World Export Development Forum - WEDF - 2005 - Quality Assurance Challenge - Background Papers and Presentations

2005 Consultative Cycle – Background Papers and Presentations:

Innovations in Export Strategy
A Strategic Approach to the Quality Assurance Challenge

Day 1 Session 2: Export Competitiveness and Quality Infrastructure: The Need for a Strategic Response

Presentation: Export Competitiveness and Quality Infrastructure: The Need for a Strategic Response, by Mr. Lalith Goonatilake
Presentation: SPS - Impact and Challenges to Market Competitiveness, by Mr. K. Palasuberniam
Background Paper: SPS – Impact and Challenges on Malaysia’s Global Agricultural Market Competitiveness, by Mr. K. Palasuberniam
Background Paper: Quality First
Background Paper: SQAM Systems – The Need for Accreditation

Day 1 Session 3: Quality Infrastructure; From Optimal to Possible

Background Paper: Model SQAM Systems
Case Study: St. Lucia - Building a SQAM Infrastructure in a Small Developing Country

Day 2 Session 1: The Information Gap

Presentation: The Information Gap, by Mr. Rajinder Raj Sud
Background Paper: Developing Countries: Help Yourselves! Available information goes a long way to assist
Background Paper: Information Retrieval on Standards, Technical Regulations and Conformity Assessment Procedures
Background Paper: Influencing Market Standards – A Voice for Developing Countries

Day 2 Session 2: The Key Issue: Confirming Compliance

Presentation: The Key Issue: Confirming Compliance, by Mr. Shyam K. Gujadhur
Presentation: The Traceability of Measurements, by Mr. Wolfgang Schmid
Background Paper: Confirming Compliance - The Key Issue, by Mr. Shyam K. Gujadhur
Background Paper: Ensuring Compliance, by Mdm Kalidah Mustafa

Day 3 Session 1: Enabling Compliance

Presentation: Enabling Compliance, by Mdm Khalidah Mustafa

Day 3 Session 2: Innovative Strategies and Country Approaches

Presentation: The South African Approach: Responding to Competition – Restructuring the Quality Infrastructure, by Mr. Martin Kellermann
Presentation: The Malaysian Approach: Evolution Towards International Recognition, by Mdm Mariani Mohamad
Presentation: The Costa Rican National Quality System: Responding to WTO Requirements, by Mr. Juan Maria Gonzalez Vasquez
Presentation: The Experience of Benin: Responding to the Quality Assurance Challenge, by Mr. Henri Jean-Claude Gouthon
Background Paper: The South African Approach: Responding to Competition – Restructuring the Quality Infrastructure
Background Paper: The Malaysian Approach: Evolution Towards International Recognition, by Mdm Mariani Mohamad
Background Paper: SQAM Infrastructure in Malaysia
Background Paper: Influencing and Meeting International Standards: Challenges for developing countries – an example from Malaysia
Background Paper: The Costa Rican National Quality System: Responding to WTO Requirements, by Mr. Juan Maria Gonzalez Vasquez
Background Paper: Enterprises and the Importance of Quality, by Mr. Henri Jean-Claude Gouthon

Day 4 Session 1: Quality Infrastructure – Emerging Issues I
Management System Standards for exporting enterprises: the moving goal posts

Background Paper: An Introduction to ISO 9000:2000
Background Paper: An Introduction to HACCP
Background Presentation: Management System Standards, by Mr. Teruo Kawamura

Day 4 Session 2: Quality Infrastructure – Emerging Issues II
Quality Management in the Services Sector

Presentation: Quality Management in the Services Sector, by Mr. Martin Kellermann
Background Paper: Quality Management in the Services Sector, by Mr. Martin Kellermann
Background Paper: Quality Assurance in the Services Sector
Background Presentation: Quality Management in the Services Sector, by Mr. Teruo Kawamura