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LOCAL Monday 26 SepteMber 2022

Prime Minister Evelyn Wever-Croes met with Hillary Clinton

Oranjestad - Prime Minister at the “Clinton Global Ini- Initiative conference, ex-
Evelyn Wever-Croes met tiative - Taking Action To- president Bill Clinton, Hillary
with Hillary Clinton to ex- gether 2022” conference. Clinton and their daughter
plore the possibilities of the Prime Minister Wever-Croes Chelsea Clinton addressed
Clinton Foundation helping is abroad attending the various interesting topics.
Aruba with innovation proj- United Nations General As-
ects. sembly (UNGA). The President of the World
Health Organization (WHO)
The meeting took place At this year’s Clinton Global Tedros Ghebreyesus, and
the artist / activist Bono
elaborated on the effects
of the pandemic and the
strategies used in devel-
oped and non-developed
countries.

Their advice is to invest in a
basic health care system.

Prime Minister expressed
that it was a fruitful meet-
ing “looking for solutions for
Aruba”.

Concrete steps during work conference 'Study success Caribbean

students'

Oranjestad - Every year, and a half of focused (on- studies. To achieve that, and the Netherlands, as which has developed an
approximately 1,600 stu- line) work have been done among other things, they well as rectors of four uni- action plan to improve the
dents from the Caribbean in preparation for this im- must focus more on study versities and a broad rep- study success of Caribbean
part of the Kingdom start portant conference. choice, cultural differenc- resentation of secondary students.
their studies in the Nether- es, and language. They will education, MBO, and HBO.
lands. During the work confer- also launch an online com- A project group represent-
ence 'Study Success Carib- munication platform to Participants at the confer- ing relevant parties from
They run into so many bean Students', Aruba, the share best practices during ence will address topics education from all coun-
problems during their stud- Dutch Caribbean, Cura- the conference. such as proper prepara- tries also started work on
ies that they often do not çao, St. Maarten, and the tion of Caribbean pupils this plan of approach in
make it to graduation. All Netherlands hope to jointly Governments and educa- and students who wish to 2021. This group will share
countries involved will meet develop support programs tion together pursue higher education, the current state of affairs,
in Aruba from September with concrete and structur- The conference will be careful transfer and moni- including concrete mea-
26 to 28 to develop a con- al measures so that more held at the University of toring of students, educa- sures already taken, with
crete approach to these Caribbean students will Aruba. The Aruban Minister tional opportunities on the the participants during
problems, The past year be able to complete their of Education and Sports Af- islands, and study mobility work conferences.
fairs, Endy Croes, and Ron within the Kingdom.
Bormans, chairman of the They will submit structur-
board of Hogeschool Rot- Plan of approach to im- al measures to the Four-
terdam and chairman of prove study success Country Consultation.
the Regiegroep "Study Suc- The Caribbean students'
cess Caribbean Students, problems in higher educa- Building on what is already
will officially open it. Secre- tion, and the need to work in motion, the Regiegroep
tary General of the Dutch together to find a solution, will formulate the joint rec-
Ministry of Education, Cul- are known for some time. ommendations for the Min-
ture, and Science, Marjan That is why, at the request of isterial Four-Country Con-
Hammersma, will also be the ministerial Four-Country sultation on Education, Cul-
present. Other attendees Consultation, the Steering ture, and Science, which
are representatives of the Group started in 2021, with will take place in Decem-
governments of Aruba, representatives from the ber.
Curaçao, St. Maarten, Bo- government and educa-
naire, St. Eustatius, Saba, tion of the four countries,