Of course there are challenges – but with the support systems available (nationally, regionally and internationally) hopefully these can be minimized. Among them:
- Continuous advancement in technologies which we find difficult to keep up with sometimes
- Limited human resources – technical knowledge, ability to translate technical documents to materials easily understood by the regular consumers
- Many countries are still having challenges providing the most basic form of services to consumers : clean water, sanitation systems and education.
- There is also ever increasing cost of testing. Cost of testing 11 samples of LED lights will cost about USD 100,000 in Malaysia for example. In many cases laboratories are not accredited to carry out the tests required.
- There are also needs of vulnerable and marginalized group of people to be considered in standards development i.e children, elderly and people with disabilities.
