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Ministry
of Commerce partners
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Project title: |
Customs Modernization
and Trade Facilitation |
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Donor: |
UNOPS
and
World Bank |
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Implementing
agency: |
Afghanistan National
Standardization Authority (ANSA) |
After
several decades of conflict, Afghanistan is under
going reconstruction, as part of this there is a
drive to develop institutions that will contribute
constructively to this developmental process.
Amongst such institutions is the Afghanistan
National Standardisation Authority (ANSA).
ANSA is the national body that deals with standards
rules making, forming standards technical
committees, adopting and developing standards,
testing materials and issuing certificates,
calibrating equipment and approving other standards
generating bodies, and increasing public awareness
of standards in order to protect consumers' health
and safety.
In the short term ANSA intends to cover the five
major areas below:
• Metrology (Calibration and Measurement)
• Construction Materials
• Petroleum products
• Pharmaceuticals
• Food
ANSA realizes that each of the above fields include
many sub-fields, hence has determined
characteristics such as the minimum quality tests
required for liquid fuels as one of the priorities
to achieve in the short term.
ANSA is in the process of having its central
laboratory built in Kabul, to purchase two mobile
labs, one for Metrology and one for Liquid Fuels,
and to send its technicians abroad for gaining
training and facilitating training inside the
country.
ANSA's objectives consist of:
1. To support industry in its export drive
2. To protect consumers and the environment
3. To raise overall production quality
4. To provide information and assistance in the
fields of standards, testing and certification of
products and services
5. To help Afghan businessmen and industries access
foreign markets.
The ANSA staff currently comprises:
Chief Executive Officer (CEO): Ziaudin Zia
Senior Advisor to ANSA: Taj Mohammad Yarmand
Chief Technical Advisor (CTA): Eugene Julies
Head of Support Services of ANSA: Hafizullah Wali
Rahimi
Project Officer: Mohammad Omar Andar
Translator: Wakil Rahimi
Personal assistant:
Taranah Rasuli,
070151696
Metrology/Lab technician:
Abdul Basir,
0799406274
Pharmacy/lab technician:
Homayoon Sarwary,
0799060653
Pharmacy/lab technician:
Ahmad Najib Safa,
0799399494
Pharmacy/lab technician:
Ehsanullah Niazy,
070295319
Fuel/lab technician:
Mohamad Riza Khademi,
0799896404
Food/lab technician:
Ghulam Haidar,
070234097
Food/lab technician:
Homayoon Sangar,
0799315556
Food/lab technician:
Atiqullah Yasar,
0799479345
Construction/lab technician:
Sefatullah Hamdard,
0799160213
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Restructuring
the Ministry of Commerce
On 20 March 2006, the Ministry of Commerce submitted its
final application under the government’s Priority Reform and
Restructuring programme. Departments will be aligned with
the Ministry’s new strategic objectives and the
organizational structure will be greatly simplified to
promote greater efficiency and effectiveness.
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Afghan National Development Strategy
 The
Ministry of Commerce has recently completed and submitted
its 1385 workplan and is currently completing its workplan
for 1386-89. These workplans will cover the activities that
the Ministry will be undertaking in response to the
commitments made in the Afghanistan Compact and the
strategic goals presented in the Interim ANDS by the
Government of Afghanistan at the London Conference earlier
this year.
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Private sector policy consultation
The Ministry of Commerce has just completed a major private
sector consultation exercise, asking Afghan construction
companies about their experiences with public procurement
contracting. Over a period of a month, a team from the
Internal Trade department interviewed owners and managers of
more than 150 companies.
The
purpose of the survey was to gather evidence as the Ministry
explores policy options to facilitate access to public
procurement contracts for Afghan enterprises.
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