P056 - CROSQ
Support to CARICOM National Standards Bureaus as Trade Related Institutions to Implement the Technical Barriers to Trade Provisions of the CARIFORUM-EU EPA
BENEFICIARIES
- CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standard and Quality (CORSQ)
- CARICOM States National Standard Bureaus
- National Bureau of Standards of the Dominican Republic (INDOCAL)
PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS
- Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
- Business communities (producers, importers, traders, investors, chambers and associations)
- Consumers and Civil Society
- Caribbean Law Institute Center (CLIC)
- Caribbean Export Development Agency (CEDA)
- Consumer associations
- Dominican Republic Minister of Commerce, Industry and Mines
- Montserrat: Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Trade, Lands, Housing and the Environment
DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS
- Delegation of the European Union to Barbados
- German National Metrology Institute (PTB)
PROJECT COVERAGE
The objective of the support project was to support the beneficial integration of the economies of the CARICOM Member States into the regional and the global economy by following the guidelines of the TBT provisions of the EU - CARIFORUM EPA and thereby contribute to sustainable economic development and poverty reduction.
Two-fold purposes: Efficiently and effectively apply EPA and WTO TBT principles, guidelines and recommendations in keeping with the WTO Good Regulatory Practice (GRP) guidelines; and Capacity building targeting at increasing market access intra and extra regionally in support of private sector competitiveness.
Four-fold Project outputs:
- EPA compliant Regional Good Regulatory Practice (GRP) Guide with attached Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) template developed;
- EPA related good regulatory practices in the region promoted;
- Sample fit-for-purpose National Code of Practice (COP) for implementing the Regional GRP Guide developed; and
- Technical skills and capabilities on developing a National COP for implementing the Regional GRP strengthened.
Intervention areas:
- Good Regulatory Practice (GRP);
- RIA Template;
- Entrepreneurship;
- Training and Capacity Building;
- Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA);
- Competence Analysis Matrix (CAM);
- WTO TBT;
- Private sector competitiveness.
RESULTS ACHIEVED
Purpose 1: Efficiently and effectively apply EPA and WTO TBT principles, guidelines and recommendations in keeping with the WTO Good Regulatory Practice (GRP) guidelines
- EPA compliant Regional Good Regulatory Practice (GRP) Guide with attached Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) template developed;
- EPA related good regulatory practices in the region promoted.
Purpose 2: Capacity building targeting at increasing market access intra and extra regionally in support of private sector competitiveness
- Sample fit-for-purpose National Code of Practice (COP) for implementing the Regional GRP Guide developed;
- Technical skills and capabilities on developing a National COP for implementing the Regional GRP strengthened.
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