Final Report of the TradeCom-project approved

Just before the end of the year the Final Report was approved and you will find it together with Appendix 7 of the report at GoogleDoc.

The two slide presentations (Appendix 8) were earlier published at this blog:

• Presentation of proposed CROSQ Regional Training Programme
• An implementation strategy for the CROSQ Regional Training Programme
  

We like to thank you all for your kind co-operation during this project and hope the result of the project shall be a valuable contribution to the further strengthening of CROSQ in its endeavors to serve its Member States.

Pictures from the validation workshop 6 December 2010

An implementation strategy for the CROSQ Regional Training Programme

The slide presentation: An implementation for the CROSQ Regional Training Programme can be downloaded from GoogleDocs

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Presentation of the proposed CROSQ Regional Training Programme

The slide presentation: A Regional Training Programme for CROSQ can be downloaded from GoogleDocs

If you do not have a Google-account you may need to register first.

CROSQ Validation of a Regional Training Programme

The TradeCom Facility, an ACP Group Programme financed by the 9th European Development Fund, has called upon BKP Development Research & Consulting to implement the project Feasibility Study for a Regional Training Programme for CROSQ.
A needs assessment has been carried out with a Questionnaire distributed to the CROSQ national stakeholders, the Standards Bureaux (NSB) and national Business Support Organizations (BSO). In this questionnaire the respondents have prioritised their training needs. 12 of the 14 CROSQ Member States have also been visited for interviews with the NSB and the BSOs. In these interviews clarifications were made and additional information was received. In the analysis of the needs a general gap assessment was done, comparing existing training opportunities with the prioritised needs. The proposed Regional Training Programme is based on three modules:

• DEMAND
• SUPPLY
• BASE

Each module contain training topics from the national and regional priorities, either from the demand side (represented by the BSOs) or the supply and base side (represented by the NSBs).
The proposed Regional Training Programme and a strategy for implementation of the programme will be presented and validated at a workshop in Grand Barbados Beach Hotel, Bridgetown, Barbados, Monday 6 December .Two representatives from each CROSQ Memeber States have been invited representing their NSB and their business sector.