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local Wednesday 28 december 2022
Aruba conquers Muay Thai championship in Quito, Ecuador

ORANJESTAD – Last week, Aruba had a great perfor-
in a friendly atmosphere, mance in the South Ameri-
minister of Sport, Mr. Endy can Muay Thai champion-
Croes received a visit from ships, winning various titles
Aruba athletes who fought and the champion belt.
in the international WWC
Battle of the Grand Cham- Minister Endy Croes, in the
pion Warrior of the World name of the government
Championship in Quito, Ec- of Aruba, awarded the
uador. athletes a commemora-
tive medal as a token of
Present during this meeting gratitude and apprecia-
was the president of Muay tion for their excellent per-
Thai in Aruba, Mrs. Rutmila formance. The minister of
Gonzalez, Stacy Hassel and Sport congratulated them
Roony Boye. Some weeks for their achievement for
ago, the athletes from our country. q

University of Aruba and Utrecht School for Administration and

Organization collaborate on research project in Aruba

ORANJESTAD – On the 15th of December, Mieke de Droog together with the rector of the
students of the University of Aruba and the Utrecht University of Aruba, dr. Viola Heutger opened
School for Administration and Organization the symposium. The students presented
presented the results of their investigation on their results, where those present, including
good governance done in Aruba. organizations who took part in the research,
asked questions and exchanged opinions. The
The research project was collaboration between symposium was successful, with representatives
the Utrecht School for Administration and from different organizations appreciating and
Organization and the University of Aruba and applauding the work done by the students.
was organized by the Dutch students. During the
months of November and December, groups Finally, the students thanked the organizations
of students carried out research on successful that made this research possible: Stichting voor
governance practices in Aruba, namely Verstandelijk Gehandicapten Aruba , Famia
positive aspects of governance in Aruba. In Planea Aruba, Formacion Social, Horacio
the last two months they carried out interviews in order to define the success factors and what Oduber Hospital Aruba, Aruba National Park
and observations in different sectors of public can be learned from this for the future. Foundation, Scubble Bubbels Foundation,
service. They analyzed what were the aspects Censo Aruba, Aruba Tourism Authority, Aruba
that help different organizations be successful The goal of the investigation was to learn Today and CEDE Aruba. A special thanks goes
about the public service sector in Aruba and out to the team of the University of Aruba,
promote academic collaboration between the Mieke de Droog, Nurianne Arias, Luc Alofs,
universities. The topic of research was chosen Thaïs Franken and from the University of Utrecht,
to empower and contribute to the community Professor Wieger Bakker and Drs. Nienke
of Aruba. The collaboration offered the unique Kuitenbrouwer. q
opportunity for students to develop and apply
their knowledge and abilities to carry out
research in a multicultural environment.

To conclude the research project, the students
presented their results at the University of Aruba
on the 15th of December. There were 10 groups
in total who presented their results, where the
dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science, dr.