SARSO with the objective to establish mutually beneficial cooperation with the relevant Regional organization established cooperation agreement with Regional Standardization Organization.

The SARSO and CEN/CENELEC (European Standards Organization) formalized the cooperation through the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding on 11 October 2017 in the realm of the IEC General Meeting. This Memorandum of Understanding offers tangible opportunities for greater technical and systemic alignment, with a view to facilitate trade in goods and services between Europe and South Asian countries. The MoU between CEN/CENELEC and SARSO would provide a common framework for the sharing of information, transferring of technical knowledge, exchange of best practices in sectors such as textile, electrical and electronic goods, chemicals, food and building materials, as well as for supporting the work made by the international standardization organizations, namely ISO and IEC.

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