ARSO General Assembly THE ROLE OF QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN A FREE TRADE AREA - THE IEC CONTRIBUTION Thanks for the invitation to IEC to be part of this ARSO GA. How IEC can contribute to the emerging Africa Common Market ARSO General Assembly 19– 21 June 2019 Nairobi, Kenya François Ahoti IEC-AFRC Director fya@iec.ch

Scope of the IEC Millions of devices and systems that use or produce electricity and contain electronics. World trade in electronics and electrical devices: 19.8% (USD 3,489 trillion) Two legs : Standardization and Conformity Assessment IEC work covers billions of electrical and electronic components, devices and systems that are used in homes, offices, health facilities and public spaces, power networks, cities, transportation, information technology, agriculture, manufacturing, and more. The IEC always looks at interoperability, safety, electromagnetic interference, the responsible use of hazardous substances, waste management and the environment.

IEC vision, mission and values Vision : IEC everywhere for a safer more efficient world “Our mission is to achieve worldwide use of IEC International Standards and Conformity Assessment Services that ensure the safety, efficiency, reliability and interoperability of electrical, electronic and information technologies, to enhance international trade, facilitate broad electricity access and enable a more sustainable world.” Values

About IEC 172 Countries (Djibouti) 200 TC/SCs 20 000 experts 10 000 International Standards 4 Conformity Assessment Systems > 1 million certificates > 100 years (1906) The IEC provides a neutral and independent knowledge platform where close to 20 000 experts participate at the global level in approximately 200 Technical Committees …many thousand more work in mirror committees in each member country. The IEC has around 10 000 publications in its library, covering the whole breadth of electrical and electronic devices and systems. The four IEC Conformity Assessment Systems help verify that products satisfy quality, safety and efficiency Standards.

AfCFTA and IEC Annex 6 – Regard to what the Secretary general said the first day

How IEC Standardization infrastructure can help?

1- Countries to establish NECs (free programme) or NCs, Select and declare national mirror committees and experts

2- Countries to adopt IEC International Standards where relevant and declare the national adoptions

3- Countries to participate in the ongoing standardization process by commenting draft standards open for comments (2 possibilities): - From the country’s dashboard (Documents open for comments) - Make use of the public commenting platform (https://www.iec.ch/comment/)

4- Result on the national and regional adoption of IEC International Standards (Ecowas – Afsec) Adoptions or Recommendations IEC Standards   Country National adoptions Regional adoptions (ECOWAS Case - 30) Continental recommended adoptions (AFSEC - 169) Benin 169 2 5 Burkina Faso 174 26 7 Cabo Verde Côte d’Ivoire 376 28 34 Gambia 31 01 Ghana 493 16 37 Guinea 103 6 Guinea Bissau Mali Niger 56 4 Nigeria 166 15 Liberia Sierra Leone 27 Senegal 67 Togo 568 66 Countries without NC, without adoptions Countries with national adoptions different from a country o another oountry

4- Result on the national and regional adoption of IEC International Standards (EAC– Afsec) Adoptions or Recommendations IEC Standards   Country National adoptions Regional adoptions (EAC Case - 30) Continental recommended adoptions (AFSEC - 169) Burundi 30 3 1 Kenya 533 88 23 Rwanda 150 20 18 South Sudan Tanzania 69 27 5 Uganda 269 68 6 Different priorities at the continental , regional and national levels Needs of better coordination For information, launched on 2015-09-01

2 - Online delivrables of IEC Conformity Assessment Systems IEC is built on 2 pillars Standards Development & Conformity Assessment activities However, in order not to create any conflict of interest, these 2 pillars are kept strictly separate in terms of the management structure.

CAB - Conformity Assessment Board 4 SYSTEMES D’EVALUATION DE LA CONFORMITE CAB - Conformity Assessment Board IECQ Quality Assessment System for Electronic Components IECEE System of Conformity Assessment Schemes for Electrotechnical Equipment and Components IECEx System for Certification to Standards Relating to Equipment for use in Explosive Atmospheres IEC RE IEC General System for Certification to Standards relating to plant, equipment and services associated with Renewable Energy Systems IEC Wind Energy Scheme IEC Solar Energy Scheme IEC Marine Energy Scheme

IEC CA Systems online delivrables IECEE: https://www.iecee.org/?ref=menu IECEx : https://www.iecex.com/?ref=menu IECQ : http://www.iecq.org/index.htm IECRE : http://www.iecre.org/?ref=menu

Recommendations Countries to be members of ARSO and AFSEC (a recommendation from AU) Countries to participate in international standardization actively (comments and adoption) Regional and continental organizations to adopt or recommend the adoptions of international standards relevant for Africa (to avoid duplication of efforts, time and costs) Need for the coordination of the priorities at the continental, regional and national levels Permanent update of standards Make use of IEC CA Systems and its online deliverables Attend the 2019 IEC General Meeting in Shanghai (China) See comments on previous slide Establish NECs or review the NEC/NC composition or level to involve key stakeholders with high level representatives NECs and NCs to have business plan connected to NDP and the SDGs Send comments on selected technical fields Participation in AFSEC Activities to better voice regional issues Use of the IEC Conformity Assessment certificates database to assess the conformity of Electrotechnical Products Use of all available supports form IEC (Mentoring Programme, Young Professionals, 90% Discount on adopted IEC Standards for Affiliates, ACAS free Elearning courses) 15

Conclusion Standardization and conformity Assessment are keys for the AfCFTA Not reinvent the wheel. Make use of the existing resources to move quickly forward and IEC has available resources (No cost for most of them). IEC and IEC AFRC available to support. Important effort is made by IEC to involve all countries in its global standardization and conformity assessment activities, especially for developing countries in Africa through the Affiliates Country Programme and the support of the Africa regional Centre Affiliates and nomination of experts Affiliates Plus and Access to more Standards ACAS (to help for the use of IEC CA to facilitate trade and insure electrical safety) Mentoring Programme to support and train NC and NECs More experts allowed (one expert per TC/SC selected) Participation in IEC standardization work by countries allows them to be actors and not only users IEC- AFRC aims to help African countries to benefit fully from IEC work in order to facilitate intra regional and international trade of electrotechnical products regard to WTO objectives

ARSO General Assembly THE ROLE OF QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN A FREE TRADE AREA - THE IEC CONTRIBUTION ARSO General Assembly 19– 21 June 2019 Nairobi, Kenya François Ahoti IEC-AFRC Director fya@iec.ch