Regional rum producers sign training MoU with UWI

Komal Samaroo

A collaborative initiative between the West Indies Rum & Spirits Association (WIRSPA) and the Open University Campus of the University of the West Indies has realized the signing of a Memorandum of Under-standing (MoU) that will provide a framework for cooperation between the rum industry in the Caribbean and the University arising out of which will come, in the first instance an online certification in rum and spirits production which will be offered to members of the regional rum and spirits industry and internationally “in several languages, WIRSPA has said.

A release from WIRSPA said that the MoU was signed prior to the commencement of the Association’s recent Annual Technical Meeting, which was held in St. George’s Grenada from July 9-11.