ECOWAS completes the setting up of the Regional Quality Infrastructure

The West Africa Quality System Program (WAQSP) held in Dakar, Senegal, from 29 January to 1 February 2018, the first Forum of ECOWAS Quality Infrastructure. It was under the effective chairmanship of Mr. Mahammed Boun Abdallah DIONNE, Prime Minister of Senegal, in the presence of Mr. Bernardo CALZADILLA-SARMIENTO, representative of the Director-General of UNIDO, Mr. Jacquin Gonçalves DUCAY, representative of the European Union and Mr. Kalilou TRORE, ECOWAS Commissioner in charge of Industry and Private Sector Promotion.

The Forum aimed to bring together all national and regional quality actors, as well as the continental and international technical and financial Partners to consolidate the Foundation of the West Africa Quality Infrastructure.

The level of participation was high, notably with the World Bank, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), the European Union (EU), the Borderless Alliance, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), African Accreditation Cooperation (AFRAC), the Intra Africa. Metrology System (AFRIMETS), the German National Metrology Institute (PTB), the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the National Institute of Consumption of Tunisia (INC), the Higher Institute of Management of Dakar (ISM), the National Institute of Normalization (INNORPI).

At the end of the forum, the implementation of the ECOWAS Quality Infrastructure was completed with the holding of the first meeting of the Community Committee of Quality (CCQ) and of the Constitutive General Assembly of the ECOWAS Quality Agency (ECOWAQ) whose President and Vice-President were elected.

In addition, four (04) topics were discussed: the development and implementation of Quality Policy; the funding of the Quality Infrastructure; the challenges of the main components of Quality Infrastructure and the promotion of Quality Infrastructure.

Friday, February 2, 2018 - 12:00

This program is funded by the European Union with the technical support of UNIDO, the implementing Agency

The views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect those of the Commision of the European Union

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