RAILWAY ACADEMICS VISIT BIRMINGHAM

The High Commission hosted a team from the University of Technology, Jamaica which is supporting the Government’s plans to revitalise the Jamaican Railway service . The team was on a short working visit to Birmingham in April to meet rail industry experts.

UTECH signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Birmingham in 2022 for the cooperation and knowledge transfer around railway research and education.

The visit was at the invitation of University of Birmingham’s Centre for Railway Research and Education (BCRRE). The intent was to promote further collaboration and knowledge transfer. The UTECH team included Dr O'Neil Josephs, Head of School - School of Engineering and Head of the Transport Systems Research Group, Dr Paul Campbell, Associate Professor - Coordinator of Partnerships and Research Linkages, School of Engineering and Mr Dwaine Hibbert, Lecturer - Head of STEM and Engineering Education Research Group, School of Engineering.

SEN. THE HON. KAMINA JOHNSON SMITH LED THE JAMAICAN DELEGATION TO THE COMMONWEALTH TRADE MINISTERS MEETING

Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica, attended the Commonwealth Trade Ministers Meeting (CTMM) in London, from 5th to 6thJune 2023 The CTMM, preceded by a Senior Official Trade Meeting, convened under the theme 'Delivering a Common Future: Cooperation for Resilient, Inclusive, Green and Digital Economies.'

The forum allowed Ministers to examine the progress made since the 2022 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Rwanda, to frame the agenda for the next CHOGM to be held in Samoa in 2024, as well as to explore prospects for cooperation to promote intra-Commonwealth trade. During her interventions, Sen. the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith advocated for stronger collaboration and partnerships to promote Commonwealth Trade and Investment, citing the impact of the Hubs and Spokes Project, and the need for the Commonwealth to play a role in demystifying digitisation to alleviate disinformation and misinformation.