 Meanwhile, the St. Lucia Bureau of Standards has heightened efforts at establishing a national quality policy with the launch of an online portal to better facilitate the needs of the public. The launch forms part of activities to commemorate World Standards Day. World Standards Day, commemorated annually on the 14th of October, serves as a means of paying tribute to the collective efforts of thousands of experts worldwide who developed voluntary technical agreements that are published as international standards. As part of commemoration activities for the day, the St. Lucia Bureau of Standards launched the Standards Online Shop, a web store where clients can conveniently access its services. Director of the St. Lucia Bureau of Standards, Verne Manuel, highlighting the significance of clients' accessibility to the organization's services, explained the Bureau of Standards' work in developing a national quality policy. A national quality policy is a basic government tool which specifies the objectives of the national quality infrastructure in building the necessary foundation and providing the appropriate ongoing infrastructure for assisting local enterprises to access domestic, regional and global markets. The availability of the NQP enables and strengthens St. Lucia's ability to comply with regional and international commitments, appropriately align and focus the activities of the associated quality infrastructure with national priorities and establish good practice. The St. Lucia Bureau of Standards is proud to launch this web store as a key outcome which cements the work done in being responsive to the needs of the public to have standards as accessible as possible. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need to have the electronic access to the services of the Bureau. The web store is an output of the St. Lucia Bureau of Standards partnership with the Commonwealth Standards Network and the International Organization for Standardization on the Commonwealth Standards Network project. Welcoming the launch of the web store, Minister for Commerce, Manufacturing, Business Development, Corporatives and Consumer Affairs Honourable Emma Hippolyte noted that it is imperative that the St. Lucia Bureau of Standards positions itself as a client-focused organisation. The development and adoption of standards for the services sector ensures that the Bureau remains relevant and positions St. Lucia to maximise the opportunities for economic growth and development. SLBS currently has over 500 national standards which will enable and promote quality goods and services in St. Lucia. As the national standards body, the SLBS represents in a tangible manner the unique interface between standards and the consumer. SLBS ensures the maximum participation of consumers to the public performance stage in standards development. The St. Lucia Bureau of Standards web store can be accessed via the main site, www.slbs.org, and then proceeding to click on the link. The Bureau's communications officer, Marciano Busby, presenting the web store during the launch, indicated that customers can now register on the site to purchase standards, pay for services and track the documents at their convenience. A customer visiting the site can access the standards online shop. There they will search for a standard by using a keyword such as breadfruit. Once they type the keyword in, the standard related to that keyword will show up where they can choose the standard they would like to purchase. You will need to register on the site to use its features as all websites or all e-commerce websites are, and registration is a very simple process. Now once you have registered and you've chosen the standard, the standard is added to your shopping cart where you can either check out or continue shopping. Customers can also pay for services via the web store. For example, Gasperm Verification is a service that we provide here at the Bureau. If you see the PowerPoint, we have Banco Generation Label Assessment and there are other services. World Standards Day 2021 is being commemorated under the theme Our Shared Vision for a Better World and provides an opportunity to celebrate the work of individuals the world over who contribute to the development of standards. From the Government Information Service, I am General Norvel.