Unido uses a holistic approach to make sps and tbt compliance measures effective in developing countries

UNIDO uses a holistic approach to make SPS and TBT compliance measures effective in developing countries.

• UNIDO uses a holistic approach to make SPS and TBT compliance measures effective in developing countries.

• The SPS related technical assistance activities involve support to:

• Agro-business value chains/enterprises

• Governments and trade, business and industrial associations,

• Standards and Conformity Assessment infrastructure.

• With respect to the standards and conformity assessment infrastructure, UNIDO has contributed setting up and upgrading it in several developing countries in the last 40 years.

We have established strategic partnerships with international standards, measurement, accreditation and research organizations, including:

• We have established strategic partnerships with international standards, measurement, accreditation and research organizations, including:

• International Organization for Standardization (ISO),

• International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC),

• International Accreditation Forum (IAF),

• International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) and

• International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML)

• World Associations of Industrial and Technological Research Associations WAITRO……

• In addition, UNIDO is a founding member of the Joint Committee on Coordination of Assistance to Developing Countries in Metrology, Accreditation and Standardization (JCDCMAS).

As one of the top providers of TRTA, with emphasis on TBT and SPS matters, UNIDO implemented national and regional projects amounting to about US$ 181 million over the 2001-2007 period.

• As one of the top providers of TRTA, with emphasis on TBT and SPS matters, UNIDO implemented national and regional projects amounting to about US$ 181 million over the 2001-2007 period.

• In order to respond to the Doha Development Agenda

• UNIDO has been refining its needs assessment and project development, implementation and monitoring tools to respond more effectively to a growing demand for technical assistance by developing countries.

These tools are based on accumulated expertise and knowledge of challenges and opportunities of developing countries in the process of integration in the MTS with regards to their:

• These tools are based on accumulated expertise and knowledge of challenges and opportunities of developing countries in the process of integration in the MTS with regards to their:

• Supply-capacity;

• Ability to comply with growing market demands in terms of standards and conformity assessment;

• Capacity to access national, regional and international markets

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