Tanzania Quality and Standards Programme

The existing standards frameworks in Tanzania faces challenges of policy, administrative, regulatory and enforcement nature. These challenges have hampered TBS's capability to offer quality service to its stakeholders; develop market-oriented standards; and foster the uptake and adoption of standards by the business community. The support will assist TBS in the following; 1.) Development of a training program on Standards, targeting MSMEs using conventional training methods suitable for businesses - using both analogue and digital platforms; 2.) Development of an integrated Standards, Quality, Metrology and Testing (iSQMT) system that will automate the key administrative processes used by TBS to offer services to its stakeholders; 3.) Development of a National Quality Policy Framework to establish guidelines and procedures in the development, administration, regulation and enforcement of standards in Tanzania; and 4.) Development of a standards harmonization and accreditation program to support TBS to domesticate regionally harmonized standards and also have their systems, processes and service delivery processes accredited.;Reduced Barriers to Trade