Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) with support from the Private Sector Foundation of Uganda (PSFU) granted product certification (Q-Mark) to over 500 Micro-Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) producing over 700 Products across various sectors as part of the COVID 19 Economic Recovery and Resilience Response Program (CERRRP) funded by the Mastercard Foundation under the Quality and Standards Component at the cost of USD 500,000.
This was part of the Bureau’s interventions to subsidize the cost of product certification as one of the measures to improve the safety and quality of locally manufactured products and increase their access to both domestic and international markets.
Additional interventions taken by the Bureau to reduce the cost of doing business for the MSMEs include automation and online access of UNBS Services and decentralization of Testing Laboratories and other Conformity Assessment Services to the Regional Offices of Mbale for Eastern Uganda, Gulu for Northern Uganda and Mbarara for western Uganda.
The Private Sector Foundation of Uganda (PSFU) was applauded for considering UNBS request to help the financially constrained MSMEs who were facing challenges with payment of certification charges.
However, the poor quality culture among MSMEs, especially those involved in informal production from un gazetted locations such go-downs, backyards and garages, couldn’t go unnoticed, which is responsible for the high prevalence of substandard products on the Market.
The beneficiary Enterprises were granted UNBS Q-Mark Permits for the initial 1st year and are expected to sustain payment for subsequent renewals of these Permits thereafter.
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Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) is a Government Agency responsible for the Developing, Promotion and Enforcement of National Standards in order to Protect the Health and Safety of the Public and the Environment against Harmful and Sub-Standard Products; as well as Promoting Fair Trade Practices and Competition.
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