UCP-SARnet is building a global community of students, university faculty, community activists and members of local governments engaged in search for solutions to the most pressing global issues of our time articulated in the UN Millennium Development Goals.

We contribute to educating community leaders by inspiring university-community partnerships, promoting community engaged research, compiling a library of online resources and utilizing ICT to facilitative cross-sector collaboration and multi-cultural dialog.

The commitment of UCP-SARnet to fulfull its mission are the following:

	Organize an online resource hub that allows stakeholders to discuss concepts surrounding development, easily find and publish effective solutions, and to disseminate best practices
	Invite university faculty to leverage our online library by integrating it into their educational offerings, and promote community-based research as an effective tool for educating community leaders
	Links research to local needs and to the global development agenda
	Connects civic organizations, local governments, and universities via online networking and live events
	Offers online professional development courses for community leaders and government officials
	Engages a global network of Regional Coordinators of students and young activists that serve as local liaisons of the Partnership around the world.