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Our cooperation
AENOR's main activities in the area of international cooperation range from providing technical assistance in International Cooperation projects, programmes and policies to carrying out training and qualifying, reports or studies on each of the different stages of a project.
AENOR contributes its experience and information with regard to standards and related products and services to organisations all over the world, undertaking a large number of activities mostly financed by the European Union 
, World Bank , Inter-American Development Bank , United Nations and other organisations that donate funds.
Since the nineties AENOR has promoted cooperation activities on a national and international scale, contributing its experience and knowledge of standardisation and certification, such as market access tools, technology transfer and the improvement of the industrial fabric, supporting and strengthening the entities responsible for quality infrastructures in third countries.
In 2000, Spain appointed AENOR to oversee the PHARE Twinning projects financed by the European Commission. The objective of these projects is to strengthen and support institutions in the area of quality infrastructures in countries applying for European Union membership.
The leadership and the experience gained in all the disciplines covered by our organisation and with regard to development cooperation, enable AENOR to offer assistance and practical experience in different fields of activity which facilitate the building of competitive structures and economic and social development.
Our services
The services that AENOR currently offers are:
- Technical support to public and private institutions, companies and administrations on a territorial, local, national or world region scale.
- Status analyses in areas related to the quality infrastructures and security, country reports, etc.
- Training in all of the organisations areas of knowledge.
- Institutional strengthening, development, support and promotion of the skills public and private institutions in support of governments and economic operators.
- Institutional support in the application and fulfillment of legal instruments.
- Study visits and experience exchanges.
- Laboratory training.
Areas of specialisation
Strengthening of the pre-accession strategy to the European Union and the integration of "the Acquis communautaire".
- Harmonisation of standards and alignment of legislations.
- Analysis of the compatibility of standards with the practices of the European Union.
- Application of the “acquis communautaire”.
- Creating awareness among society of European positions.
- Human resource development and promoting cooperation with European administrations and bodies.
Government policy to adhere to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
- Assistance in drawing up laws and standards compatible with the WTO.
- Application of the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade.
- Bringing legislations into line with the WTO Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS).
- Management of National Information Services within the framework of the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade.
- Technical support in the establishment of certified test laboratories.
- Evaluation and improvement of compliance evaluation bodies.
- Human resource development and promoting cooperation with European administrations and bodies.
Development of national and regional-scale quality policies.
- Assistance in the preparation of the legislative framework for developing quality policies.
- Creating awareness regarding quality management methods in companies.
- Improvement of the management techniques, including quality and compliance evaluation.
- Advice in the development of trademarks and quality certificates.
- Development of stimuli to strengthen quality policying.
Standardisation.
- Strengthening the management skills of the national standardisation bodies.
- Increased participation of stakeholders in standardisation projects.
- Developing efficient self-financing systems in national standardisation bodies based on marketing and public relations.
- Improving methodologies in standardisation projects and management of standards using modern electronic tools.
- Development of marketing tools and promotional activities for selling standards and related products.
- Development of web services (e-commerce, e-publishing).
- Development of training services.
Certification of products and services.
- CE Mark and official bodies.
- Compliance evaluation procedures.
- Exchanging experiences and providing compliance evaluation training.
- Assistance to reach mutual recognition agreements.
- Development of regional and international compliance evaluation outlines.
Sectors / Fields of activity
- Quality infrastructure (standardisation, certification, metrology, accreditation, legislation, consumer protection and market surveillance)
- Trade facilitation
- Quality (products and services)
- Environment
- Tourism
- Agro-food
- Electrotechnical
- Machines
- Construction
- Arts and crafts
- Forest and wood products
- Management Systems
- Sustainability
- Social Responsibility
- Other
Donor institutions
Over the course of almost 20 years of cooperation work, AENOR has carried out cooperation activities financed directly by our organisation but it has also developed institutional promotion projects and technical assistance projects financed by institutions and bilateral and multilateral development agencies, such as:
- European Commission (EuropeAid , DG Sanco , DG Employment , etc.)
- World Bank (WB)
- Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
- United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO)
Likewise, AENOR has carried out programmes of international co-financing via:
- The International Organization for Standardization Committee on Developing Country Matters (ISO/DEVCO) ,
- European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) ,
- European Committee for Standarization (CEN) , and
- The Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID)
and cooperation actions, in Spain or in third countries, with financing from Spanish public administrations, such as:
- Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade
- Xunta de Galicia
- Regional Government of Andalusia
Receiving entities of our projects
Below is a non-exhaustive list of companies for which AENOR has worked in cooperation projects:
| Country | Entity |
|---|---|
| Albania | Directorate General for Standardisation (DP) |
| Belarus | State Committee for Standardisation (Gosstandard - SCS) |
| Bolivia | Institute of Standardization and Quality (IBNORCA) |
| Brazil | Brazilian Association of Technical Standards, (ABNT) |
| Bulgaria | Bulgarian Institute for Standardisation (BDS) |
| Cuba | National Standardization Office (ONN) |
| Slovakia | Slovak Standards Institute (SUTN) |
| Estonia | Estonian Centre for Standardisation (EVN) |
| Honduras | Honduran Standardisation Organisation (OHN) |
| Mexico | Directorate General of Standards (DGN) |
| Nicaragua | Department of Technology, Standardisation and Metrology (DTNM) |
| Palestine | Palestine Standards Institute (PSI) |
| Dominican Republic | Directorate-General of Standards and Quality Systems (DIGENOR) |
| Romania | Romanian Standards Association (ASRO) |
| Turkey | Turkish Standardization Institute (TSE) |
| Vietnam | Directory of Standards, Metrology and Quality |
| Country | Entity |
|---|---|
| Croatia | Croatian Accreditation Agency (HAA) |
| Macedonia | Institute for Accreditation of the Republic of Macedonia (IARM) |
| Ukraine | National Accreditation Agency |
| Country | Entity |
|---|---|
| Algeria | Ministry of Industry |
| Bangladesh | Ministry of Trade |
| Bulgaria | Ministry of the Economy |
| Bulgaria | Ministry of the Economy |
| Slovenia | Ministry of the Economy |
| Guatemala | Ministry of the Economy |
| Lithuania | Ministry of the Economy |
| Mexico | Ministry of the Economy |
| Nicaragua | Ministry of Farming and Forestry |
| Syria | Ministry of Industry |
| Country | Entity |
|---|---|
| Argentina | National Institute of Industrial Technology |
| Panama | National Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation (SENACYT) |
| Uruguay | Technological Laboratory of Uruguay (LATU) |
| Country | Entity |
|---|---|
| Albania | Market Surveillance Directory, Ministry of the Economy, Trade and Energy |
| Mexico | Federal Office of Consumer Protection (PROFECO) |
| Romania | National Authority for Consumer Protection (ANPC) |
| Country | Entity |
|---|---|
| Argentina | National Health and Food Quality Service, SENASA |
| Chile | National Fishing Service |
| El Salvador | Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock |
| Honduras | National Agricultural Health Service, SEG/SENASA |
| Mexico | Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risk |
| Panama | National Directorate for Fishery Products |
| Entity | |
|---|---|
| MERCOSUR | |
| Secretariat of Economic Integration of Central America, SIECA |
| Country | Entity |
|---|---|
| Bolivia | National Chamber of Exporters of Bolivia, CANEB |
| Bolivia | Chamber of Exporters of Cochabamba, CADEXCO |
| Ecuador | Exporters Corporation of Ecuador, COPEI |
| Mexico | EU-Mexico Business Development Centre, CEMUE |
| Country | Entity |
|---|---|
| Syria | Central Laboratory of the Ministry of Economy and Trade |