The support to the private sector is by the Trade Capacity Building (TCB) programme for Ghana, a project implemented by UNIDO with funds from Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).
It will offer technical assistance to private enterprises in the cocoa, fish, fruit and wood value chains to implement relevant quality management systems to facilitate local and international trade.
A statement signed by Madam Linda Abena Korkor Gyala, the National Expert of the Project, in charge of Marketing and Communication, said the offer to support SMEs th technical assistance was advertised in the dailies and interested companies signed on to it.
The project would also assist the selected SMEs to obtain food safety and management system and marketing certification such as the ISO 9001.
It would support national quality infrastructure institutions, actors and companies in the export sector in order to improve industrialisation of Ghana’s economy and promote export trade.
The statement said the support was in line with UNIDO’s mission of helping Ghana’s private sector in creating jobs and wealth by providing technical access to resources and support services through certification, inspection, accreditation, and standardisation to boost private sector competitiveness.
UNIDO's primary objective is the promotion and acceleration of industrial development in developing countries and the promotion of international industrial cooperation.
Mr Mills, the Project Coordinator, was quoted as saying that the project aimed at improving the country’s sustainable value chains for exports and has, for the past three years, upgraded national inspection bodies to a point where they were
ready for accreditation to international standards this year.
“We have already trained experts who will assist selected companies and pay them till you get the international standards,” he said.
“Now is the turn to focus on the private sector since we have done so much with the public sector. We are not asking you to pay anything but just be committed to signing on the programme and be committed to getting the desired results,” he added.
GNA
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