Foundation

Values

The values of the Foundation are those of the University of Guyana:

• Commitment: taking action to meet the challenges of major societal issues while respecting the diversity of people, societies, knowledge and ways of thinking;
• Creativity and modernity: scientific innovation, technological development and artificial intelligence account for the lion's share of the collective wealth of modern societies.
• Openness: working together, pushing back the boundaries between players, environments and disciplines.

To which are added the values for a search

• Excellence, rigour and scientific integrity
• Freedom of research,
• Transdisciplinary
• Sharing knowledge
• Making the most of results to meet economic and social challenges
• Opening onto the Guiana Shield

Issues

Scientific research is not a luxury, but a prerequisite for driving local development towards a low-carbon, resource-efficient, fairer and more harmonious society. It contributes to better satisfying our needs, particularly in the areas of food, health, raw materials, energy, basic modern technologies and culture. Research provides the knowledge that facilitates the development of businesses and their long-term survival. Scientific research enables socio-professionals to achieve four types of objective:

• Know your own environment: physical, biological, human; its strengths and weaknesses, its potential and its shortcomings in a context of greenhouse gas emissions, including CO2, with its disruptive consequences for the climate;
• learning to make the most of what French Guyana has and what it is. How can we make the best possible use of the environment in which we live, and from which we live, without destroying its wealth and potential, whether it be the equatorial forest ecosystem (rich in food, energy, medicine, etc.), the various aquatic ecosystems or the knowledge, intelligence, interculturality and multilingualism needed to adapt, or even create, certain modern technologies?
• to acquire, develop and, why not, invent technologies in harmony with the culture of these inhabitants;
• take part in the global acquisition of knowledge, in the global exchange of knowledge for its own development.

Missions

A place of experimentation, solidarity and innovation for the benefit of the people of French Guiana, the University of French Guiana Foundation encourages university-business relations, promotes the professional integration of students and strengthens the University's involvement in the development of its region. It will create opportunities to move forward together.

With a university involved in the creation of knowledge, skills and jobs, the Foundation's objective is to bring together private and public partners, scientists, experts and former graduates to participate in the development of women, men and the region.

The purpose of the Foundation is to collect, manage and allocate resources for :

• Supporting research projects linked to local development, needs and issues
• Supporting university-business relations and the development of a business culture among students