Aug-30-2018
We are pleased to share the special edition of the National Quality Infrastructure Project for Nigeria (NQIP) Quality Times newsletter. In this issue we highlight, and indeed, emphasize, the collabora...
Read more
Aug-24-2018
Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has organised the twelfth Intra-Africa Metrology System (AFRIMETS) General Assembly. The event took place from 16 July to 19 July 2018, in Enugu State, with sup...
Read more
Jul-31-2018
UNIDO and Panama will jointly formulate a strategy to develop a pharmaceutical hub in Panama; a corresponding document was signed at the UNIDO Headquarters in Vienna by Hiroshi Kuniyoshi, Managing Dir...
Read more
Jul-27-2018
The project, executed by UNIDO with financial support from the Russian Federation in the amount of USD 450,000, was launched in March 2018. Its activities are focused on practical shop-floor intervent...
Read more
Jul-25-2018
The UNIDO-supported Training Centre of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has been awarded the status of Approved Training Partner (ATP). The certificate was jointly approved by the Chartered...
Read more
Jul-19-2018
The efforts of the European Union funded UNIDO-National Quality Infrastructure Project (NQIP) at building capacity of certification companies in Nigeria has reached another breakthrough: NECA Globa...
Read more
Jul-17-2018
With the adoption of the National Quality Policy (NQP) by Benin on 11th July 2018, a significant number of West African countries have adopted their National Quality Policy. The document was adopte...
Read more
Jul-12-2018
Nigeria National Accreditation Service (NiNAS) has been accepted as an Associate Member of the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) on 20 June 2018. After being Affiliate Membe...
Read more
Jul-09-2018
A video was produced to highlight the wood and furniture testing center opened in Ghana in February 2018. Commissioned by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) with support fr...
Read more
Jun-28-2018
On 20 June 2018, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) organized a side event on “Good Governance in developing mod...
Read more
Jun-26-2018
Nigeria National Accreditation Service, NiNAS, has been accepted as a full member of the African Accreditation Cooperation (AFRAC) after a thirty day ballot period by the AFRAC General Assembly voting...
Read more
Jun-22-2018
A first pool of public Product Certification Bodies (PCBs) have recently obtained international recognition of their competence through their accreditation to ISO IEC 17065 by ACCREDIA, the Italian ac...
Read more