Submitted by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) can now measure and certify crude oil for its national oil and gas sector. This milestone comes pursuant of Article 6 of the Petroleum Agreement, where the GNBS has been delegated to perform the functions...
Message of Solidarity for the St Vincent & the Grenadines Bureau of Standards
The CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards & Quality (CROSQ) stands in solidarity with Director, Mr. Ezra Ledger, and staff of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Bureau of Standards (SVGBS) and the general public, as Vincentians cope with the uncertainty that has developed from the recent eruption of the La...
REGIONAL WORK INTENSIFIES FOR FOOD AND HUMAN SAFETY ON WORLD ACCREDITATION DAY
Efforts are intensifying within CARICOM to get more laboratories with links to food chains accredited. This announcement came from the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards & Quality (CROSQ) today (June 9th), as the globe celebrates World Accreditation Day. The efforts, funded by many donor agencies are bringing together the skills...
GLOBAL PANDEMIC UNDERSCORES MEASUREMENT ACCURACY IMPORTANCE ON WORLD METROLOGY DAY
May 20, 2020, Bridgetown, BARBADOS – Regional metrologists (measurement experts), as well as their international counterparts, are today celebrating World Metrology Day (May 20th) by recognising the increasing importance their work will have to play in the current climate and the future economic recovery. The CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards...
New Quality Project Set to Take Advantage of EU/Regional Agreement
The Caribbean Region’s latest quality-related project is looking to take as much advantage of the European Union-CARIFORUM Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). The newest project, under the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) EPA Programme’s Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Component, is aiming to find and close the existing quality gaps in...