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Feb-15-2018

Innovative wood and furniture testing centre opens in Ghana

An innovative, new wood and furniture testing centre in Ghana was officially commissioned today by the United Nations Industrial Development…

Feb-12-2018

UNIDO Builds Capacity of Nigerian Consumer Protection Agencies with Training Courses and Centres

Accredited and recognized training centres are being established to foster consumer protection in Nigeria and to improve the quality offer and…

Feb-01-2018

Good partnership in the fishery sector

As a follow-up of the Fishery Economic Forum organized in Rome by ITPO Italy in co-operation with TII/BCI in May 2017, a commercial partnership arose…

Jan-30-2018

Niger joined the group of ECOWAS countries that have adopted their National Quality Policies

After Burkina Faso, Mali, Cape Verde, Gambia, Mauritania and Senegal, Niger is the 7th country in the ECOWAS region that has adopted its National…

Jan-18-2018

Zambia’s Central Veterinary Research Institute Accredited

Zambia’s Central Veterinary Research Institute (CVRI) laboratories have been accredited by the Southern African Development Community Accreditation…

Jan-16-2018

The first Regional Forum on the ECOWAS Quality Infrastructure held from 29 January to 1 February 2018 in Dakar

The objective of the forum was to bring together the principal regional and international actors on quality to strengthen the promotion and…

Jan-12-2018

Constitutive meetings of the Regional Accreditation System (RAS) and Community Committees of Regional Quality Infrastructure in West Africa

The constitutive meetings of four Quality Community Committees of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) were held from 6 to 9…

Nov-27-2017

UNIDO and Switzerland sign agreement to strengthen strategic partnership in the field of trade and competitiveness

VIENNA, 27 November 2017 – The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and Switzerland have signed a Letter of Agreement at the…