Development of Standards and Conformance in Cambodia Mr Peter Walsh Group General Manager Assets, Marks, Regional

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Development of Standards and Conformance in
Cambodia Mr Peter WalshGroup General
ManagerAssets, Marks, Regional Executive
ProjectsStandards Australia International
Limited
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Development of Standards and Conformance in
Cambodia
The Project

• Undertaken August 2000 by Mr Graeme Drake of
  Standards New Zealand in Cambodia, Lao PDR and
  Myanmar
• Response to Action Plan of the ACCSQ-CER
  (Australia, New Zealand) Dialogue Action Plan
• Understand infrastructure and identify specific
  needs for further development and training

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Development of Standards and Conformance in
Cambodia
Existing Infrastructure

• Ministry of Commerce - CAMCONTROL (Cambodia
  Import Export Inspection and Fraud Repression
  Department) - functions
• Mandatory photo-sanitary product standards and
  certification for imports and exports
• Mandatory and voluntary product safety and
  quality standards and certification for imports
  and exports
• Fuel certification
• Economic fraud
• CODEX and WTO point of enquiry
• Cambodian representative to ACCSQ
• Act in capacity of state accreditor
• Offices dispersed across the country

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Development of Standards and Conformance in
Cambodia
Existing Infrastructure

• Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy -
  Department of Industrial Techniques - Functions
• Legal metrology, including weights and measures
  and pressure equipment
• Voluntary standards used domestically
• ISO and IEC Subscriber member
• Product certification
• Product quality control and certification
• Certificate of processing for exportation
• Licence of using standards and marks
• Mandatory for household appliances
• Testing of industrial products
• Located only at Phnom Penh

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Development of Standards and Conformance in
Cambodia
Existing Infrastructure - Legislative Basis and
Co-ordination

• Co-ordination by National Committee of Quality
  and Safety
• The Executive (Ministers) can create technical
  regulations and mandatory standards. CAMCONTROL
  checks imports and exports against regulations
  and standards
• Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy, has
  proposed sub-decree to make ISO 9000 and ISO
  14000 mandatory for some products and promotes
  use of voluntary standards

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Development of Standards and Conformance in
Cambodia
Existing Infrastructure - Current Shortcomings

• CAMCONTROL, more than 400 staff, 300 in standards
  and conformity related activities
• Department of Industrial Techniques has about 130
  staff involved in standards and conformity
  activities
• Funding is an issue related to purchase of modern
  equipment, training at all levels and effective
  participation in international activities

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Development of Standards and Conformance in
Cambodia
Existing Infrastructure - Regional

• ASEAN Consultative Committee on Standards
• Standards and Quality (ACCSQ) Yes
• Asia Pacific Metrology Program (APMP) No
• Asia Pacific Legal Accreditation Cooperation
  (APLAC) No
• Asia Pacific Legal Metrology Federation
• (APLMF) No
• Pacific Area Standards Congress (PASC) No

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Development of Standards and Conformance in
Cambodia
Existing Infrastructure - International

• CODEX Yes
• International Organization for Standardization
  (ISO) Yes
• International Electrotechnical Commission
  (IEC) Yes
• International Legal Accreditation Cooperation
  (ILAC) No
• International Legal Metrology Federation
  (ILMF) No
• WTO Agreement on Photo-sanitary Measures No
• WTO Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement No

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Development of Standards and Conformance in
Cambodia
Existing Infrastructure - Measurement

• Calibration issues certificates for calibration,
  but needs more equipment for legal metrology
• Further training, equipment and knowledge is
  needed in the following
• How to obtain measurement standards.
• Help in explaining the importance of legal
  metrology at sub-national levels within Cambodia.
• Metrology scientific training.
• Establishment of a scientific measurement
  laboratory.
• Equipment e.g. chemical and microbiologies
  analysis equipment
• Technical and scientist training.
• Laboratory management training.
• Standard operating procedures and quality
  systems, including assistant to translate these
  into Khmer.

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Development of Standards and Conformance in
Cambodia
Existing Infrastructure - Standards

• Use domestic and adopted Thai standards
• Majority standards related export and import
  product quality
• Certification is not understood widely by economy
  at large
• Household electrical safety standards are
  voluntary

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Development of Standards and Conformance in
Cambodia
Existing Infrastructure - Certification

• CAMCONTROL border function includes checking food
  quality and rules of origin
• The Department of Industrial Techniques issues
  product certificates and licences for product
  standards and marks for domestic, export and
  import goods (including textiles and clothing)
• Training and further action is needed in the
  following areas
• Inspection methods for containers based importing
  of food produce.
• Standard operating procedures and quality
  systems, including assistance to translate these
  into Khmer.
• Specific guidance in food quality standards and
  thresholds for levels of contamination.
• Promotion of the use of voluntary ISO 9000 and
  ISO 14000 standards.
• Training in product certification systems.
• Further investment on laboratory equipment for
  testing industrial products and calibration

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Development of Standards and Conformance in
Cambodia
Existing Infrastructure - Accreditation and Other
Issues

• Accreditation is not seen as a priority
• Infrastructure is fragmented and this could be
  difficult in mutual recognition and international
  trading negotiations
• Cambodia is not a member of the World Trade
  Organization (WTO)

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Development of Standards and Conformance in
Cambodia
Recommendations - 1

• Issues that need to be addressed include the
  following
• The establishment of a co-ordinated National
  Master Plan for the standards and conformance
  infrastructure of Cambodia.
• Legal metrology and its domestic application.
• Development and use of domestic national
  standards to increase quality and safety within
  Cambodia, and provide opportunities for Cambodian
  industry to become more efficient and
  competitive.
• The establishment of a certification system.
• The accreditation system for product, systems and
  laboratories.

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Development of Standards and Conformance in
Cambodia
Recommendations - 2

• General seminar on standards and conformance
  issues
• What are the standards and conformance elements
  required in modern economies.
• Why are standards and conformance systems
  required.
• Options for structures/funding/mandatory versus
  non-mandatory systems.
• Cost effects of the standards and conformance
  infrastructure on domestic industry.
• International standards and conformance
  organisations, trade implications and
  obligations.

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Development of Standards and Conformance in
Cambodia
Recommendations - 3

• Specific management advice and development of a
  Master Plan
• Specific advice to the National Committee on
  Standards and Quality outlining options for role
  determination, legislative frameworks, service
  delivery options, determining how much government
  involvement, funding implications, and political
  representation in standards and conformance
  issues
• Study tour by Senior Cambodian Officials to
  Australia and New Zealand
• Visit by National Committee on Standards and
  Quality representatives to Australia (one week)
  and NZ (one week) to review standards and
  conformance regimes in both economies.

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Development of Standards and Conformance in
Cambodia
Recommendations - 4

• Specific training in border control surveillance
  techniques
• Physical search training, recognition and
  awareness of photosanitary hazard, search
  documentation and awareness of the implications
  of international trading agreements
• Implementation of Master Plan - Legal measurement
  and measurement laboratory establishment
• Laboratory type establishment and purchasing
  equipment
• Technical and managerial training for
  laboratories
• Diffusion of legal metrology across the country,
  including sub-national seminars

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Development of Standards and Conformance in
Cambodia
Recommendations - 5

• Implementation of Master Plan - Dialogue partner
  based training for Metrology staff
• Two month training course for Cambodian metrology
  staff either in Australia or NZ Implementation of
  Master Plan - Legal measurement and measurement
  laboratory establishment
• Implementation of Master Plan - Certification
  skills training
• Generalist training of the internal and external
  audit process, documentation required and
  requirements for independent verification
• Specific training of Cambodia based auditors and
  provision of training to the trainers in ISO 9000
  and ISO 14000

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Development of Standards and Conformance in
Cambodia
Recommendations - 6

• ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 training for those wishing
  to be certified
• Implementation of Master Plan - Standards
  development training
• One month training course for Cambodian standards
  development staff either in Australia or NZ

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Development of Standards and Conformance in
Cambodia
Recommendations - 7

• National seminar on standards and conformance
• Master Plan debrief opportunity with government,
  industry and community
• Identification of issues surrounding
  practicalities of standards and conformance
  implementation
• Identification of areas for further
  standardization, and scoping out Cambodias
  future involvement in regional and international
  standardization

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Development of Standards and Conformance in
Cambodia
Recommendations - 8

• International standards development
• Involvement in international standards
  development work
• Trade access, market efficiency and technology
  exchange outcomes of international access
• Roles of participants, representatives, and
  chairpersons
• Influence and politics in international
  standardization
• Funding international standards work

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