Happy International Women's Day! 
 
Under the #EU-funded #WACOMP, many talented female professionals are working to strengthen competitiveness in West Africa and...

Francophone members of the Community Committee for Conformity Assessment (ECOCONF), the Community Committee for Technical Regulation (ECOREG), the Community Committee for Metrology...

As a reminder, the WAQSP program that preceded the WACOMP supported the setting up of the Quality and Industry database which is online (https://...

Following the meetings conducted with the concerned Standards Harmonisation Technical Committees (THC1, THC2, THC3, THC8 and THC9) from February to April 2021, to validate and complement...

Representatives of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Sierra Leone Standards Bureau (SLSB), University of Sierra Leone (USL) as well as private sector enterprises participated in a Lead...

In view of the WACQIP’s COVID-19 response, the WACOMP regional component has successfully supported the drafting, development, and adoption of two ECOWAS standards (ECOSTANDs) on barrier...

In the West African region, the main economic challenges include the difficulties of many enterprises to compete in international markets, the lack of competitiveness and national and...

The gap analysis of national certification bodies (NCBs) to be mandated by ECOWAQ for the issuance of ECOQMARK is completed. During the period, the WACQIP completed the gap analysis of 12...

An application for registration of the ECOWAS certification mark (ECOQMARK) has been made to the Intellectual Property Organization of Cabo Verde (IGQPI).

As a reminder, the general rules...

The TC5-ECOMET / TCSMQ held a meeting on Wednesday January 12, 2022. It was held by videoconference. At the beginning, the President of the TC5, Mr. Stanislas Dewinther TAPE, as moderator...