IUS: Phase out Partner Programme of the Universidad Central de Marta Abreu de Las Villas (UCLV)-Cuba.

Universidad de Oriente is one of the longest-established and most complete universities in Cuba. It is located in the city of Santiago de Cuba (the country's second city), in the Eastern region.

The IUC programme addresses themes of national and regional significance and focuses on research, innovation, education, and extension of the cooperation results from the university to all the eastern of Cuba, focusing on achieving better indicators related to sustainable development and academic performance.

The focal areas of this programme and the specific projects are really coherent with the national priorities of Cuba and those of VLIR-UOS country strategies (food security, agricultural sector development, environment and climate change, health and education support, development of new source of energy and fuels, science and technology improvement) and also support institutional strengthening (ICT and infrastructure, academic English, basic and natural sciences strengthening).