Quality Times – NQIP Newsletter, June 2018
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...
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UNIDO supports 12th AFRIMETS General Assembly
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...
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UNIDO and Panama to jointly formulate strategy to develop pharmaceutical hub
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...
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Upgrading Belarusian automotive industry, Phase II
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...
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UNIDO-Supported Training Centre Attains Status as West Africa’s First Approved Training Partner
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...
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Certified in Nigeria and Accepted Globally – NECA Global Certification Limited officially accredited by the Egyptian Accreditation Council
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...
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Quality Policy becomes mainstream in West Africa
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...
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West Africa’s First Accreditation body Gains Associate Membership of ILAC
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...
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Opening of the wood and furniture testing center in Ghana
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...
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Good Governance in QI crucial to implementation of WTO agreements
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...
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Nigeria National Accreditation Service Receives Full Membership in AFRAC
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...
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Set up of the ECOWAS Standards Compliance Mark: Already six national product certification bodies ready to protect the West African consumer and strengthen Quality Infrastructure in the region
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...
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