Support for the development of a Trade Export Strategy for St. Vincent and the Grenadines and a GI Certification Scheme for Quality Exports in Guyana
Posted on: March 30, 2021
The Programme “Support for the development of a Trade Export Strategy for St. Vincent and the Grenadines and a GI Certification Scheme for Quality Exports in Guyana” was successfully completed in November 2020 with the submission of the Final Report covering the period June 2019 to November 2020 that summarize the results achieved under this Programme.
Firstly, the Programme identified 3 quality products to be supported by the Programme on the drafting of their Geographical Indication (GI) Technical Specifications for their registration in Guyana, such as:
- Barima Wild Hearts of Palm/Barima Wild Hearts of Manicole Palm/Barima Açai Hearts of Palm
- Guyana Rice and
- Guyana Greenheart Wood.
An additional result consists of a methodology to identify local quality products in Guyana with the potential to become GIs in the future.
The GI Technical Specifications for the 3 selected products were prepared, presented, validated and approved by related stakeholders as well as by the Programme’s main beneficiary (the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation). Within the Programme, were also prepared, delivered and approved by the Project’s main beneficiary the “Guidelines to Geographical Indications in Guyana”, with the needed orientation to set up a GI, its GI management body and its internal control plan, as well as to draft the GI Technical Specifications to be submitted when applying for registration in Guyana
The Guidelines for Market Access Strategies for the 3 selected products were also prepared, and presented to related stakeholders, as well as validated and approved by the Beneficiary.
Further to the commitment of the Project Experts, achieving all results was possible thanks to the efforts of the stakeholders, as well as to the strong leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation was instrumental in ensuring the efficient liaison between the Project Experts and the key stakeholders and other related actors, confirming its great interest in taking full advantage of the technical assistance made available through the Programme
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