Equity Generation

Production of New Products and Services

For local Consumption and Export

Community Based Marketing and Distribution of Local &

Imported Products

(National Import & Export Center)

Connection to International Market Export Systems

(National Import & Export Center)

Financing Facility for Development, Start Up & Trade Transactions North and South

MAJOR FUTURE COLLABORATIONS

CRC – CIDES – UNIPOP PARTNERSHIPA Five Year Plan

(2007-2012)Medgar Evers College, through the CaribbeanResearch Center, is a founding member of thefollowing 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).

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.”

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.”

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.

PURPOSETo 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.

SET ASIDE PROJECT DELIVERABLES

The CIDES – UNIPOP – CRC/MEC Partnership willengage in the following joint efforts aimed atpromoting sustainable development throughout theregion, primarily in the communities of Africandescendants, Indigenous and ethnic Minoritypopulations:Relevant social, cultural, economic, and environmental studies.Market Research / Needs Analysis.Feasibility Studies.Community Mapping Assessment.Training in Master Planning for Sustainable Development .

SET ASIDE PROJECT DELIVERABLES cont’d

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.

REGIONAL INTER-UNIVERSITY

COLLABORATIONThe 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

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