UNIDO Global Quality Forum

EUROLAB is delighted to participate in the UNIDO Global Quality Forum, represented by Secretary General, Laura Martin.

The high-level event under the theme: ‘Trust, Trade and Transformation through Quality Infrastructure’ and held in Vienna 4-6 November, was an opportunity to address how national, regional, and international actors can organise, finance and modernise quality systems to respond to development priorities.

The QI community gathered to discuss quality infrastructure as a tool for trust, trade, industrial transformation and sustainable development, achievable through a robust system of standards, measurements, accreditation, conformity assessment and market surveillance.

Key focus topics included:

• Quality systems for market access, sustainable supply chains and MSME competitiveness

• Quality infrastructure for competitiveness

• How quality policy can transform national ambitions into coordinated actions

• The importance of technological, commercial, environmental and social changes in quality infrastructure organisations.

• Harmonisation, mutual recognition, and pooled technical capacity on the global and national level

• The digital transformation of QI through AI, machine-readable documents, digital metrology, and remote assessments.

• The practical applications supported by UNIDO programmes.

The event was also an opportunity to enhance dialogue with UNIDO Representatives and key QI stakeholders and to discuss future opportunities for collaboration in supporting the sustainable and digital transformation of Quality Infrastructure and marked the launch of the QI4SD Index, available: here

Thank you to UNIDO for the kind invitation to attend the Forum and we look forward to our continued cooperation.

Check out the joint EUROLAB-UNIDO brohure published as part of the previous successful collaboration. Laboratories for a Sustainable Future: Best Practices for Responsible and Efficient Laboratory Management, available here.