The Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism, Information and Broadcasting, Culture and Creative Industries is hosting a National Quality Dialogue with the Tourism Sector, which commenced Wednesday July 21 and will be continuing on Thursday and Friday July 22 & 23. 

This is part of a regional project of The CARICOM Regional Organization for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) which has begun implementation of the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Programme. “Support to CARIFORUM States in furthering the implementation of their Economic Partnership Agreement Commitments and in meaningfully reaping the benefits of the Agreement”

 The goal of the dialogue is to develop an Action Plan which will enable the Quality Infrastructure to support the Tourism Sector in effectively meeting the targets for the sector inclusive of the implementation of standards for enhanced service delivery.

The objectives of the national dialogues/awareness sessions are:

1. To increase participants’ awareness of the importance of quality in enhancing competitiveness of businesses, and identify additional qualities issues given the pandemic.
2. To increase participants’ understanding of the role of QI in enhancing the development of the tourism sector
3. To provide guidance to Saint Lucia QI, to structure its services to match the needs for the tourism sector identified.

This dialogue focuses on engagement with the alternative accommodations, sites and attraction and tourism transportation sector.