PROGRAMME ON CAPACITY BUILDING FOR ARSO CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT

AND CONSUMERS COMMITEES ON THE IMPLEMNTATION OF ISO/IEC 17050-

1:2004 CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT: SUPPLIER'S DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY
PART 1: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS, ON 14TH TO 15TH MARCH 2024, GABORONE-
BOTSWANA

Day 1 (Monday) – 14h March 2023

8:00 – 8:30 HRS Registration

8:30 – 9:00 HRS • Introduction - Participants introduce themselves including their

experience and expectations
• Welcome remarks-BOBS MD
• Opening Remarks –ARSO SG
• Media briefing and Group Photo
9:00 – 9: 30HRS Objectives of the training -ARSO TD
ARSO programs
9:30 – 10: 30HRS Overview of Conformity Assessment- CACO Chairperson

10:30 – 11:00 HRS Consumers involvement in standards Development -COCO

Chairperson
11.00 – 11.30 HRS Tea/Coffee Break

11.30 – 12.30Hrs Introduction to CASCO toolbox standards – Mohamed Hassan

Mohamed Abdelhalim
12.30 – 1.00 Hrs Plenary

1.00 – 200 Hrs Lunch break

2.00 – 3.30 Hrs ISO 17030- Conformity assessment — General requirements for third-
party marks of conformity– Nana Pokuaa Asare Twerefour
3.30 – 4.00 Hrs Health Break

4.00 – 5.30 Hrs African guidelines for dual marking – Charles Gachahi

5.30 – 600 Hrs Plenary

Day 2 (Tuesday) – 15th March 2023

8:30 – 9:00 HRS Recap of day 1

9.00– 11.00HRS ISO 17050:1-Supplier's declaration of conformity Part 1: General

requirements-Liliane Kamanzi
11.00– 11.30HRS Health Break

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11.00– 12.30HRS ISO 17050:2 General requirements for supporting documentation to
substantiate a supplier's declaration of conformity- Charles Gachahi
12.30– 1.00 HRS Plenary

1.00-300 HRS Report writing

3.00 – 3.30 HRS Health break

3.30 – 5.00 HRS • Adoption of report

• Way forward
• Award of certificates
• closing
Saturday, 16th March 2023 – Delegates Departure