Developing countries are set to benefit from an UN-backed partnership announced Thursday that seeks to establish a coherent system of measurements throughout the world to minimize technical trade barriers.
The Vienna-based UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the inter-governmental International Bureau of Weights and Measure(BIPM), and the International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML) agreed to join forces to assist countries in integrating more beneficially into the global economy, a UN press release said.
Concrete technical areas of cooperation include the establishment of training guides to help developing countries overcome metrology and legal metrology issues at the laboratory level.
With the agreement, the UNIDO is partnering with two major global players that are crucial to successfully building capacity in standards and conformity as well as compliance with sanitary and phyto-sanitary measures that seek to ensure food safety as well as animal and planet health.
The agreement will not only reinforce the UNIDO's ability to deliver technical assistance, but also help advance its position as a key agency for implementing projects to eliminate technical barriers to trade.
Established in 1966, the UNIDO works toward improving the quality of life of the world's poor by helping countries achieve sustainable industrial development.
Source:Xinhua
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