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Workshop for the Caribbean on WTO TBT Enquiry Point Operations
Jun 06 - 10, 2005 ( Gaithersburg, MD )
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) hosted a Workshop for the Caribbean on WTO TBT Enquiry Point Operations on June 6-10, 2005. The workshop was held at NIST's Gaithersburg, Maryland campus, and was attended by representatives from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Michael, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.
+ Objective
- To gain an understanding of Enquiry Point responsibilities under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) by learning how to establish or improve national WTO TBT Enquiry Point operations and how to establish or improve national standards information distribution, meet WTO TBT notification Authority responsibilities, and use standards resources (including staff, reference collections, computer products, databases, and Internet services) to distribute standards information.
+ List of Participating Organizations
Country |
Organization |
Antigua and Barbuda |
Antigua and Barbuda Bureau of Standards |
Barbados | Barbados National Standards Institution |
Belize | Belize Bureau of Standards |
Dominica | Dominica Bureau of Standards |
Grenada | Grenada Bureau of Standards |
Guyana | Guyana National Bureau of Standards |
Jamaica | Jamaica Bureau of Standards |
Montserrat | Trade Department, Development Unit Government Headquarters |
Nevis | Department of Agriculture |
Saint Lucia | Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | St. Vincent and the Grenadines Bureau of Standards |
Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards |
Suriname | Ministry of Trade and Industry |
REGIONAL | CARICOM Regional Organization for Standards and Quality |