To contribute, promote and accelerate inclusive and sustainable industrial development (ISID) and ensure that the targeted project value chains actors in Ghana meet the requirements of the national and internationally recognized best practice, WACOMP –Ghana supported nine quality experts who successfully passed the IRCA Certified ISO 22000 Lead Auditors exams.

The certified lead auditors will support SMEs in the fruits and cassava value chain to implement the needed Good Manfacturing Practices (GMPs) and all compliance requirements.  

A brief graduation ceremony was held for the successful candidates on the 17^th of March 2022 at the Labone project office .

Building competence of national experts is extremely strategic for Ghana, UNIDO, and the European Union as it ensures that the number of certified auditors increases in the country, which would in turn make businesses more competitive.

Mr. Fakhruddin Azizi, the UNIDO Representative to Ghana and Liberia  congratulated the graduates and encouraged them to apply their skills as part of capacity building and to support Ghana in its industrialization drive.

Last year, WACOMP supported 10 experts to  be  IRCA ISO 9001:2015 lead auditor certified and also launched a resource pool quality training for 41 quality experst to increase the pool of national experts and enhance experts’ knowledge on ISO 22 000, ISO 9001, and ISO 22 716.