International Organizations
UNESCO-IHE
In the summer of 2007, the Patel Center signed a Memorandum of Understanding by and between the Dr. Kiran C. Patel Center for Global Solutions and UNESCO-IHE, the prestigious Institute for Water Education located in Delft, The Netherlands. The relationship has already led to faculty exchange, an annual visit by IHE students to the Tampa Bay area and close collaboration on the Coastal Cities Summit.
Monteverde Institute
The Patel Center has supported the Monteverde Institute, a Costa Rican not-for-profit association dedicated to education, applied research and community engagement, in a variety of ways. We have developed several research projects with Monteverde Institute staff, including a web-based portal inventorying the large number of resources on water issues in the area. The Patel Center has also provided regular support to the Health Summer Field School, led by USF Anthropology faculty David Himmelgreen and Nancy Romero-Daza.