The international group, South-South Exchange Programme for Research on the History of Development (SEPHIS) will visit UWI, Mona from June 5-9, 2009 for a Steering Committee meeting. While at the University the contingent will meet with graduate students and select UWI, Mona administrators.

SEPHIS is an independent research programme under the aegis of an international Steering Committee consisting of researchers committed to South-South cooperation. It is designed to support dialogues between researchers from the South with their various visions of development and history, encourage comparative research and strengthen South-based research capacity.