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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Side Event on “Good Governance in developing modern Quality Infrastructure Systems”
Jun-20-2018
UNIDO Department of Trade, Investment and Innovation (TII) has the pleasure to inform you that a side event on “Good Governance in developing modern Quality Infrastructure Systems” was held at the Wor...
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Private equity fund and UNIDO partner to develop sustainable bush–processing in Namibia
Jun-20-2018
Baobab Capital (Pty) Ltd has agreed to co-fund a United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) project to support the development of sustainable business solutions for higher value-added ...
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Strengthening Myanmar's Quality Infrastructure for trade
Jun-14-2018
The Norad-funded United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) project, “Strengthening National Quality Infrastructure for Trade in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar”, has come to a su...
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Turning bush encroachment control into an economic opportunity in Namibia
Jun-12-2018
UNIDO in partnership with the Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and SME Development (MITSMED), with the financial support from the Foreign Ministry of Finland, conducted a validation workshop to pr...
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Industry 4.0 for smart sustainable cities in Latin America
Jun-07-2018
Innovative policies and regulatory frameworks are key to harnessing the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) to revolutionize urban infrastructures and improve th...
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World Accreditation Day 2018
Jun-07-2018
9 June 2018 marks World Accreditation Day (#WAD2018) as a global initiative, jointly established by the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperati...
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