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THE UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS

Maurice Ile Durable Project

Analysis and Synthesis Report

May 2009

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Acknowledgements

We would like to express our deep gratitude to Dr. The Hon. R. Beebeejaun, Deputy Prime

Minister and Minister of Renewable Energy and Public Utilities, for his personal interest in

seeing to it that the MID studies under the Centre for Studies on Sustainable Development at

the University of Mauritius find pertinence in the context of the Prime Minister’s vision to

make MID a reality.

We are also much thankful to Dr The Hon. R. Sithanen, Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of

Finance and Economic Empowerment as well as Mr. L. Bundhoo, Minister of Environment

and NDU for their unflinching support.

Our gratitude also goes, indeed, to Mrs N. Nababsing and Mr J. Kwok, Chairperson and

deputy-Chairperson of the MID Fund Committee as well as to the entire MID Fund

Committee for putting their confidence in us and bearing with us in spite of all obstacles we

came across.

Mention should also be made of Mr. Jean-Pierre Hardy, Member of the latter Committee

and, particularly, of Pr Joel de Rosnay, Special Adviser to the Prime Minister on the MID

Project for their constant and fruitful help and advice.

Among other contributions, Pr de Rosnay initiated the cooperation which is ongoing with

the Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC) in France. Although it has not been

possible for Pr R. Stephan, President of UTC and Pr P. Brisson, Directeur de Valorisation of

UTC, to come to Mauritius to date, their support has been instrumental.

We would fail in our duty if we also do not put on record the collaboration obtained from

Mr. X. Six, particularly, as well as the entire team of staff and students of UTC involved on

the MID project. We also owe gratitude to the French Embassy in Mauritius, in particular to

His Excellency. M J. Maillard and to Mr Y-A. Corporeau for facilitating such cooperation.

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