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.

To fulfull its mission UCP-SARnet will:

	Organize an online resource hub that allows stakeholders to discuss concepts surrounding community 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;
	Link research to local needs and to the global development agenda;
	Connect civic organizations, local governments, and universities via online networking and live events;
	Offer online professional development courses for community leaders and government officials;
	Engage a global network of Regional Coordinators of students and young activists that serve as local liaisons of UCP-SARnet.