WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/TA-4/UGA 
5 September 2007 
 (07-3747) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
VOLUNTARY NOTIFICATION  
OF SPECIFIC TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 
NEEDS OR RESPONSES 
 
 
1. 
 Member notifying (including, if applicable, an indication of relevant bodies): UGANDA
 
2. The technical assistance activity needed or provided may be relevant to the following 
Article(s) of the TBT Agreement:1 
[ X ]  Articles 2 and 3 on technical regulations 
[     ]  Article 4 and Annex 3 on standard s and the Code of Good Practice 
[ X ]  Articles 5,  7 and 8 on developmen t of conformity assessment procedures 
[ X ]  Article 6 on recognition of  conformity assessment 
[ X ]  Article 9 on internationa l and regional systems for conformity assessment 
[ X ]  Articles 2, 5 and 10 on information exch ange (e.g. notifications, enquiry point) 
[ X ]  Article 11 on technical assistance to other Members  
[ X ]  Article 12 on special and differential tr eatment of developing country Members 
[ X ]  Article 13 on the TBT Committee (participation in work of TBT Committee) 
[   ]  Other:   
 
                                                      
1 For needs:  if there is difficulty in establishing which Articles of the TBT Agreement are relevant, it is 
recommended that the "Needs assessment" and/or "Awareness raising" box be crossed under Point 4.  Under 
Point 2 it may then be sufficient to cross the "Other" box and indicate "General". G/TBT/TA-4/UGA 
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  3. Brief description of objective and rationale of the technical assistance activity, including, 
if possible, an estimation of the resources ne eded or on offer (e.g., financial or man-
hours):
2 
To facilitate capital-based technical officials to attend meetings of the WTO TBT Committee. 
To facilitate the National TBT/SPS Committee Se cretariat with funds required for operating 
and carrying out the activities of the Nationa l TBT/SPS Committee.  To train technical 
officials on the development of technical re gulations, standards and conformity assessment 
procedures based on internationa l good regulatory best practices.  To setup a system to be 
used for getting feedback from the industry an d exporters on trade related problems/concerns 
they experience in accessing markets of WTO Member States.  To replace the Internet 
connectivity at the WTO TBT National Enquiry Point with state-of-the-art Internet 
connectivity to enable the Enquiry Point to eff ectively carry out its information dissemination 
obligation as required by the TBT Agreement.  To review the national conformity assessment 
systems with a view to develop a workable fra mework that facilitates trade.  To benchmark 
the national standardization process with Anne x 3 of the TBT Agreement.  To support the 
Ugandan National Bureau of Standards in the ar eas where it does not have testing capacity, in 
accreditation of non accredited laboratories and hum an resource capacity development.  To 
build capacity in developing mutual recognition agreements with a view to facilitating trade. 
To develop capacity in animal health systems that  will lead to effective scientific risk analysis 
and management with regard to animal diseases, vectors, apiculture – sericulture, veterinary 
inspection – certification and regulatory enforcemen t.  To carry out annual residue monitoring 
programme for honey and other bee products.  
                                                      
2 This description should explain how this activity is intended to enhance implementation of specific 
provision(s) of the TBT Agreement listed in Point 2.  G/TBT/TA-4/UGA 
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  4. 
   Nature and timing of technical assistance ac tivity needed or on offer (key words): 
Type of assistance 
[ X ]    Awareness raising  
[ X ]    Needs assessment 
[ X ]    Skills training 
[ X ]    Infrastructure development 
[     ]    Other:   
 
Policy area covered 
[ X ]    Technical regulations  
[ X ]    Conformity assessment procedures  
[ X ]    Standardization  
[ X ]    Information exchange 
[   ]   Other:    
 Mode of delivery  
[ X ]    Workshop, seminar or other event 
[ X ]    Project-based activity 
[  ]   Other:   
 Dates  
[ X ]   Envisaged start date for activity:  Third quarter 2006  
[   ]  Estimated duration:   
 
5.   Further information available from: 
[ X ]    WTO TBT National Enquiry Point 
Uganda National Bureau of Standards Plot M217 Nakawa Industrial Area 
P.O. Box 6329, Kampala, Uganda 
Tel: +(256) 41 505995 Fax:  +(256) 41 286123 E-mail:  unbs@infocom.co.ug Contact Person : George Opiyo 
E-mail: george.opiyo@unbs.go.ug 
Mobile: +(256) 712 93 27 31 
  [     ]    Other contact point:
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 [     ]    Other reference: 4 ............................................................................................. 
 
 
                                                      
3 Name of a contact person with  telephone and e-mail address. 
4 For example an Internet address, or the address of a body other than that of the Enquiry Point.  For 
response notifications,  this space could be used to make reference to previous relevant submissions or 
statements made in the TBT Committee (or other body).