BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6ad6a60f332cd DTSTART:20261103T123000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20261103T203000Z LOCATION:Graeme Hall\, Christ Church\, BB15003\, Barbados\, Barbados SUMMARY:Capacity-Building Workshop on Standards\, Certification and Market Access for Barbadian Agri-Food Producers CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Barbados\, like other Caribbean small island developing States\ , imports the greater part of its food. The national assessment prepared u nder this project estimates that imports cover at least 80 per cent of nat ional food needs\, leaving households and producers exposed to external pr ice\, energy and shipping shocks. Strengthening domestic production\, buil ding resilient supply chains and increasing intra-regional agri-food trade are therefore priorities.Production capacity is not the only constraint: access to formal markets matters just as much. Producers who cannot docume nt their products struggle to supply hotels\, supermarkets or school meals programmes\, the buyers best placed to make local production viable at sc ale. Certification is not an end in itself\, but it is often the condition for reaching these buyers.Organized by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) under its Development Account project on sustainable and resilient food su pply chains in the Caribbean and the Arab Region\, the workshop builds on the national assessment\, the April 2026 National Validation Workshop in B ridgetown and consultations with national counterparts. It contributes dir ectly to the project’s trade policy and sustainable agri-food supply cha ins component\, implemented by UNCTAD’s Division on International Trade and Commodities. Designed with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and the Ministry of Agriculture\, Food and Nutritional Security\, i t targets micro and small producers\, with speakers using plain language a nd taking questions throughout.The workshop aims to help Barbadian produce rs and small processors understand what buyers require\, what compliance a nd certification involve\, and what national and regional support is avail able.More specifically\, it aims to:Clarify the core requirements common t o most buyers\, and the thin layer that changes by destination market\;Set out what certification involves\, costs and delivers\, through worked bus iness cases rather than general statements\;Connect producers directly wit h national and regional support institutions\, indicating whom to approach and how\;Identify priority producers\, product groups and practical follo w-up actions under the project.<\;p>\;Barbados\, like other Caribbean small island developing States\, imports the greater part of its food. The national assessment prepared under this project estimates that imports co ver at least 80 per cent of national food needs\, leaving households and p roducers exposed to external price\, energy and shipping shocks. Strengthe ning domestic production\, building resilient supply chains and increasing intra-regional agri-food trade are therefore priorities.<\;/p>\;<\; p>\;Production capacity is not the only constraint: access to formal mar kets matters just as much. Producers who cannot document their products st ruggle to supply hotels\, supermarkets or school meals programmes\, the bu yers best placed to make local production viable at scale. Certification i s not an end in itself\, but it is often the condition for reaching these buyers.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;Organized by UN Trade and Development (UNCTA D) under its Development Account project on sustainable and resilient food supply chains in the Caribbean and the Arab Region\, the workshop builds on the national assessment\, the April 2026 National Validation Workshop i n Bridgetown and consultations with national counterparts. It contributes directly to the project’s trade policy and sustainable agri-food supply chains component\, implemented by UNCTAD’s Division on International Tra de and Commodities. Designed with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Fore ign Trade and the Ministry of Agriculture\, Food and Nutritional Security\ , it targets micro and small producers\, with speakers using plain languag e and taking questions throughout.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;The workshop aims to help Barbadian producers and small processors understand what buyers r equire\, what compliance and certification involve\, and what national and regional support is available.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;More specifically\, it aims to:<\;/p>\;<\;ul>\;<\;li data-list-item-id="\;ebd2ee 11d17099fa34c6022050a938bc5\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad. org/meeting/capacity-building-workshop-standards-certification-and-market- access-barbadian-agri-food DTSTAMP:20261019T232151Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6ad6a60f3335a DTSTART:20261104T123000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20261104T203000Z LOCATION:Graeme Hall\, Christ Church\, BB15003\, Barbados\, Barbados SUMMARY:Capacity-Building Workshop on Standards\, Certification and Market Access for Barbadian Agri-Food Producers CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Barbados\, like other Caribbean small island developing States\ , imports the greater part of its food. The national assessment prepared u nder this project estimates that imports cover at least 80 per cent of nat ional food needs\, leaving households and producers exposed to external pr ice\, energy and shipping shocks. Strengthening domestic production\, buil ding resilient supply chains and increasing intra-regional agri-food trade are therefore priorities.Production capacity is not the only constraint: access to formal markets matters just as much. Producers who cannot docume nt their products struggle to supply hotels\, supermarkets or school meals programmes\, the buyers best placed to make local production viable at sc ale. Certification is not an end in itself\, but it is often the condition for reaching these buyers.Organized by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) under its Development Account project on sustainable and resilient food su pply chains in the Caribbean and the Arab Region\, the workshop builds on the national assessment\, the April 2026 National Validation Workshop in B ridgetown and consultations with national counterparts. It contributes dir ectly to the project’s trade policy and sustainable agri-food supply cha ins component\, implemented by UNCTAD’s Division on International Trade and Commodities. Designed with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and the Ministry of Agriculture\, Food and Nutritional Security\, i t targets micro and small producers\, with speakers using plain language a nd taking questions throughout.The workshop aims to help Barbadian produce rs and small processors understand what buyers require\, what compliance a nd certification involve\, and what national and regional support is avail able.More specifically\, it aims to:Clarify the core requirements common t o most buyers\, and the thin layer that changes by destination market\;Set out what certification involves\, costs and delivers\, through worked bus iness cases rather than general statements\;Connect producers directly wit h national and regional support institutions\, indicating whom to approach and how\;Identify priority producers\, product groups and practical follo w-up actions under the project.<\;p>\;Barbados\, like other Caribbean small island developing States\, imports the greater part of its food. The national assessment prepared under this project estimates that imports co ver at least 80 per cent of national food needs\, leaving households and p roducers exposed to external price\, energy and shipping shocks. Strengthe ning domestic production\, building resilient supply chains and increasing intra-regional agri-food trade are therefore priorities.<\;/p>\;<\; p>\;Production capacity is not the only constraint: access to formal mar kets matters just as much. Producers who cannot document their products st ruggle to supply hotels\, supermarkets or school meals programmes\, the bu yers best placed to make local production viable at scale. Certification i s not an end in itself\, but it is often the condition for reaching these buyers.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;Organized by UN Trade and Development (UNCTA D) under its Development Account project on sustainable and resilient food supply chains in the Caribbean and the Arab Region\, the workshop builds on the national assessment\, the April 2026 National Validation Workshop i n Bridgetown and consultations with national counterparts. It contributes directly to the project’s trade policy and sustainable agri-food supply chains component\, implemented by UNCTAD’s Division on International Tra de and Commodities. Designed with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Fore ign Trade and the Ministry of Agriculture\, Food and Nutritional Security\ , it targets micro and small producers\, with speakers using plain languag e and taking questions throughout.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;The workshop aims to help Barbadian producers and small processors understand what buyers r equire\, what compliance and certification involve\, and what national and regional support is available.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;More specifically\, it aims to:<\;/p>\;<\;ul>\;<\;li data-list-item-id="\;ebd2ee 11d17099fa34c6022050a938bc5\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad. org/meeting/capacity-building-workshop-standards-certification-and-market- access-barbadian-agri-food DTSTAMP:20261019T232151Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6ad6a60f33366 DTSTART:20261105T123000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20261105T203000Z LOCATION:Graeme Hall\, Christ Church\, BB15003\, Barbados\, Barbados SUMMARY:Capacity-Building Workshop on Standards\, Certification and Market Access for Barbadian Agri-Food Producers CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Barbados\, like other Caribbean small island developing States\ , imports the greater part of its food. The national assessment prepared u nder this project estimates that imports cover at least 80 per cent of nat ional food needs\, leaving households and producers exposed to external pr ice\, energy and shipping shocks. Strengthening domestic production\, buil ding resilient supply chains and increasing intra-regional agri-food trade are therefore priorities.Production capacity is not the only constraint: access to formal markets matters just as much. Producers who cannot docume nt their products struggle to supply hotels\, supermarkets or school meals programmes\, the buyers best placed to make local production viable at sc ale. Certification is not an end in itself\, but it is often the condition for reaching these buyers.Organized by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) under its Development Account project on sustainable and resilient food su pply chains in the Caribbean and the Arab Region\, the workshop builds on the national assessment\, the April 2026 National Validation Workshop in B ridgetown and consultations with national counterparts. It contributes dir ectly to the project’s trade policy and sustainable agri-food supply cha ins component\, implemented by UNCTAD’s Division on International Trade and Commodities. Designed with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and the Ministry of Agriculture\, Food and Nutritional Security\, i t targets micro and small producers\, with speakers using plain language a nd taking questions throughout.The workshop aims to help Barbadian produce rs and small processors understand what buyers require\, what compliance a nd certification involve\, and what national and regional support is avail able.More specifically\, it aims to:Clarify the core requirements common t o most buyers\, and the thin layer that changes by destination market\;Set out what certification involves\, costs and delivers\, through worked bus iness cases rather than general statements\;Connect producers directly wit h national and regional support institutions\, indicating whom to approach and how\;Identify priority producers\, product groups and practical follo w-up actions under the project.<\;p>\;Barbados\, like other Caribbean small island developing States\, imports the greater part of its food. The national assessment prepared under this project estimates that imports co ver at least 80 per cent of national food needs\, leaving households and p roducers exposed to external price\, energy and shipping shocks. Strengthe ning domestic production\, building resilient supply chains and increasing intra-regional agri-food trade are therefore priorities.<\;/p>\;<\; p>\;Production capacity is not the only constraint: access to formal mar kets matters just as much. Producers who cannot document their products st ruggle to supply hotels\, supermarkets or school meals programmes\, the bu yers best placed to make local production viable at scale. Certification i s not an end in itself\, but it is often the condition for reaching these buyers.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;Organized by UN Trade and Development (UNCTA D) under its Development Account project on sustainable and resilient food supply chains in the Caribbean and the Arab Region\, the workshop builds on the national assessment\, the April 2026 National Validation Workshop i n Bridgetown and consultations with national counterparts. It contributes directly to the project’s trade policy and sustainable agri-food supply chains component\, implemented by UNCTAD’s Division on International Tra de and Commodities. Designed with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Fore ign Trade and the Ministry of Agriculture\, Food and Nutritional Security\ , it targets micro and small producers\, with speakers using plain languag e and taking questions throughout.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;The workshop aims to help Barbadian producers and small processors understand what buyers r equire\, what compliance and certification involve\, and what national and regional support is available.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;More specifically\, it aims to:<\;/p>\;<\;ul>\;<\;li data-list-item-id="\;ebd2ee 11d17099fa34c6022050a938bc5\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad. org/meeting/capacity-building-workshop-standards-certification-and-market- access-barbadian-agri-food DTSTAMP:20261019T232151Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR