UNIDO trains FORIG staff on international standards certification
The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) has organised a training programme for staff of the wood and furniture laboratory of the Forestry Research Institute (FORIG).
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The four day training programme was to build the capacity of the staff to prepare them for standardization certification (ISO/ IEC 17025).
The workshop formed part of the capacity building programmes under the UNIDO ‘Trade Capacity Building (TCB) programme which is aimed at helping developing countries and economies in transition to be a better part of the global trade by assisting them in complying with international standards required in order to enter foreign markets, in areas where there is a high potential of exportation.
Addressing the participants, the National Project Coordinator for UNIDO, Mr Victor Mills, said the training formed part of a series of trainings planned to be conducted by UNIDO for all relevant agencies and institutions involved in exports of Ghanaian goods.
He said the training was to assist them to be ISO certified so as to be able to meet the demands of the world market and be in the position to export to the foreign markets.
UNIDO has since 2007 been implementing the trade capacity building a programme in cooperation with the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOTI).
The Head of the FORIG Testing Centre (FTC) which is under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-FORIG), Dr Emmanuel Appiah-Kubi expressed appreciation to the organisation for the training which he said has enlightened them.
He said the workshop has helped the team members to understand the concepts, documentation, and the procedures towards accreditation of the laboratories.
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A Senior Research Scientist at FORIG, Dr Emmanuel Ebanyenle for his part, said the training would help to improve on the quality management handbook of the institute and position FORIG to hold an ISO certificate.
“It has opened our eyes to the standard management, technical and auditing functions of the FORIG Testing centre. Our trainer has been resourceful. We have had theoretical, interactive and practical training” he said.
In an interview with Graphic Online, Miss Linda Abena Korkor Gyala, the National Communications Expert of UNIDO programme, said UNIDO in cooperation with the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOTI) is implementing the Trade Capacity Building Programme for Ghana.
She said the programme is being funded by the Swiss Government and aimed at ensuring that products were adequately tested according to international standards and conformity assessment requirements before they were exported to the global markets.