Max Puig, in charge of the Dominican government relations with the European Union Lomé IV program, said that the country will benefit from RD$1,018 million in European Union programs this year. Included in the programs is one for US$23 million for the implementation of Caribbean studies graduate programs at three Dominican universities (Universidad Católica de Santo Domingo, Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, and Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña) and a fourth in Jamaica (West Indies University). The PUCMM will be offering graduate studies in management, and the UNPHU will be offering degrees in tropical architecture and conservation of monuments. Puig said that the funds will also help finance Los Toros Hydroelectric in Azua, a program to reduce the spread of AIDS, and programs to protect national parks.
