The University of the West Indies, (UWI) Mona and the Organisation of American States (OAS) have launched a Partnership Programme  which will build UWI’s capacity to promote citizenship education and highlight the importance of governance to the society.  The partnership was launched on Monday, November 2, 2015 by Pro-Vice Chancellor and Principal of The UWI, Mona Campus, Professor Archibald McDonald, and OAS Secretary General, H.E. Luis Almagro, at a ceremony held at the Faculty of Law.

Under the terms of the partnership, the OAS will support the efforts of the Department of Government’s Governance Society to promote governance issues, through the provision of technical assistance and capacity strengthening. This will assist the Department to develop practical initiatives of civic education, which will be transferred to communities and schools throughout Jamaica.  Currently, students in the department visit high schools across the island to promote governance issues including the rule of law, transparency, and effective and efficient government. 

Under the agreement, the OAS will share its educational resources and initiatives, giving the Department free access to material developed by the Inter-American Programme on Education for Democratic Values and Practices; free access to online courses and also provide technical assistance for the development of online training courses that focus on citizenship in education. The initiative will further seek to recruit partners for the UWI’s Youth in Governance and Development Programme.

(Photo From to left to Right: OAS Secretary General,  H.E. Luis Almagro, Principal of The UWI, Mona Campus, Dr. Llloyd Waller, Head, Department of Government).