 The St. Lucia Bureau of Standards will join the global community in the observance of October 14 as World Standards Day. World Standards Day 2021 is being observed under the theme, Shared Vision for a Better World. The St. Lucia Bureau of Standards is marking the observance with a series of activities. The feature activity will be the annual address to the nation by the Minister of Responsibility for the SLBS. Honourable Emma Hippolett will deliver an address on the night of October 13 ahead of the October 14 observance. The activities which will be conducted virtually include a seminar on governance in organisations and the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Agriculture for the alignment of key services between the National Diagnostic Laboratory of that Ministry and the St. Lucia Bureau of Standards. Since the onset of the pandemic, the SLBS has made a number of its services available online to improve access to the public. The SLBS has finalised work on its online store and will have a virtual launch of the platform as part of activities in observance of World Standards Day.