14-11-22 1 African Organisation For

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14-11-22 1 African Organisation For Standardisation African Quality Policy and Made in Africa Initiative: Improving the Competitiveness of African Products Reuben Gisore, Technical Director, ARSO Standardization in Africa Session 2: Innovation, IPRs and Technology Transfer for Enhanced Productivity, Competitiveness and Accelerated Industrialization Joint Meeting of the AU Senior Officials in Charge of Industry and Economic Diversification November 3rd and 4th, 2022 Mahatma Gandhi Conference Center, Niamey, Niger Current Membership 43 Member States 12 Non-Member States Quality policy in this context means a policy adopted at a national or regional or continental level to develop and sustain an efficient and effective Quality Infrastructure (QI) system Quality Infrastructure is “the system comprising the organizations (public and private) together with the policies, relevant legal and regulatory framework, and practices needed to support and enhance the quality, safety and environmental soundness of goods, services and processes. The quality infrastructure is required for the effective operation of domestic markets, and its international recognition is important to enable access to foreign markets. It is a critical element in promoting and sustaining economic development, as well as environmental and social wellbeing. Africa Quality Policy/ Politique Qualité de l’Afrique 14-11-22 3 Standardization in Africa sum of a country’s policy, legal, regulatory and administrative frameworks and the respective public and/or private institutional arrangements necessary to put standardization, metrology, regulation, accreditation and conformity assessment services (inspection, testing and certification) into effective operation. to service and support enterprises and consumers so as to ensure that products and services meet and can be shown to meet defined requirements, with the appropriate recognitions to facilitate international trade. Quality and Regulatory Infrastructure (Q&RI) 14-11-22 4 Standardization in Africa There is lack of a holistic view of a national QI, nor is there guidance on a common approach to technical regulation The focus is on the specifics of that policy. The Quality Policy should link and coordinate the policy measures relating to standards, quality, and technical regulation contained in all of these important policies. The Policy Environment 14-11-22 5 Standardization in Africa The Quality Policy does not exist on its own: A number of policies already in place contain references to standards, quality, and technical regulations. QI may seem to be complex and it is often sidelined from high-level political discussions or left out of a country’s development agenda with a focus on short-term gains or single and disparate components of QI without considering the