African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO)
Organisation Africaine de Normalisation
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Contact Details
URL: http://www.arso-oran.org/
Founded
1977-01 Accra Ghana
History
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Facilitate intra-African and global trade through providing harmonized standards and facilitating implementation of standards; act as a standardization centre promoting trade and industry.
Events
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Represented at Founding Conference: Arab Organization for Standardization and Metrology (ARSM); B-XC2326 - International Organization of Legal Metrology; B-XE3386 - UNIDO; D-XD4386 - Union of African Railways (UAR); E-XE4174 - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). Relationship agreement signed with: UNIDO. Participates as observer in the activities of: E-XE8700 - Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC). Observer member of: F-XM5897 - Intra-Africa Metrology System (AFRIMETS). Links with:
- E-XE8763 - African Regional Centre of Technology (ARCT);
- D-XD0023 - African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO);
- D-XD8572 - African Union (AU);
- F-XF3515 - Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa;
- F-XF1048 - Arab Maghreb Union (AMU);
- F-XF3162 - Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA);
- F-XD6196 - East African Community (EAC);
- D-XD4308 - Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS);
- F-XD3462 - Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS);
- E-XE0390 - International Development Research Centre (IDRC);
- B-XB2622 - International Telecommunication Union (ITU);
- H-XF1766 - Network of African Countries on Local Building Materials and Technologies;
- E-XE0071 - Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD);
- F-XF2522 - Southern African Development Community (SADC);
- G-XG6910 - Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida);
- E-XE4161 - UNEP;
- B-XB3383 - UNESCO;
- B-XF2527 - World Trade Organization (WTO).
Links indicated by: D-XD1444 - Arab Industrial Development, Standardization and Mining Organization (AIDSMO); E-XM6810 - The Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries (SMIIC).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Represented at Founding Conference: C-XC1800 - International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC); B-XB2314 - International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Member of: F-XM5067 - Global Network for Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production (RECPnet). Memorandum of Understanding with: D-XD0631 - Comité européen de normalisation (CEN). Links with: E-XM5875 - African Accreditation Cooperation (AFRAC); Forum of Directors of the West African National Meteorological and Hydrological Services; F-XF4579 - International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC).
Publications
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UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XE6038
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