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Message: [QUOTE="Munyaradzi Mafaro, post: 40709, member: 636"] West African countries finished a training program for standards committees at weekend meetings in Abidjan. ECOWAS technical experts gathered from May 28 to 31 to learn better ways of creating regional product rules. Committee chairs and secretaries studied how to make manufacturing, food, water and tourism standards match international levels. Ghana and Nigeria trainers taught sessions about quality control and safety measures. Representatives from eight nations attended the four-day workshop sessions. Sheikh Tejan Nyang from Gambia tourism board said better hotel standards help the country earn more money from visitors. Gambia sent two delegates to learn about improving accommodation quality across West Africa. Participants reviewed draft documents about regional standard-making processes without major changes. The workshop stressed finishing technical guides based on expert recommendations from the training sessions. Tourism and hotel standards received special attention during group discussions. Lassane Kabore from ECOWAS industry office opened the program and thanked Ivory Coast for hosting the event. He explained how the new standard-making system helps create uniform product rules across member countries. The revised model supports West African industrial policy goals approved earlier this year. Regional cooperation on standards protects consumers and helps businesses compete globally. Training programs like this advance economic integration across the fifteen-nation community. [/QUOTE]

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