THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES. Water Research. Ini9a9ves Experiences Achievements Climate Change. Dr. Pramenath Narinesingh

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1 THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES Water Research Ini9a9ves Experiences Achievements Climate Change December, 1 st, Dr. Pramenath Narinesingh Col. Tecnológico de Monterrey, México. 1

2 Outline of Topics Summary UWI Composi9on (Four Campuses) Research Capability & Experience Inter Campus & Interna9onal collabora9on Funding & Projects Climate Change Funding & Projects Conclusion Links to Sources of Informa9on 2

3 SUMMARY The UWI has a long and successful history in Research and Collabora9on with Interna9onal partners. Its Research base is large (1,000 s) and wide (many speciali9es), and is guided to success by an experienced team of Administrators, Academic and Professional Supervisors. Our experience and success in Research related to Water and Climate Change is reflected in the variety of projects undertaken, the large sums of funding we have a[racted, and the number of successfully completed programmes. 3

4 STRUCTURE OF THE UWI 4

5 (Exclusive) Campuses 5

6 Open Campus 6

7 THE UWI CAMPUS CAVE HILL MONA ST. AUGUSTINE OPEN CAMPUS COUNTRIES BARBADOS JAMAICA 1 T & T CARIBBEAN 1 T & T: Trinidad and Tobago 7

8 Facul9es at : Cave Hill; Mona; St. Augus9ne Law, Humani9es and Educa9on, Pure and Applied Sciences, Social Sciences, and Medicine *Science & Agriculture, Engineering at St. Augus9ne 8

9 Student Popula9on Barbados: Cave Hill 8,000 Jamaica: Mona 15,000 Trinidad & Tobago: St. Augus9ne 16,000 Open Campus Caribbean 5,000 Total = 44,000 Student Programmes Undergraduate 307 Graduate Taught 207 Grad. Total = 398 Graduate Research 191 Online 38 Total = 705 9

10 GRADUATE Research Structure UWI RESEARCH OFFICE OF GRADUATE STUDIES AND RESEARCH [UWI] 1 BUISNESS DEVELOPMENT OFFICE SCHOOLS OF GRADUATE STUDIES & RESEARCH Iden9fy Research & Business Opportuni9es Graduate Programmes 1 St. Augus9ne only 10

11 Schools of Graduate Studies and Research Promotes research: Aimed at current and relevant issues Of high quality and standards, Ensuring that the UWI func9on as one cohesive ins9tu9on. Provide funds for: hos9ng of mee9ngs and assis9ng with research proposal prepara9on. o 2008/2010 emphasis was placed on Disaster Risk Reduc9on, Biotechnology, Biodiversity, Environmental Management, Cultural Studies and Tropical Medicine. 11

12 Inter- Campus Collabora9on CAVE HILL MONA ST. AUGUSTINE OPEN CAMPUS 12

13 Inter- Campus Communica9ons Online Researcher Database (UWORD) being implemented jointly by UWI Chief Informa9on Officer and the Office of Reach, with IT and library staff on all campuses par9cipa9ng. A web portal has been ini9ated to enhance communica9on between campuses. 13

14 Inter- Campus Workshops & Conferences Par9cipa9on of the four campuses in: Caribbean Studies Conference in Jamaica, Environmental Conference in Jamaica, Ecosystem- based Management Conference in Barbados Biotechnology Conference in Trinidad and Tobago Climate Change Conferences in Cuba. 14

15 Inter- Campus collabora9on & Donor Agencies St. Augus9ne, Mona and Cave Hill staff jointly prepare proposals for submission to donor agencies: EDULINK programme the ACP- EU Science and Technology Programme The World Bank for a Hazard Atlas Map for the Caribbean. 15

16 Interna9onal Collabora9on Collabora9on with selected high- quality interna9onal partners is cri9cal for: developing graduate programmes and research capacity. Maintaining a high interna9onal standards. Ensuring its compe99veness in terms of acquiring research grants from external donor agencies. 16

17 Research Funding 2008/2009 UWI ac9ng as a single ins9tu9onal applicant succeeded in obtaining funds from: The EDULINK programme [Euro 3.3M] EU- ACP Science and Technology Programme [Euro 2.9M] EU FP7 programme [Euro 8.1M] DFID Poverty Allevia9on programme 17

18 Interna9onal Collabora9on Ins9tu9ons Duke University Conserva9on and non- exploita9ve use of endangered marine fauna McGill University Recruitment dynamics of coral reef organisms Newcastle University Development of a research programme for Iwokrama in Guyana University of Puerto Rico Development of a collabora9ve research programme Flensburg University, Germany Development of a collabora9ve programme on Renewable Energy 18

19 UWI and La#n- America La#n America- Caribbean Centre (LACC) LACC seeks to maximize opportuni9es for ins9tu9onal collabora9on and coopera9on agreements and ac9vi9es within the Caribbean region. English Language programmes have been successfully completed in: - Venezuela (agreement with Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA)) - Colombia - Chile (Collabora9on with UNESCO/OREALC ) - Provided innova9ve educa9onal experiences for students from English- speaking Caribbean countries. - Training in the Methodology for teaching of Spanish as a second language. Puerto Rico (University) - Collabora9on is aimed at various Facul9es (on Disaster Management, Renewable Energy, Agriculture, Research Funding etc.) 19

20 Staff and Student Exchanges Between UWI And:- The interna9onal ins9tute for Geo- informa9on Science and Earth Observa9on in the Netherlands, Algrave University in Portugal, Lund University in Sweden and Bilbao University in Spain. Under the Erasmus Mundus Coopera9on Programme The University of Guyana Under a Memorandum of Understanding facilitated by the School for Graduate Studies and Research 20

21 A few Details on Research 21

22 The Ins9tute of Sustainable Development (ISD) The UWI func9ons as the Secretariat for the University Consor9um of Small Island States (UCSIS) members that include: University of Malta The University of Mauri9us The University of South Pacific The University College of the Virgin Islands 22

23 ACP-EU Cooperation programs in Higher Education (EDULINK) Capacity Building for Water Programs in Higher Education in the Caribbean UNESCO- IHE; University of West Indies; University of Guyana; College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts Of Trinidad and Tobago 23

24 Short Cer9ficate Water Courses EDULINK Water Supply and Waste Water Modeling Waste Water Treatment Plants Advanced Water Treatment River Engineering River Modeling Flood Control Measures Hydrology and Water Resources Advanced Groundwater Data Collec9on and Analysis Groundwater Modeling 24

25 Experimental Catchment St. Augus9ne The St. Joseph Valley Hydrological Observatory Typical steep and flashy Northern Range Catchment with mixed land use: developed and natural. The aim of the research is to improve the understanding of: the hydrological processes of water balances, and mass fluxes in the tropical environment within contras9ng landscapes of land use, land cover, and topography. 25

26 1 2 Experimental Catchment Ma[hieu Baccard MSc. Thesis. (2011) Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics. McGill University, Montreal 26

27 SALISES Conferences and Workshops St. Augus9ne The Sustainable Development of Coastal Communi9es: Challenges and Solu9ons 2010 Turmoil and Turbulence in Small Developing States: Going beyond Survival 2009 Turtle Conserva9on, Ecotourism and Sustainable Community Development Conference 2007 Crisis, chaos and change: Caribbean Development Challenges in the 21st Century 27

28 The C- Change project: Telfer School of Management of the University of O[awa, Canada, and SALISES of The UWI, along with a team of over twenty co- applicants, collaborators, and community partners Farah Hosein: Undergraduate ICURA student and C- Change Research Associate received recogni9on from UWI for the best senior research project report submi[ed in the Department of Geoma9cs Engineering and Land Management Sherry Ann Ganase: C- Change students, successfully completed her M.Sc. research project is en9tled "Linking Vulnerability, Adapta9on and Mi9ga9on in Small Island Developing States. 28

29 Climate change The University of the West Indies (UWI) has been tasked with spearheading research projects that will iden9fy problems and offer solu9ons related to issues of Climate Change and Renewable Energy, as part of the new Caribbean Climate Change Adapta9on Ini9a9ve. 29

30 CONCLUSIONS The UWI has the structure, experience, and facili9es to win, manage, and successfully execute projects related to Water and Climate Change. Projects completed includes workshops on renewable energy, coastal erosion and management, adap9on to Climate Change; capacity building courses in Water [Groundwater modeling, River Engineering, Flood Management]; and research in Water and Climate Change issues. 30

31 Links Sources of Informa9on Business Development Office (research funding) h[p://sta.uwi.edu/bdo/leveragingexper9se.asp Climate- change effect on the Buccooreef h[p:// Coastal Climate Adapta9on Strategies (SALISES) h[p:// EDULINK Science and Technology Programmes h[p:// edulink.eu/ Ins9tute for Sustainable Development h[p:// Open Campus UWI h[p:// campus- country- sites Research at The UWI h[p://www2.sta.uwi.edu/officeofresearch/researchatuwi.asp 31

32 Sources CONT D Reach topics by Prof. John Agard h[p://sta.uwi.edu/fsa/lifesciences/jagard.asp Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) h[p:// Sir Arthur Lewis Ins9tute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) h[p://sta.uwi.edu/salises/workshop/recent/default.html UWI Photovoltaic Technologies Mona, Jamica h[p:// gtz.org/data/csef2/wednesday/pdf/mcnamara- PV_PerformanceUWI.pdf UWI to lead climate- change, renewable- energy research h[p://jamaica- gleaner.com/gleaner/ /lead/lead8.html h[p://myspot.mona.uwi.edu/physics/ 32

33 Thank You 33

34 "Although climate change is affec9ng every country on Earth, it will have dispropor9onate impact on small island na9ons like those in the Caribbean. Storms are becoming more frequent and more intense. Coral reefs are dying. Beaches are eroding into the sea." 34

35 Shrivastava, G. S., 1994, Global Warming: Its Impact on Hydraulic Engineering in the Caribbean, West Indian Journal of Engineering, 16(2): Shrivastava, G. S., 1998, Impact of sea level rise on seawater intrusion into a coastal aquifer, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, 3(1): Shrivastava, G. S., 1999, Some aspects of water resources management in Trinidad, Journal of Water & Maritime Engineering, Institution of Civil Engineers (UK), 136(4):