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PUBLIC NOTICE - BOBS Wellness Day Closure
PUBLIC NOTICE

WELLNESS CLOSURE

Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) would like to inform its valuable stakeholders and the general public that it will close office (both Gaborone head office and Tlokweng boarder office) on the 9th September 2016 whilst Francistown branch will be closed on the 8th and 9th September 2016. The... (read more)

4 weeks ago

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) and Turkish Standards Institute (TSE)
Recognizing the need for mutual cooperation on Standardization and Quality assurance matters and appreciating the need for facilitation of trade between the two countries as well as the ever increasing need for protection of the health and safety of the people and the environment, through implementation of the Standards (Import... (read more)

5 weeks ago

Standards (Import Inspection) Regulations-2008-Recognition Scheme - Press Release
STANDARDS (IMPORT INSPECTION) REGULATIONS, 2008: RECOGNITION SCHEME

The Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) wishes to remind members of the public, the business community and stakeholders affected by the Standards (Import Inspection) Regulations of 2008, that enforcement of the regulations is continuing countrywide.
The regulations provide guidance on the process to be... (read more)

2 months ago

Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) elected to the African Organization for Standardization (ARSO) Council
The Public is informed that Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) has been elected to the African Organization for Standardization (ARSO) Council for the period 2016- 2019. ARSO is an organization under the African Union (AU) formed in 1977 to support AU member states to provide Standardization as a tool to... (read more)

2 months ago

Guidance on transition from BOS ISO 9001:2008 to BOS ISO 9001:2015 and from BOS ISO 14001:2004 to BOS ISO 14001:2015
PUBLIC NOTICE

Guidance on transition from BOS ISO 9001:2008 to BOS ISO 9001:2015 and from BOS ISO 14001:2004 to BOS ISO 14001:2015

The Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) wishes to notify all interested and affected parties that the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published the two latest editions of its flagship standards being the ISO 9001:2015... (read more)

8 months ago