Start of the implementation of Output 1 of the foreign development cooperation project "Serbia - Support for the improvement and development of the quality infrastructure sector in Serbia" under the "Aid for Trade" programme

On February 1, 2019, a professional seminar "Principles of involvement in the European, international and national standardization activities" was held in the representative premises of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Belgrade, organized by the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Belgrade in cooperation with the Office for Technical Standardization, Metrology and State Testing (ÚNMZ) and the Serbian Institute for Standardization (ISS). The event was held with the financial support of the Czech Republic within the project "Support for the improvement and development of the quality infrastructure sector in Serbia" - "Aid for Trade" programme, implemented by the Institute of Standards and Metrology. It was a professional activity of Output 1 aimed at increasing the professional capacities of ISS staff and members of national technical standardization commissions, especially in relation to participation in the European standardization process.

The seminar was attended by more than 120 members of national technical standardization commissions, in which all relevant stakeholders are represented, representatives of the national standardization body ISS, Czech experts from the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Czech Agency for Standardization (ČAS). The seminar was opened by the Czech Ambassador to Belgrade Tomáš Kuchta as the first of the project activities. In the course of the seminar itself, the Czech experts gave presentations to share their knowledge and experience in the field of management of national standardization activities and to introduce the participants to the principles of participation in the activities of European and international standardization organizations.