1. Name of the Cooperation Area: Establishment of Asian Institute of Standards
2. Prime /Co-Prime Mover Countries: Pakistan
3. Date of first activity organized:
On 31st May 2004, first workshop for the formulation of “Conceptual Framework for the Institutional Cooperation in the field of Standard among the ACD countries” was organized in Karachi, Pakistan
4. Progress since ACD 5 ( May 2006 ):
PROGRESS ON DEVELOPMENT OF DIRECTORY OF ALL RECOGNIZED TESTING LABORATORIES, BOTH THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR ALONG WITH AN INVENTORY OF SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT:
Fourteen ACD member countries (i.e. Sri Lanka, China, Cambodia, Brunei, Oman, Philippines, Kuwait, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Qatar, Thailand, South Korea, India and Malaysia ) have provided details /information to ACD cell at PSQCA.
PROGRESS ON DEVELOPMENT OF DIRECTORY EXPERTS IN ACD MEMBER COUNTRIES IN VARIOUS AREAS PERTAINING TO STANDARDIZATION
Fourteen ACD member countries (i.e. Sri Lanka, China, Cambodia, Brunei, Oman, Philippines, Kuwait, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Qatar, Thailand, South Korea, India and Malaysia ) have provided details /information to ACD cell at PSQCA.
Japan and Iran have conveyed their inability to share the desired information. However, the Japanese Government has requested for keeping it informed about the developments, for its possible cooperation in the future.
DEVELPOMENT OF A WEB PAGE ON STANDARDIZATION INSTITUTE AND ITS ACTIVITIES:
Website has been established under PSQCA website at
http:/www.psqca.com.pk/acd/frontpage.html
PROPOSAL FOR SHARING TRANING FACILITIES AMONG ACD MEMBER COUNTRIES IN THE FIELD OF “ STANDARDIZATION & QUALITY ASSURANCE”
The Ministry of Science and Technology, Pakistan has drafted the Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) for possible cooperation amongst the ACD countries in the field of standards. The MRA has already been forwarded to ACD member countries for their views/inputs. Feedback from ACD coordinator is awaited.
5. Difficulties encountered/Issues of concern:
We had requested the member countries for the provision of relevant information on their respective standardization activities. The idea was to have considerable knowledge about member countries’ level of expertise so that future plan of action could be devised accordingly. However, response to our request was quite lukewarm as so far only 14 member countries have provided the desired information.
Out of 29 member countries, only 5 have submitted comments /inputs on our proposed Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) i.e. Bhutan, Brunei, China, Malaysia and Oman.
6. Future activities:
Future activities would be planned once we receive views/inputs from member countries on the draft MRA.
7. Issue(s) requiring Ministers’ decision or endorsement:
The member countries may be urged to provide the requisite information at the earliest to expedite substantive progress on the concept paper. 8. Contact person (name/position/Organization):
9. Mr. Bilal Mehmood Choudhry
Assistant Director(SEAP-II)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Islamabad, Pakistan
Tel: 092-051-920-7415
Fax: 092-051-920-3805
E-mail: [email protected] |
