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CROSQ/IDB RQI
CROSQ/IDB-MIF Project

HARMONISE REGIONAL QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR IMPROVING MARKET ACCESS AND COMPETITIVENESS
(RG-M1073)

The goal of the project is to contribute to economic competitiveness and regional development by facilitating market access through the use of harmonized and traceable legal metrology services. The purpose is to strengthen the existing regional metrology infrastructure while harmonizing the regional Measurement, Standards Testing and Quality infrastructure (MSTQ) towards international recognition.

 
CROSQ/IDB-MIF SME
CROSQ/IDB-MIF Project

PROMOTING SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE COMPETITIVENESS IN THE CARIBBEAN THROUGH TECHNICAL STANDARDS
(RG-M1022)

The goal of the project is to strengthen the competitiveness of recipient Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) by involving them in industry, country and region-wide standardisation efforts to facilitate trade in goods and services and promote regional, hemispheric and global integration. Its purpose is to build on the existing infrastructure of regional standardisation and develop a model for technical standard settings, demonstrating to government and the private sector its strategic importance for trade facilitation and, hence, the need to ensure its sustainability through a steady demand for standards development with an increasingly large share of co-financing furnished by stakeholders.