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UTB-CBIRD
The Cross Border Institute for Regional Development (CBIRD) was officially
created on April 7, 1999 when representatives from both sides of the border met
at the Instituto Technologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) in
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico to sign the agreement. The partnerships not only
includes The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College and
ITESM but also The University of Texas at Austin and the IC2 Institute. The
partnership was initiated to foster and help build the 21st Century Texas-Mexico
border region through strengthened infrastructures, new technologies and
public-private partnerships.
CBIRD Goals are to:
⇒ Develop opportunities at the community level
⇒ Facilitate cross-border cooperation, collaboration and coordination
⇒ Bring together government, business, academic, and philanthropic
foundations as well as other non-government organizations with the
common goal of developing the cross-border region.
⇒ Develop and report the metrics for benchmarking and progress
assessment. (This report is an example of a UTB-CBIRD Benchmarking
project).
⇒ Facilitate the development of civic and social entrepreneurship.
⇒ Provide technical assistance for expanding the internal capacity of
UTB/TSC components to meet the educational and training needs of
their clients.
CBIRD functions as a cross border catalyst that is both a “think” and a “do” tank
where creative ideas are studied, analyzed, disseminated and implemented.
CBIRD forms public-private partnerships to conduct joint-studies and training and
promote private sector programs and projects.
CBIRD - Brownsville Office
The University of Texas at Brownsville
500 East Saint Charles
Brownsville, Texas 78520
Director
Baltazar Arispe y Acevedo, Jr., Ph.D.
Telephone: 956-983-7573
Toll Free: 1-877-44-CBIRD
(1-877-442-2473)
Fax: (956) 983-7574
Email: CBIRD@utb1.utb.edu
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