The FIFA Master is a unique 10-month sport (and not solely football...) Master programme, initiated by FIFA, coordinated by CIES, and taught by three prestigious European universities: De Montfort University (Leicester, UK), SDA Bocconi School of Management (Milan, IT) and Neuchatel University (Neuchatel, CH), in association with the Università della Svizzera italiana.
The Faculty of Social Sciences at The University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine Campus, in conjunction with the FirstCaribbean International Bank (FCIB), will host a public meeting to announce the findings of four research projects conducted under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between The UWI and FCIB.
Titled “UWI/FirstCaribbean International Bank: Partnering with the Private Sector - Presentation of Research Findings”, the event will take place on Monday 6th September, 2010 at 7.00 p.m. in the Learning Resource Centre (LRC), The UWI, St Augustine.
The UWI/FCIB MOU covered the period 2007 to 2009, during which time four research projects were ongoing, two from the St. Augustine Campus and two from the Cave Hill Campus. The two St. Augustine Campus projects are: “CARICOM Cross-Border Equity Flows” by Professor Patrick Watson and Ms Preeya Mohan; and “Oil Boom, Rebuilding a Culture of Entrepreneurship and the Need for Micro-financing in a Petroleum Rich Sub-economy” by Dr Roger Hosein, Mr Martin Franklin and Mr Justin Joseph. The two Cave Hill Campus projects are: “Attitudes and Preferences in relation to Internet Banking in the Caribbean” by Drs Justin Robinson & Winston Moore; and “Management Practices and the Performance of Mutual Funds in the Caribbean” by Dr Winston Moore.
Collaboration between The UWI and FCIB began in 2003 when an initial MOU was established in support of regional development and for the mutual benefit of both institutions. A new MOU was signed on May 13, 2010 for a further three-year period.
To get more information, or to confirm attendance, please email Chandradaye.Katwaroo-Ali@sta.uwi.edu or Sandra.Khan@sta.uwi.edu or call (868) 662-2002, Ext. 3755 or 3232.
CIES (International Centre for Sports Studies), located in Neuchatel, is a private Swiss foundation, affiliated with the University of Neuchatel and created in 1995 by FIFA (under the impetus of its current president, Mr. Joseph S. Blatter), the University of Neuchatel, and the City and Canton of Neuchatel.
CIES specialises in three specific domains: law, sociology and economy of sport, with a view to bring together the sporting and the academic worlds. Privileging a pluri-disciplinary approach, CIES provides a wide range of research, education and consultancy services.