The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) is now internationally certified as it has attained the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems Certificate.A release from the Department of Public Information (DPI) said that Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin on Monday handed over the certificate to the agency at the Herdmanston Lodge.“I think it is another step in the right direction. It is consistent with the mandate of Bureau; if you are promoting standards and you assisting in the accrediting of various bodies, it is only natural that the bureau is accredited as well,” the minister said.Attaining the ISO9001:2015 certificate has always been a goal for the agency for a number of years, according to Director of the GNBS, Candelle Walcott-Bostwick.“We cannot sell standards or tell persons how standards will benefit them and we are not demonstrating that. We are indeed using the standards to improve our system so that we can become more efficient”, she said.According to the Director, last year the agency made a commitment to achieve the certificate in one year; this was attained in January 2018.
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