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Reported by Getachew Alemu in Ethiopia

A five day workshop on Quality and Standards has resumed in Addis Ababa. The workshop, which is organized by the Quality and Standards Authority of Ethiopia (QSAE), is supposed to focus on setting quality standards, ISO, laboratory tests, and other related issues.

A total of 15 African countries are represented in the workshop. According to Messay Girma, Director General of QSAE, quoted by ENA, the workshop is a continuation of similar workshops held in Sweden six months ago.

Setting quality standards, calibration, and a quality confirmation system on local products and imports are the central themes. The workshops will also look deeply into the best international cooperation instruments in the sector that could strengthen regional and continental collaboration.

QSAE is a government body responsible for overseeing the quality and standard aspects in the country with an overall business engagement in the areas of Ethiopian standards development, regulation enforcement, calibration, laboratory testing, batch product inspection, training, standards information and public education. It has 10 branches and representative offices including the ones in Djibouti and Moyale.

More on QSAE could be found on www.qsae.org.

Getachew Teklemariam Alemu International Correspondent Ethiopia Mr. Getachew Teklemariam Aleum is an International Correspondent for PMForum and PM World Today based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Mr. Alemu is also an Infrastructure Projects Expert in the Development Projects Department of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, government of Ethiopia. This department is responsible for studying and controlling the project planning and management system at the federal level in the country. Getachew is responsible for monitoring, appraising and reporting on public sector infrastructure projects financed by the Ethiopian government or bilateral and multilateral donors. He has a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Land Resources Management and Environmental Protection from Mekelle University in Ethiopia. He has also been educated in marco economic development, infrastructure development in developing countries, national economic development and project management. More information about Getachew Teklemariam can be found at Getachew Alemu named International Correspondent for PMForum in Ethiopia; Getachew can be contacted at getdem2006@yahoo.com.