CROSQ

12/06/2026

📢 CONSULTANCY OPPORTUNITY
🔎 Under the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Phase III Project, the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) is seeking the services of a Consultant to equip MSMEs with the knowledge and skills necessary to interpret and implement relevant Quality Management System (QMS) standards within their businesses, to enhance operational efficiency, competitiveness, market access, risk management, and long-term sustainability.
📌 The Consultant's outputs will include:
✅ A Training Manual for QMS implementation and certification
✅ A beginner friendly Guidebook towards QMS certification
✅ High-quality recorded training resources that can be accessed on demand by MSMEs and other stakeholders across the region.
📍 The overall objective of this consultancy is to strengthen the capacity of MSMEs and business support institutions in CARICOM Member States to understand and implement quality management systems in line with internationally recognized standards.
🎓 Required Qualifications and Experience:
• Advanced degree in management, industrial engineering, business administration, or arelated field.
• Demonstrated expertise in Quality Management Systems, particularly ISO 9001 andrelated certification processes.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of Quality Infrastructure, encompassingstandards development, metrology, conformity assessment, and accreditation.
• Proven experience supporting MSMEs in the Caribbean in implementing qualitymanagement systems.
• Experience designing and delivering training programmes in QI or related technical fields,including virtual training.
• Demonstrated expertise in quality auditing, including knowledge of auditing principles,techniques, and standards, with proven experience in developing intermediate or advancedlevel training courses following andragogy principles.
• Experience conducting evaluations or reviews of training programmes, including analysisof learner feedback, assessment results, and engagement data.
• Experience developing e-learning content for Learning Management Systems (LMS),including technical formatting and platform integration.
• Strong facilitation and communication skills.
📆 Project Duration:
A total of 20 person-days over the period of 7 months.
📥 Proposals in English, with CVs, are to be emailed to:
➡️ Ms. Janelle Quow, Project Coordinator-Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Phase III, CROSQ, at [email protected],
CC Ms Angela Savoury, TBT Phase III Project Assistant, CROSQ at [email protected]
❎ DEADLINE: 4pm (AST), Tuesday 30th June, 2026.
🔗 Access the Consultancy TOR, including the comprehensive consultancy objectives, scope of work, deliverables, qualifications/experience, and submission evaluation criteria here: https://website.crosq.org/job/tor-capacity-building-for-msmes-on-qms-certification-requirements/
*Before applying, read the Annexed Eligibility Requirements found at pgs. 9-20 of the TOR.

The Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Phase III Project is one component under the new Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Support Programme (Phase 3), which is part of the new European Union's (EU’s) Neighbourhood, Development, and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), which constitutes ...

10/06/2026

📢 Help shape the Regional QI Policy Framework that supports Caribbean businesses, commerce and trade!
🌏 The CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) invites business leaders, industry associations, chambers of commerce, exporters, manufacturers, service providers, MSMEs, trade and development partners, and other private sector stakeholders to participate in the Private Sector Stakeholder Consultation on the Revision of the CARICOM Regional Quality Policy (RQP) on June 19th, 2026.
🔶 The revised Regional Quality Policy (RQP) is designed to strengthen the systems that underpin trade facilitation, market access, regulatory effectiveness, innovation, and business competitiveness across the CARICOM region.
✅ During the consultation, participants will have the opportunity to review the proposed RQP revisions, provide feedback on the draft Policy, and validate the proposed strategic priorities, policy measures, and monitoring framework.
🔹Stakeholder input will be critical to ensuring that the revised RQP reflects the realities of doing business in the region and supports more competitive, resilient, and globally connected Caribbean economies.
📌 Your perspective can help shape the regional QI policy direction that will influence trade, export and economic development across CARICOM for the next decade.
📍 Join us:
• Friday, June 19th, 2026
• 10am-12noon (AST)
✨ Help build a stronger foundation for regional competitiveness and sustainable economic growth.
🔸Register via the QR code on the flyer, or here ↙️
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/e9oAz2pERi2lcDicc2Dc4A #/registration

10/06/2026

📢 Your Voice Matters in Shaping the Future of Quality in the Caribbean!
🌏 The CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) invites representatives from regional and international affiliated organisations, civil society organisations, consumer protection groups, academia, youth councils, trade and development partners, MSMEs, and all other interested members of the public to participate in our Public Sector Stakeholder Consultation on the Revision of the CARICOM Regional Quality Policy (RQP) on June 18th, 2026.
✅ This virtual consultation will present proposed revisions to the RQP and provide an opportunity for stakeholders to share feedback on the draft document.
✅ Participants will also contribute to the process of validating the document's proposed strategic priorities, policy measures and monitoring framework to ensure that the revised Policy reflects regional needs, emerging priorities, and diverse stakeholder perspectives.
🔶 The revised Regional Quality Policy will provide the foundational strategic pillars for a strengthened Quality Infrastructure across the CARICOM region, supporting trade, consumer protection, innovation, sustainability, competitiveness, and deeper regional integration.
📌 Join the conversation and help us shape a stronger, more resilient, and quality-driven Caribbean.
📍 Join us:
• Thursday, 18th June, 2026
• 10am-12noon (AST)
🔸Register via the QR code on the flyer, or here ↙️
https://lnkd.in/eqpw7QbW

09/06/2026

✨ Today, as we commemorate World Accreditation Day, we celebrate the power of accreditation to drive innovation, build trust and support a more sustainable future for our region.
🏝️ For CARICOM's Small Island Developing States, accreditation is more than a technical process; it is a tool for resilience. It supports evidence-based decision-making, helps businesses access regional and international markets, reduces technical barriers to trade, and provides confidence that products, services and systems meet recognised standards.
🔬 By providing independent assurance that laboratories, and inspection and certification bodies are competent and reliable, accreditation strengthens the conformity assessment systems that underpin trade, regulation, public safety, consumer confidence and trust.
🫱🏾‍🫲🏾 In a region where economies must navigate global uncertainty, climate-related challenges and infrastructural vulnerabilities, trust matters.
✅ Accreditation helps build that trust.
⚡ In this regard, the CROSQ is firmly committed to strengthening the Regional Quality Infrastructure towards stronger economies, greater competitiveness and a more resilient Caribbean.
🌏 In May of this year, at the TIC Summit in Brussels, CROSQ's Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Sharonmae Smith Walker represented CARICOM, a moment of particular significance to the region as her presence ensured that the perspectives of small island developing states were given a voice in global discussions on trust, trade and innovation at a time of increasing economic uncertainty and shifting geopolitical dynamics.
🗺️ Under the theme, "Industry Resilience in a Fragmented World: What Role for Quality Infrastructure?”, Summit participants focused on a pivotal question facing the global QI community: "in a world of shifting strategic priorities, redesigned energy systems and increasingly conditional trade, how do we ensure that innovation is trusted?"
📌 In debates around this question at the Summit's QI Infrastructure Roundtable, senior standards and accreditation industry leaders ultimately agreed that while it often works invisibly in the background as the system underpinning trust in safety, quality and fairness, Quality Infrastructure remains the foundation of confidence in global trade.
✨ Happy World Accreditation Day 2026, from the CEO and staff of the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality.
📍 Innovation enabled. Trust earned. Sustainability achieved. That's the power of accreditation.
📸 Captured in the photo below, is Dr. Smith Walker at the TIC Quality Roundtable Discussions in May, with Mr. Brahim Houla, Chair of Global ACI.

08/06/2026

📣 Happening today!

📢 Join us at 10a.m. this morning, Monday 8th June, for our World Accreditation Day 2026 webinar with presentations from CROSQ, JANAAC, TTLABS, and IQEIS!

✨ Register now!

05/06/2026

📢 REGISTER THIS WEEKEND! LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER!
The CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality's World Accreditation Day 2026 Regional Webinar takes place this coming Monday, June 8th!
✅ Don't miss this event!
🔗 Scan the QR code on the flyer or click the link in the caption below to register⬇️

📣 Registration is now open for CROSQ’s World Accreditation Day 2026 Regional Webinar!
🔸Innovation.
🔸Trust.
🔸Sustainability.
These are no longer optional goals for the Caribbean, they are essential pillars for regional growth, trade, competitiveness and consumer confidence.
🔶 Join the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) on Monday, June 8th 2026 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. for a timely and thought-provoking regional webinar exploring this year's World Accreditation Day theme, “Innovation, Trust, Sustainability: The Power of Accreditation”.
✨ This engaging discussion will bring together regional and international experts to examine how accreditation strengthens CARICOM’s regional quality infrastructure and supports safer products, more competitive businesses, stronger institutions and sustainable development across Member States.
Whether you are part of government, industry, academia, conformity assessment, consumer protection, trade facilitation or the private sector, this webinar will offer practical insight into why accreditation matters, and why it should matter to you.
Participants will gain:
✅ A clearer understanding of how accreditation drives innovation and economic resilience.
✅ Insight into how trusted quality systems support regional and international trade.
✅ Perspectives on the growing connection between accreditation and sustainability goals.
✅ Opportunities to engage with leading experts shaping quality infrastructure in the Caribbean and beyond.
✅ Greater appreciation for the role of conformity assessment and accreditation in strengthening regional development.
📍As CARICOM continues to advance a stronger and more harmonised regional quality infrastructure, conversations like these are critical for building confidence, improving competitiveness and supporting sustainable growth across the Region.
Scan the QR code on the flyer or click here to register➡️https://zoom.us/meeting/register/QwnSYZBgTnqvyrl6mcy7dA
Register and reserve your spot today!

05/06/2026

🌱 Happy World Environment Day from the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ)!
🌿 This World Environment Day, CROSQ highlights the critical role of the quality infrastructure in building a healthier, more sustainable and climate-resilient Caribbean.
🪴 From clean energy and environmental monitoring, to water quality, sustainable food production and climate adaptation, standards, metrology, accreditation and conformity assessment help ensure that decisions are backed by reliable data, trusted systems, and internationally recognized best practices.
🏝️ As Caribbean countries confront the impacts of climate change head on, the quality infrastructure provides the foundation for stronger resilience, smarter resource management, and sustainable economic development.
✅ Every standard adopted, every measurement trusted, and every quality system strengthened brings us closer to a more sustainable and climate resilient Caribbean.

05/06/2026

✨ This week, Chief Executive Officer of the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ), Dr. Sharonmae Smith Walker, attended the Caribbean Development Bank's (CBD) 56th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors, convened from June 1-5, 2026, in the Bahamas.
🔸A mix of high-level plenaries, policy seminars, lectures and other fora with private sector and youth groups, et al, this year's Meeting was held under the broad theme, "Forging the Caribbean’s Future: Strategic Solutions for Uncertain Times". Addressing the region's energy transition, debt resilience, and pursuit of more analytics-driven policymaking, among other themes, the 56th Annual Meeting sought to reinforce the Bank's commitment to collaborating towards shaping policy, partnerships, and action for the Caribbean’s sustainable development.
📸 Captured in photo below is Dr Smith Walker with the CBD's President, Daniel Best, during this week's activities.

01/06/2026

📢 REGISTER NOW!
✨ HAPPENING IN ONE WEEK!✨
🔶 Join the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality next week Monday, 8th June, 2026, for our World Accreditation Day Regional Webinar!
💠 This year, we explore the global theme, “Innovation, Trust, Sustainability: The Power of Accreditation”, with three experts in the field of Accreditation who will examine how accreditation strengthens CARICOM’s regional quality infrastructure and supports safer products, more competitive businesses, stronger institutions and sustainable development across Member States.
📌 As CARICOM continues to advance a stronger and more harmonised regional quality infrastructure, conversations like these are critical for building confidence, improving competitiveness and supporting sustainable growth across the Region.
➡️ Scan the QR code on the flyer or click here to register ➡️
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/QwnSYZBgTnqvyrl6mcy7dA #/registration
✅ Register and reserve your spot today!

29/05/2026

On May 19th, 2026, CROSQ's delegation to Belgium visited with the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) - European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) Cen and Cenelec - European Standardization for a CARICOM–EU Institutional Exchange on the Digital Product Passport and Emerging Digital Trade Frameworks.
From left are Mr. Benjamin de Ville de Goyet, Sustainable Systems & Consumers – Standardization, CEN CENELEC; Ms. Nooshin Amirifar, Account Manager Electro & Digital Technologies, CEN CENELEC; Mr. Alberto Simeoni, Account Manager European & International Policy CEN CENELEC; Dr. Sharonmae Smith-Walker, CEO, CROSQ; Mr. Gary Kalloo, Director, Business Development and Implementation Support, Caribbean Telecommunications Union; Ms. Teyonna Delice-Mayers, General Project Officer, Project Implementation, CROSQ; Mr. Nicol Best, Technical Officer-Metrology, CROSQ; Mr. Sebastian Vogel, Project Manager RTD Collaboration, CEN CENELEC; and, Ms. Zhuohua Chen, Project Manager European & International Policy, CEN CENELEC.
This exchange formed part of a study visit undertaken by the CROSQ under the CARICOM Ditigal Trade Readiness (DTR) Project to engage with various EU organisations on data governance frameworks, traceability tools, and, through strategic dialogue, learn more about the ways in which emerging EU requirements translate into technical standards and operational systems, and what these developments mean for CARICOM exporters and quality infrastructure institutions.

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