. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/TA-1/JAM 
19 January 2006 
 (06-0248) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
VOLUNTARY NOTIFICATION  
OF SPECIFIC TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 
NEEDS OR RESPONSES 
 
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1. 
 Member notifying (including, if applicable, an indication of relevant bodies)  
JAMAICA
 
2. The technical assistance activity needed or provided may be relevant to the following 
Article(s) of the TBT Agreement:1 
[ X ]  Articles 2 and 3 on technical regulations 
[     ]  Article 4 and Annex 3 on standard s and the Code of Good Practice 
[ X ]  Articles 5,  7 and 8 on developmen t of conformity assessment procedures 
[ X ]  Article 6 on recognition of  conformity assessment 
[ X ]  Article 9 on internationa l and regional systems for conformity assessment 
[ X ]  Articles 2, 5 and 10 on information exch ange (e.g. notifications, enquiry point) 
[     ]  Article 11 on technical assistance to other Members  
[ X ]  Article 12 on special and differential tr eatment of developing country Members 
[ X ]  Article 13 on the TBT Committee (participation in work of TBT Committee) 
[ X ]  Other:  Training of personnel in Ministries of Government in Technical 
Regulations and Conformity Assessment  
 
 
3. Brief description of objective and rationale of the technical assistance activity, including, 
if possible, an estimation of the resources ne eded or on offer (e.g., financial or man-
hours):2 
To raise our personnel awareness and skill leve ls among our Central Government bodies and 
Private Sector in the WTO/TBT Agreement. 
 
                                                      
1 For needs:  if there is difficulty in establishing which Articles of the TBT Agreement are relevant, it is 
recommended that the "Needs assessment" a nd/or "Awareness raising" box be crossed under Point 4.  Under Point 2 it may 
then be sufficient to cross the "O ther" box and indicate "General". 
2 This description should explain how th is activity is intended to enhance implementation of specific provision(s) 
of the TBT Agreement listed in Point 2. G/TBT/TA-1/JAM 
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  4. 
   Nature and timing of technical assistance ac tivity needed or on offer (key words): 
Type of assistance 
[ X ]    Awareness raising  
[ X ]    Needs assessment 
[ X ]    Skills training 
[     ]    Infrastructure development 
[     ]    Other:   
 
Policy area covered 
[ X ]    Technical regulations  
[ X ]    Conformity assessment procedures  
[ X ]    Standardization * 
[     ]    Information exchange 
[ X ]    Other:   * Standardization area for Private Sector Stakeholders 
 
Mode of delivery  [ X ]    Workshop, seminar or other event 
[ X ]    Project-based activity 
[ X ]    Other:   
 Dates  
[ X ]   Envisaged start date for activity:  First quarter 2006  
[ X ]   Estimated duration:  One year   
 
5.   Further information available from: 
[ X ]    National enquiry point. Bureau of Standards Jamaica   
[     ]    Other contact point:
 3 Gladstone Rose (grose@jbs.org.jm)  
[     ]    Other reference: 4 ............................................................................................. 
 
 
 
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3 Name of a contact person with  telephone and e-mail address. 
4 For example an Internet address, or the address of a body other than that of the Enquiry Point.  For response 
notifications,  this space could be used to make reference to previous relevant submissions or statements made in the 
TBT Committee (or other body).