A group of nine quality managers from four West African countries Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Ghana and Gambia, sponsored by UNIDO, recently underwent training in ISO 17025 laboratory Quality Management System at the Industrial Technology Institute (ITI) in Colombo.
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| Pix below show Dr A.M. Mubarak, ITI’s Director/CEO presenting a certificate and above a section of the participants at the closing ceremony of the programme. |
The 2-week training programme was conducted by the Quality Assurance Department aimed at assisting their laboratories, improve the status and to obtain ISO 17025 accreditation. Delegates from the West African countries were very satisfied with the training offered which had both lectures and laboratory exercises.
“They also indicated a preference for ITI due to factors as diverse as better cost, greater understanding of problems associated with labs run in developing countries and a higher level of comfort which is result of more friendly, informal trainers who are willing to share a lot more than their western counterparts,” an ITI statement.
UNIDO has recognized ITI as a regional centre for laboratory Quality Management System and has already sponsored many participants from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Vietnam, Laos, Liberia & Cambodia for training at ITI. More than 47 trainees from countries such as those mentioned belongs to South Asia, South East Asia and West Africa has already completed local programmes in laboratory Quality Management, microbiological analysis, etc. |
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