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1st
August
2008
Tanzania appointed ISO
technical committee group chairman
Tanzania has been appointed
chairman of the Developing Countries Contact Group
(DCCG) of the International Organization for
Standardization Committee on Environmental Management Standards (ISO/TC
207) for a three years period
from 2008 to 2011.
The appointment was made
by ISO/TC 207 in its 15th meeting
held in Bogotá, Colombia, from 21st
to 28th June, 2008.
Tanzania, through the Tanzania
Bureau of Standards (TBS), takes over from Mexico
who had been in the chair for the last three
years and it will be assisted by
Colombia as Vice Chair, while Kenya
will produce the secretary.
DCCG is a group within the
ISO/TC 207 which coordinates efforts of developing
countries in enhancing participation of developing
countries in the preparation of international standards
and in capacity building on the
use of environmental standards.
Because of its position in the
DCCG, it follows that Tanzania automatically
becomes a member of the Chair’s Advisory
Committee, CAG – a forum constituting of the
chairpersons of the different subcommittees, who
advise
the Chair in making various decisions on
matters of preparing various environmental management
standards, and their application.
The meeting was attended by
several delegates from all over the world,
including representatives of national standards
bodies, environmental organizations and other
stakeholders. Tanzania was represented by Mr.
Leandri Kinabo, Head of Process Technology
Standards
Department at TBS, which oversees preparation of
national standards in various areas including
standards for environmental management.
ISO/TC 207 deals with the
preparation of environmental management standards
and tools in support of sustainable
development.
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