Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) was established under the Standards Act No.16 of 1995 to formulate national standards, promote and facilitate their implementation with a view to improving industrial competitiveness and efficiency to enhance trade, and protect the consumer and the environment. The formulation of Botswana Standards is done through a consultative process and general consensus principle through technical committees. These technical committees are made up of experts from different stakeholders to ensure balanced representation.

During the preparation of Botswana Standards, assistance is mainly derived from other standards from national, regional and/ or international standardization bodies and adopted or adapted to suite our cultural, climatic, industrial or economic environment.

As part of the consultation process BOBS, before adopting a standard, allows for the submission of comments on the draft standard by interested parties, who are directly and indirectly affected by the standard, for a minimum period of 60 day.

To view advertisements entailing lists of Drafts circulated for public comments follow the links below, and contact BOBS for further information:

Advert No 20 2012-13  [Deadline - 28th April 2013]

Advert No 18 2012-13  [Deadline - 12th March 2013]

Advert No 16 2012-13  [Deadline - 21st December 2012]

Advert No 15 2012-13  [Deadline - 12th January 2013]

Advert No 13 2012-13  [Deadline - 31st December 2012]

Advert No 12 2012-13  [Deadline - 21st December 2012]

Advert No 10 2012-13  [Deadline - 10th November 2012]

Advert No 09 2012-13  [Deadline - 10th November 2012]

Advert No 08 2012-13  [Deadline - 17th October 2012]

Advert No 07 2012-13  [Deadline - 17th October 2012]

Advert No 06 2012-13  [Deadline - 17th October 2012]

Advert No 05 2012-13  [Deadline - 14th September 2012]

Advert No 04 2012-13  [Deadline - 7th September 2012]

Advert No 03 2012-13  [Deadline - 7th September 2012]

Advert No 02 2012-13  [Deadline - 7th September 2012]

Advert No 01 2012-13  [Deadline - 15th July 2012]