Upholding standards key to diversification � Seretse

Seretse officially opening the ISO workshop
Seretse officially opening the ISO workshop

The Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry, Vincent Seretse has pointed out that government recognises that standards are some of the beacons upon which diversification depends on.

The Minister was officially opening the first International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) workshop on financial sustainability for national standards bodies this week. The workshop, which was organised by the Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS), is being held to discuss ways in which developing countries could overcome their dependency on government funding.

He said that sustainability of National Standards Bodies is critical in enabling the ability to develop standards and provide training to facilitate their implementation, provide conformity assessment services as well as trade metrology services.

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