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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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