tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51083622012-01-24T18:17:59.939-08:00Quality InfrastructuresDeals with the global project to establish national infrastructures for the sustainable development.
My name is Folke Hermansson Snickars. I live with my family in Trosa, Sweden, Europe. My orientation is global (world music, globalisation, world wide communication)Folkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16847959900531272674noreply@blogger.comBlogger201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108362.post-90027595690706721472011-01-08T08:48:00.000-08:002011-01-08T08:51:29.426-08:00German merger of GTZ, DED and InWentGermany’s Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, or GIZ, which began work Jan. 1, is the merger of three development agencies: the German Technical Cooperation, or GTZ, German Development Service, or DED, and Inwent. GIZ is the result of one of the most sweeping, and swift, reforms seen in German development cooperation in recent years. GIZ Folkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16847959900531272674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108362.post-51901274773739626302011-01-08T08:27:00.000-08:002011-01-08T08:33:37.913-08:00New Directorate-General for Development and Cooperation – EuropeAid, or DG DEVCO,The European Commission merged DG EuropeAid and DG Development following an announcement in October 2010. The goal of the merger, according to the commission, is to create a single voice for the EU on development and cooperation. Fokion Fotiadis will head the directorate. Its new structure is expected to be fully in place by April 2011."DG DEVCO will reinforce the ability of the EU to design Folkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16847959900531272674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108362.post-73153006187183198402010-12-28T05:35:00.000-08:002010-12-31T07:16:02.546-08:00Feasibility study on a Regional Training Programme for CROSQBeing back in the Caribbean paradise I this time was challenged this time to find out the need for training in the CROSQ Member States. This project was funded by the EU TradeCom Facility which had contracted the German consultancy firm BKP Development with me as Key expert. Even if it was not formally described as a follow-up of the Pro€Invest-project for CROSQ, carried out last year, it Folkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16847959900531272674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108362.post-84286344293215170022010-04-27T11:13:00.000-07:002010-04-28T07:25:40.662-07:002010 Report on Technical Barriers to TradeThe Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is responsible for the 2010 Report on Technical Barriers to Trade. The TBT Report is a new, specialized report focused on significant foreign trade barriers in the form of product standards, technical regulations and testing, certification, and other procedures involved in determining whether products conform to standards and Folkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16847959900531272674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108362.post-68863625885857477472010-04-07T08:24:00.000-07:002010-04-12T23:52:37.955-07:00Mauritius Standards BureauMauritius as a Member State of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is benefiting from participation in the EU SADC SQAM-project. The SQAM-project is among other activities offering training in all sectors of the Quality Infrastructure. In standardization the standards organizations are offered coaching by standards experts. MSB is receiving such coaching in March - April 2010 by Folkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16847959900531272674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108362.post-21678436573730278102010-02-23T14:36:00.000-08:002010-12-28T06:09:52.460-08:00CROSQ stakeholder dialoguesThe CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) is preparing for a stronger Caribbean position in the global trade. By consulting its stakeholders, the National Standards Bodies and Business Support Organizations, CROSQ has done a needs assessment and prepared a 5-year CROSQ Action Plan 2011 - 2015 "Strengthening the Caribbean cooperation towards standards and quality". In twoFolkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16847959900531272674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108362.post-42872785738499419702010-01-26T07:30:00.001-08:002010-01-26T07:47:47.580-08:00Seychelles Bureau of StandardsSeychelles re-entered the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in 2008 and the national standards organization SBS was from 2009 benefiting from participation in the EU SADC SQAM-project. The SQAM-project is among other activities offering training in all sectors of the Quality Infrastructure. In standardization the standards organizations are offered coaching by standards experts. SBS Folkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16847959900531272674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108362.post-4455985278253377712009-11-13T07:00:00.000-08:002009-11-13T10:58:58.052-08:00Caribbean regional quality infrastructureThe Caribbean is a region consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands(most of which enclose the sea), and the surrounding coasts. In 1973, the first political regionalism was created by advances of the English-speaking Caribbean nations through the institution known as the Caribbean Common Market and Community (CARICOM).The CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) was Folkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16847959900531272674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108362.post-81269153684440919852009-05-05T00:19:00.000-07:002009-05-05T04:37:04.143-07:00Albania applies for EU candidate statusVisiting Tirana in Albania for 3 days, I experienced the historic moment when this small and poor country applied for the EU candidate status on the 28th of April. As my reason for being in Tirana was related to the preparation for an EU accession, I was also pleased that the Stabilisation and accession agreement between Albania and the EU from 2006 now had entered into force by 1 April 2009. To Folkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16847959900531272674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108362.post-41502221442841590252009-05-04T06:27:00.000-07:002009-05-04T13:21:12.051-07:00New Swedish aid delivery modelSweden plans to pilot-test new aid delivery model with Indonesia as cooperation partner. The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency is set to phase in what it calls partner-driven cooperation in Indonesia and six other countries that fall under the category of selective cooperation following the Swedish government's decision in 2007 to overhaul its development strategy.The Swedish Folkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16847959900531272674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108362.post-65122382344536414062009-02-05T00:46:00.000-08:002009-05-04T13:22:37.245-07:00Uganda Standards and Quality InfrastructureTechnical infrastructures to support sustainable development and trade in developing countries and countries in transition are focused in a paper published by the Joint Committee on Co-ordination of Assistance to Developing Countries in Metrology, Accreditation and Standardization (JCDCMAS). JCDCMAS is created by nine international organizations and is calling for a composite approach to Folkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16847959900531272674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108362.post-45763333531820693732007-12-14T13:15:00.000-08:002009-05-04T13:24:00.753-07:00Moldovan Quality infrastructureThe Swedish King Charles XII, who stayed in the Ottoman territories 4 years between 1709 and 1713, lived off the largess of the Sultan and eventually overstayed his welcome. The Janissaries detailed to guard him were ordered to seize the Swedish King and only succeeded after a pitched fight of a handful of Swedes pitted against thousands of Janissaries reluctant to hurt the King - that tumult Folkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16847959900531272674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108362.post-58414215099904873122007-12-14T13:12:00.000-08:002009-05-04T13:25:41.366-07:00Ethiopian Quality infrastructureOccupational safety seem not to be a big issue in Ethiopian construction industry.The German "Building Ethiopia"-program will probably change that by Capacity Building.Four days, including a weekend, was a first intervention to support the transforming of the standards part of QSAE to an Ethiopian National Standards Body in line with international principles.Folkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16847959900531272674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108362.post-41122064686725482022007-07-09T01:47:00.000-07:002007-07-09T01:59:52.113-07:00Quality has followed my working life, first implicit, later more explicit when I came to work directly with Quality management and now with Quality infrastructures.The year I decided to leave the Royal Library and the project on the LIBRIS Library Information System (http://www.libris.kb.se/english/indexeng.jsp), I received, as a personal gift from one of my colleagues, a book with the title Zen Folkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16847959900531272674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108362.post-64356083122813204052007-06-16T06:07:00.001-07:002007-06-16T06:37:58.374-07:00What does the term "quality infrasatructure" mean? In the past, the abbreviation MSTQ was used, standing for Metrology, Standardisation, Testing and Quality. When "accreditation" was introduced, the abbreviation SQAM was sometimes preferred, standing for Standardisation, Quality assurance, Accreditation and Metrology. The International Trade Center (created by UNCTAD and WTO) states in a report AFolkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16847959900531272674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108362.post-30101490315045095322007-06-12T12:50:00.000-07:002009-02-05T01:48:46.673-08:00ExportSource.ca - Let's Get Technical: An Exporter's Guide to Technical StandardsArticle about standard from a Canadian export serviceFolkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16847959900531272674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108362.post-1089050325488767812004-07-05T10:50:00.001-07:002004-07-05T10:58:45.486-07:00I moved the Global Trade web site half year ago. Now you can find some development of the content there. Have a look and give your comments on the start side of Ambi ProspectFolkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16847959900531272674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108362.post-1089050232150477852004-07-05T10:50:00.000-07:002004-07-05T10:57:12.150-07:00I moved the Global Trade web site half year ago. Now you can find some development of the content there. Have a look and give your comments on the start side of Ambi ProspectFolkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16847959900531272674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108362.post-1063479458661036342003-12-01T20:11:00.000-08:002004-07-05T10:50:03.826-07:00After half a year on Brinkster, my web site has moved to ambiprospect.com/globaltrade. Folkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16847959900531272674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108362.post-898970862003-02-28T04:20:00.000-08:002009-02-05T00:43:17.899-08:00This weblog is covering the global project to establish national infrastructures for the sustainable development.
The concept "Quality Infrastructure" is explained on the related website Global Trade.
The concept "Sustainable Development" is used for economical, social as well as environmental development.
The idea to share intellectual property globally using the World Wide Web emanated from Folkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16847959900531272674noreply@blogger.com0