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Plans advance for virtual UNCTAD - Barbados Today

Plans advance for virtual UNCTAD Article by April 22, 2021 One top official of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is giving the assurance that everything will be in place for Barbados to effectively host UNCTAD’s 15th quadrennial conference later this year. Moreover,  UNCTAD’s Acting Secretary General Isabel Durant is already giving Barbados a strong vote of confidence on its ability to pull off the first virtual UNCTAD conference, which would normally attract between 3,500 and 4,000 delegates. “I am confident that team Barbados is totally committed and the team in Geneva is totally committed also and we will together succeed. So preparations are on track, the negotiations are on track and we will be, of course, not only ready but we will be [having] an amazing conference, influencing the process of trade and development in the future,” said Durant.

Focus on niche areas to rebuild economies – Coke-Hamilton

April 22, 2021 Barbados and other small island developing states are being warned of the urgency to think more strategically about what should be done to revitalize their economies and increase resilience and sustainability. In fact, trade and development officials have insisted that while tourism should remain a key sector to Barbados’ earning potential, greater linkages with other sectors, an increased use of technology and stronger focus on developing the services industry must be the order of the day. The suggestions were made during the Barbados Coalition of Service Industries (BCSI) Fish Bowl conversation series on Wednesday, which was held under the theme

BNSI standards for coconut vending, tourism, green power

BNSI standards for ‘coconut vending, tourism, green power’ Article by April 1, 2021 From coconut vending and tourism to renewable energy, a raft of Barbadian industries are to get a set of standards, the nation’s standards agency said Wednesday. Already labelling standards for coconut vendors are about halfway ready, said Haydn Rhynd, acting director of the Barbados National Standards Institution. He was speaking during the second Barbados Coalition of Services Industries (BCSI) Fish Bowl conversation on Wednesday, under the theme, National Service Sector Development Strategy: Providing a Framework for Inclusive and Sustainable Development. On renewable energy, Rhynd said: “On the backend of that, we have electric vehicles in need of charging stations so at the BNSI we are revising our national building code so that we can speak to charging stations to electric vehicle and the construction of these stations.”

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