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March 3, 2021
With the clock running down on Barbados’ goal of total reliance on green energy by 2030, a $90 million investment fund has been launched to kick-start carbon-neutral energy projects, under a partnership of two key donors to this country.
The Barbados Sustainable Energy Investment Programme, also known as Smart Fund II is being financed with a $60 million (US$30 million) investment loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and a $30 million (US$15 million) investment grant provided by the European Union.
The Energy Smart Fund was first introduced towards the end of November 2011, with financial assistance from the IDB in the amount of $20 million (US$10 million), as part of an agreement for the Barbados Sustainable Energy Investment Programme.
Global testing standards goal set for next year
Article by February 18, 2021
Export-oriented businesses in Barbados, Dominica and St Kitts and Nevis will be offered globally standardised testing at domestic laboratories as early as next year, says Daniel Best, Director of Project Department at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB).
The CDB has partnered with the European Union (EU) and the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) to upgrade labs, train staff, and in the case of St Kitts and Nevis, develop a national quality policy, all in an effort to ensure businesses can deliver globally recognised goods and services required for trade.
CDB/CROSQ, Press Release
February 10, 2021, BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Export oriented businesses in Barbados, Dominica, and St Kitts and Nevis will be offered globally standardised testing at domestic laboratories as early as next year says Mr. Daniel Best, Director Projects Department at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). The Bank has partnered with the European Union (EU) and the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) to upgrade labs, train staff, and, in the case of St Kitts and Nevis, develop a national quality policy; to ensure businesses can deliver globally recognised goods and services required for trade.
According to Best, the Strengthening of the Regional Quality Infrastructure Programme in Barbados, Dominica, and St. Kitts and Nevis Project, which is supporting these upgrades “will add value to local and regional enterprises and focuses on several important subsectors in each economy namely, agro-processing, transportation and constructi