The regional harmonization meeting of the East Africa standards on oilseeds, Edible Fats and Oils was convened by the East African CommunitySecretariatand hosted by the United Republic of Tanzaniawith thefinancialsupport ofTrade Mark East Africa – Tanzania (TMEA- Tanzania).The meeting was attendedby delegatesfromSix Partner Statesthat included Republic of Burundi,Republic of Kenya,Republic ofRwanda,Republic of Sout

The workshop was held at the Diakonia Resort Conference Center Hall. The session began at 9:00 a.m. led by Dr. George Abong’ who is the coordinator of the project from the University of Nairobi. Formal introductions were done by the participants to the project team thereafter, the participants were briefed on the workshop materials. The training focused on the following:

Following the EMS ISO 14001:2015 Implementers training held in Nairobi under Switch Africa Green Project titled, ‘Inclusive Green Horticulture Processing Sector in Kenya’, Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) and the University of Nairobi defined the criteria for selection MSMEs, to be trained on EMS Internal Audit in readiness for Environmental management systems (EMS) certification.