WORLD STANDARDS DAY Monday, 14th October 2019

By Franklyn Connor

Theme: “VIDEO STANDARDS CREATE A GLOBAL STAGE” Each year on 14 October, the federation of St. Kitts and Nevis joins CROSQ and other NSB’s in the region, members of the IEC, ISO and ITU celebrate World Standards Day, which is a means of paying tribute to the collaborative efforts of thousands of experts worldwide who…

UNECE’s Declaration on Gender Responsive Standards and Standards Development

By Marcus Natta

Women are widely under-represented in shaping the standards that affect so many areas of our lives. Many standards do not account for the ways in which they may impact women and men differently. This hampers progress towards gender equality (Sustainable Development goal 5) and also undermines the potential of standards as powerful tools to support…

The International System of Units – Fundamentally better

By Marcus Natta

May 20 is World Metrology Day, commemorating the anniversary of the signing of the Metre Convention in 1875. This treaty provides the basis for a coherent measurement system worldwide that underpins scientific discovery and innovation, industrial manufacturing and international trade, as well as the improvement of the quality of life and the protection of the…

SKNBS EXTENDS BUILDING AND INNOVATES WITH SOLAR ENERGY

By Marcus Natta

              https://sknis.kn/sknbs-extends-building-and-innovates-with-solar-energy/   Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 05, 2018 (SKNIS): The St. Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards (SKNBS), today, June 05, commemorated the successful completion of its capital project of extending its building and installing a Roof-top Solar/PV System. Speaking at the brief ceremony, Jasemin Weekes, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry…

CARIBBEAN SUB-REGIONAL PREPARATORY MEETING FOR THE 2017 MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE MINAMATA CONVENTION (COP 1) AND INTRODUCTORY MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS NEGOTIATION TRAINING

By Marcus Natta

The Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for the Caribbean Region (BCRC-Caribbean) held a three (3) day workshop during the period September 12-14, 2017 in Trinidad. The meeting was attended by delegates from 13 countries in the Caribbean Region, including Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis,…

World Accreditation Day 2017

By Marcus Natta

9 June 2017 marks World Accreditation Day as a global initiative, jointly established by the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC), to raise awareness of the importance of accreditation. This year’s theme focuses on delivering confidence in construction and the built environment. To help explain the use of accredited conformity…