Ongoing and recently completed projects

Strengthening of Ukraine's quality infrastructure

  • Duration: 2023 – 2027
  • Partner country: Ukraine
  • Financing from Sida

This project is a collaboration between SIS, Swedac and the Ukrainian Ministry of Economy (MEU). It aims to strengthen the quality infrastructure (QI) system in Ukraine through five main components: Accreditation, Legal metrology, Notifying Authority, Market Surveillance and Standardisation. The system ensures and improves the quality, safety, and environmental soundness of goods and services. The project will also facilitate the collaboration between Ukraine and the EU in the area of QI.

QI is highly important for the Ukrainian society, which is facing multiple economic and social challenges amid the ongoing war. QI can help Ukraine to diversify its export markets, attract foreign investment, and collaborate with EU and integrate into the single market. QI can also contribute to the modernisation of Ukraine’s industry, agriculture, and services sectors, as well as improve its public governance and institutional capacity.

The planned activities under the standardisation component aim to improve the management and functioning of technical committees, enhance and align standardisation processes with EU and international requirements, improve the capacity to prepare and deliver training programmes related to standardization, as well as to raise the general knowledge about standards.

EU Twinning: Support to the Namibian Standard Institution

  • Duration: 2022 – 2024
  • Partner country: Namibia
  • Financing from the European Union

The project in Namibia was one of the EU's first EU Twinning projects in Africa. It was carried out in collaboration with Swedac, the Swedish National Board of Trade, and five German institutions. The aim of the project was to support the development of the Namibian Standards Institution (NSI). NSI's mandate is broad and covers trade-related functions, standard development, certification, testing, and metrology.

SIS worked with the standardization department, which after two years had led to:

  • Increased capacity of standardization officials at NSI to lead the work of drafting standards in accordance with international ISO rules.
  • Improved processes for developing national standards and establishing regional and international standards.
  • Higher quality and greater international harmonization of national standards.
  • A strategy for increased stakeholder engagement in standardization and tools to measure participant satisfaction.
  • Improved structure for developing new courses and better delivery of courses.