The Commonwealth of Dominica has gained a significant boost to its capacity to meet quality standards for export, thanks to improvements made to the main National Metrology Laboratories, housed at the Dominica Bureau of Standards (DBOS). To commemorate the achievement, the two (2) laboratories were commissioned at a special ceremony...
CARICOM Businesses Demanding Accreditation
Businesses in the Caribbean region now have easier and more affordable access to accreditation services in part due to the hard work of the Caribbean Cooperation for Accreditation Committee, a technical committee of the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ). So said Acting Director of the Barbados National...
Regional Quality Infrastructure Courses Coming
Online courses in quality infrastructure will soon be offered by the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ). The Secretariat, under the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Component of the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Programme, is currently in the process of developing five new...
Suriname Bureau Scores Big with Inaugural National Quality Awards
The Suriname Standards Bureau (SSB) is celebrating the successes of several local companies after it hosted the country’s inaugural National Quality Awards on July 15th. Funded by the European Union, through its Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Component of the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Programme,...
Jamaica Bureau Celebrates Four More Laboratory Accreditations
Submitted by the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) FOUR more laboratories of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) are now accredited. The four – Concrete and Masonry Laboratory; Aggregates Laboratory and Cement Laboratory in the Testing and Industrial Services Branch and the Energy Efficiency Laboratory in the Electrical and Electronics...