The University of the West Indies, Tertiary Level Institutions Unit will begin the process of conducting a Needs Assessment of CARICOM countries: the Tertiary Education Sector Response at a Workshop which will run from April 25-27 at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge and Conference Centre. The objectives of the workshop include: identifying socio-economic regional development trends and goals; determining the tertiary education needs of the region; determining the nature, scope and level of the region’s tertiary education provision; establishing the gaps between existing supply and demand in the tertiary education provision and establishing priorities and propose strategies to advance regional development through tertiary education. For further information please contact Mrs. Jeanette Grant Woodham, Tertiary Education Institutions Unit at tel. 977-6105, 935-8615 or email jeannette.grantwoodham@uwimona.edu.jm