On March 4, the first coordination session will be held within the “Standards engage” Project in order to develop, with the support of the experts within the project, the National Standardization Strategy.

The national standardization strategy (NSS) is a policy roadmap for a country to make certain that its national strategic priorities are supported by relevant national and International Standards. It is coordinated by the national standards body (NSB), which ensures that the most relevant standards under development to the national context can be identified to provide an effective allocation of resources.

The mission will last about 9 months, starting in March, during which the team of the Institute for Standardization of Moldova will assess the need to develop the SSN, will be trained in this regard by experts in the project and will develop the strategy. The project is of pilot type, lasting 2 years (2021-2022).

The aim of the project is to raise awareness of the importance of standards through an effective public-private partnership.

The objectives of the project are:

  • increasing stakeholder involvement in the standards development process;
  • improving the level of appreciation of the value of standards among stakeholders.