On August 24th and 25th companies and public institutions will meet to discuss issues such as standards and quality management, as well as taking part in a business roundtables for the industrial sector.
From a statement issued by Agexport:
Guatemala April 20, 2016. -AGEXPORT-, Ministry of Economy, The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ministry of Finance, and Universidad del Valle, are some of the 18 public, private and academic institutions of the Organizing Committee of the XI Congress on Quality, which seeks to strengthen the culture of quality in Guatemala on issues of quality management, enabling agency and multi-sectoral work to productively contribute to growth and development.
The event will be held on August 25th and 26th in Guatemala City and will deal with issues related to quality systems and accessing markets with GlobalGAP certifications.
From a statement issued by the Guatemalan Exporters Association (Agexport):
Managing occupational risks, voluntary agreements for improving the environmental services, and best practices for reducing costs, are some of the central issues which will be addressed at the 2014 International Congress on Quality.
Small hoteliers in Honduras are working on developing a manual which aims to improve the quality of service provided in the sector.
Nicole Marder, a hotel owner affiliated with the Small Hotels Association of Honduras (Hopeh), explained that "there have been studies to determin what are the things that are needed, what can be improved and everything to do with training for small hotels to bring them up to the standards required by the manual ".
On 25 and 26 September at the Grand Tikal Futura Hotel the 9th national and 3rd Central American Congress on Quality will take place.
Organized by the Ministry of Economics, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala and the Directorate of National Quality System (Incotec) and various business groups, the meeting will be held under the motto "Continuous improvement, strategy for competitiveness."
A standard for quality indicators in cold chains describes the quality management system of an organization that wants to demonstrate its ability to continuously supply high quality cold chain services.
CCQI, the Cold Chain Quality Indicator, is a benchmarking system that accesses the logistics capacity of a cold chain in order to maintain a certain temperature during transportation and handling of perishable temperature sensitive products (PTSP).
A regional program will support the quality and application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures.
In order to improve access for Central American products to markets the creation of a standardized and internationally recognized Regional System for Quality and Application of SPS Measures has been proposed.
A communiqué from the Central American Economic Integration Secretariat reads:
Equipment donated by the European Union will enable the laboratory to be updated in order to provide metrology services adhering to international standards.
The donation to the National Metrology Center (Cenamo) includes laboratory equipment for use with fine and coarse masses, volume and flow, temperature measurement, pressure, force, power, density and viscosity, dimensional, longitudinal, time and frequency, and reference materials.
The government of El Salvador created the Salvadoran National Quality Award and Recognition of Best Practices, to encourage the pursuit of excellence in products and services.
The launch of the Salvadoran Award for Quality is part of the State Modernization Program and aims to promote the establishment of systems for quality management and continuous improvement in products and services, both in public and private organizations.
The European Union and Salvadoran government have joined forces to set up a National Quality System.
The aim is to implement a system that guarantees the quality of products manufactured in El Salvador through a law to be approved by the Legislative Assembly.
This system was developed by the Vice Ministry of Cooperation in development and the Economy Minister and will have a budget of 12.1 million euros provided by the EU over four years.
The National Quality System Law that was recently approved by Congress strengthens companies in the area of certification.
What stands out the most in the new law, which was drafted with the support of specialists from the Institute of Metrology of Germany, is the creation of the Quality Institute, forcing the state to allocate funds for the development of metrology, accreditation and standardization mechanisms.