SADCMET

AFRIMETS

AFRIMETS was created by African National Metrology Institutes (NMIs) as an umbrella body for metrology cooperation on the continent. It encompasses legal, scientific and industrial metrology, is open to non-exclusive partnerships and is meant to stimulate collaboration in the area of measurement and measurement standards.

SADC

Full details about the Southern African Development Community (SADC), including its history, structures and the latest news can be found on the SADC website (accessible by clicking on this link).

Demystifying SQAM

A CD entitled "Demystifying SQAM" has been placed on the website and is available for download. SQAM is an acronym for "Standardisation, quality assurance, accreditation and metrology". Click here for the link.

SADC SQAM

The last annual meetings of the SADC SQAM structures (SQAMEG, SADCSTAN, SADCMEL, SADCMET, and SADCA) took place in Gaborone, Botswana during April 2009. The 2010 meetings will take place from 22 to 27 March in Mbabane, Swaziland.

SADCA

The SADC Co-operation in Accreditation facilitates the creation of a pool of internationally acceptable accredited laboratories and certification bodies (for personnel, products and systems, including quality and environmental management systems) in the Region, and provide Member States with accreditation as a tool for the removal of TBTs in both the voluntary and regulatory areas.

SADCMEL

SADCMEL stands for SADC Cooperation in Legal Metrology.The SADC Cooperation in Legal Metrology facilitates the harmonisation of the national Legal Metrology regulations of the Member States and between SADC and other regional and international trading blocks.

SADCSTAN

SADCSTAN means SADC Cooperation in Standardisation. The SADC Cooperation in Standardisation promotes the coordination of standardisation activities and services in the Region, with the purpose of achieving harmonisation of standards and technical regulations, with the exception of Legal Metrology regulations, in support of the objectives of the SADC Protocol on Trade.

SADCMET LINKS

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