Next week all eyes will be on Barbados as it hosts the ISO Forum for Chief Executive Officers of National Standards Bodies in the Caribbean, which will be facilitated by the ISO Acting Secretary-General, Mr. Kevin McKinley.
The CEO Forum, which will be held at the Courtyard by Marriott, Hastings, Christ Church, opens on Monday, July 4 at 9 a.m. and concludes Wednesday, July 6, 2016. It is being sponsored by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and is intended to be a platform for heads of national standards bodies, members of ISO, “to get together to discuss issues related to the day-to-day management of their organisations”.
ISO describes the forum, which is expected to attract the Directors of National Standards Bodies (NSBs) from across the region, especially from within CARICOM, as an “ideal setting for fellow executives of NSBs to exchange views on matters of mutual interest, to consider possible solutions to the challenges they face, and to identify concrete actions for implementation in their organisations”.
Barbados and the Barbados National Standards Institution (BNSI), will serve as hosts to the forum entitled “What Keeps a CEO Awake at Night and What Are His/Her Top Priorities to be Successful”.
Among areas to be discussed are relations with policymakers; national standardization strategies, funding mechanisms and business models; as well as standards development and publishing; stakeholder engagement – success and failures; marketing and sales of standards, NSB services and operational efficiency.
Director of the BNSI, Mrs. Anthea Ishmael noted that, as a member of ISO, it was a pleasure to host such a major regional event here in Barbados.
“Just like our partners across the CARICOM Region, the BNSI is committed to the development of the quality infrastructure and we recognize the importance of collaborating and working together on areas of mutual interest and also sharing ideas and best practices.
“We are looking forward to very interactive and fruitful discussions next week and to outcomes that would provide the bureaux of standards within CARICOM with an even stronger platform to strengthen the quality infrastructure, thereby making our respective organisations, and by extension our region, more competitive,” said Ishmael.
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For queries, please contact:
Ms. Latoya Burnham,
Technical Officer, Communication – CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards & Quality (CROSQ)
Tele: (246) 622-7670 ext 671
Email: latoya.burnham@crosq.org
