CROSQ celebrates 10th anniversary

Feb 15, 2012 News

CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) is celebrating its 10th Anniversary this month, and according to Public Relations Officer of Guyana’s National Bureau of Standards, Lloyd David, this year marks an important occasion for the creation of a culture of quality in the region.
In honour of CROSQ’s achievements to date, the organisation is intending to conduct a series of activities throughout the year to commemorate its anniversary.
This first activity to earmark the occasion was a church service held on February 5 at Power in the Blood Assemblies in Barbados. The Chief Executive Officer of CROSQ, Winston Bennett, provided a brief speech to the congregation during the service on CROSQ and its role and benefits to the people in the region.
Additionally, a press conference and reception will be held in April 2012 in Barbados to officially commemorate the anniversary of CROSQ, which will be attended by the members of the Council of CROSQ, Ministers, donor agency representatives, and representatives from other partners around the region and internationally.
The aim of each of these activities is to focus on promoting how CROSQ and its Member States can increase quality of life in the region, from the consumer all the way up to the manufacturer and importer, by ensuring that goods and services entering into the market meet the high level of quality that is expected and demanded in the region.
CROSQ was established in 2002 by the signing of an Inter-Governmental Agreement by CARICOM Heads of Government and has since then strived to introduce and establish mechanisms and documentation to assist in the development of Quality of Life in the region.
The next in the series of events will be held in Grenada from February 21-24 in conjunction with the Grenada Bureau of Standards.
Plans are underway for the presentation of CROSQ and its benefits during a stakeholder consultation and the hosting of a press conference surrounding the planning of activities under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF) project relevant to CROSQ and its Member States.
CROSQ was established with a mandate of facilitating the development of regional standards, representing the interest of the region in global standards, promoting the harmonization of measurement systems and supporting the sustainable production and trade in goods and services in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).
The Headquarters Agreement, signed in January 2007 with the Government of Barbados, provides a permanent base for CROSQ in Barbados, where the Secretariat has been located since 2003.
“As we celebrate this important milestone, we recognise that the advancement and achievements in the development of a quality culture through the introduction of quality products and services has been made possible through the cooperation, collaboration and support of the governments and people of our Member Countries, donors, private sector, academia, civil society and other national, regional and international partners. We also especially recognize the contributions of persons who were instrumental in developing the organisation to this point,” Bennett noted.

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