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SADCMEL REPORT TO RLMO MEETING 20 September 2010

SADCMEL REPORT TO RLMO MEETING 20 September 2010. PRESENTED BY: D Tau SADCMEL Chairperson. SADCMEL. Table of contents. Background to SADCMEL Aims SADC SQAM meetings Capacity building Liaisons. SADCMEL. Background to SADCMEL. Established under SADC Trade Protocol

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SADCMEL REPORT TO RLMO MEETING 20 September 2010

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  1. SADCMEL REPORTTORLMO MEETING20 September 2010 PRESENTED BY: D Tau SADCMEL Chairperson

  2. SADCMEL Table of contents • Background to SADCMEL • Aims • SADC SQAM meetings • Capacity building • Liaisons

  3. SADCMEL Background to SADCMEL • Established under SADC Trade Protocol • 5 Sister organisations in SQAM arena • Resort under SQAMEG • 15 Member states • 4 Associate members • Member of AFRIMETS

  4. SADCMEL Aims of SADCMEL • Develop and maintain confidence in Legal Metrology activities in Region • Maintain equivalence of LM activities • Remove LM regulatory TBTs in Region • Promote consistent application of technical requirements

  5. SADCMEL Achievement of Aims To harmonise technical requirements: • Members agreed to adopt OIML Recommendations • Draft and adopt SADC requirements where OIML not available e.g. Mechanical counter scales Sale of commodities

  6. SADCMEL SADCMEL TC 1 meeting • Held 21 March in Swaziland • 6 members attended • 1 associate member attended • Discussed proposed amendments to SADCMEL 1 & 4 • Agreed to propose amendments to SADCMEL

  7. SADCMEL SADCMEL Annual meeting • Held 25 March in Swaziland • 12 members attended • 2 associate members attended • Observers OIML, PTB, EU Fund delegation • Addressed by Ian Dunmill of BIML • Ratified amendments to SADCMEL documents

  8. SADCMEL SQAMEG meetings • 2 Coordinating meetings held to discuss admin matters • Annual meeting held in Swaziland on 27 March 2010

  9. SADCMEL Capacity Building • 2 Year funding project concluded • 17 different training courses - 413 persons trained • Model law based on OIML D1 developed • Final needs workshop • Awareness and evaluation visit to 7 member countries • No equipment supplied for sustainability

  10. SADCMEL International liaisonsOIML • Received report from BIML at 24th SADCMEL meeting • Presented report at the RLMO meeting in Kenya, Mombassa during October 2009

  11. SADCMEL International liaisons AFRIMETS • SADCMEL attending the AFRIMETS GA in Egypt September 2010 • Mr. Albasini (SADCMEL Mozambique) is vice Chair for Legal Metrology • Mr. Carstens (SADCMEL SA) heads the secretariat

  12. SADCMEL THANK YOU FOR LISTENING

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