PNCR launches Forbes Burnham Research Institute

As part of the activities to commemorate the 29^th death anniversary of the Founder Leader, Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham, O.E, S.C., the People’s National Congress Reform launched the Forbes Burnham Research Institute (FBRI).

In remarks preceding the launch of the Institute, Mr. Jeffrey Thomas said that it was important that the Institute do more than just make note of Burnham’s ideas and the efforts that were made by the PNC to implement them. Mr. Thomas who served as a Cabinet Minister in the Burnham led PNC Administration has been charged with overseeing the development of the Research Institute. He said that the Party would seek to establish an institution which can build on the vision of Burnham, recognizing his approach to Guyana’s devilment, explore options which are necessary to solve national problems and ensure that there is a scholarly scrutiny of Burnham’s legacy.

The former Government Minister said, “This Institute will not only focus on areas of research relevant and essential to the development of the party. In pursuit of its objective, it will collaborate with other appropriate institutions in Guyana, the rest of the region and indeed around the World.”

The Forbes Burnham Research Institute will focus on identifying important issues and develop plans and proposals for their mitigation or resolution. It is intended for the FBRI to be multi-disciplinary in nature and seek to utilize ideas and methods in other intellectual areas of endeavor which will benefit both the PNCR and the society at large.

To mark the launch of the FBRI an exhibition was held at the Headquarter of the National Congress of Women, Public Road Kitty on Wednesday 6^th August 2014. The exhibition featured photographs of Guyana’s first Executive President Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham and a display of some of his books and speeches.