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Exploring Export Potential of Vital Sectors Could Be the Key to Caribbean’s Recovery
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- on Aug, 10, 2021
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If there’s one thing the last two years have taught us as a region, it’s how vulnerable we are to shocks. But it’s also shown us how much we need productive sectors to help bounce back from the toll these shocks, such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, can take on our economies. This is why […]
Read MoreRegional Private Sector Sure to Benefit from Certification
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- on Aug, 10, 2021
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The region’s private sector will be one of the major beneficiaries of interventions by the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Component of the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Programme. Among activities currently underway is the certification of five private sector firms – one each in Barbados, Guyana, Haiti, Montserrat and St […]
Read MoreStrategies for Developing Metrology in SIDS – The CARICOM Experience
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- on Jan, 10, 2020
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Part 3 of “Developing Metrology In Small Island Developing States” by David Tomlinson 3. STRATEGIES Considering the aforementioned challenges, the CARIMET NMIs have taken a position to strengthen metrology by using the following strategies: 3.1 Regional Support Mechanisms As a response from CARICOM to promote sustainable production and trade of goods and services in the […]
Read MoreChallenges to Developing Metrology in SIDS – The CARICOM Experience
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Part 2 of “Developing Metrology in Small Island Developing States” 2. CHALLENGES Though there are unique challenges in each country which rules out the possibility of a “one size fits all” approach, many of the National Metrology Institutes (NMIs) in CARICOM share similar challenges which can be resolved using regional initiatives. These common challenges are […]
Read MoreDeveloping Metrology in Small Island Developing States – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Experience
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Part 1 by David Tomlinson Abstract:The development of metrology in the Caribbean has generally been adversely impacted by many of the specific social, economic and environmental vulnerabilities associated with their characterization as Small Island Developing States (SIDS). More specifically, in many countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), whilst recognized by some of the major industries, […]