Mission
To promote standardization for the improvement of the quality of goods, services and sound management practices in industries and public institutions in Ghana.
Vision
To become a model of excellence in Standardization in Africa.
The GSB Documentation and Information Centre
The GSB’s Documentation and Information Centre houses all Ghana Standards for varying product categories ranging from food, drinks, drugs, cosmetics, plastics, textiles, paper, leather, paints, wood and wood products to engineering products in addition to service and management. The Documentation and Information Centre also has in stock other regional and international Standards. The Centre has a comprehensive collection of standards and related documents from Ghana as well as collections from international and regional standards setting bodies. The Centre is equipped with CD-ROMs on various fields of standardization such as import/export requirements as well as Technical and conformity assurance regulations and procedures for the countries trading partners, books and other reference materials. It has over three thousand periodicals. Ghana is a signatory to the WTO and it is obligated to implement the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT). The GSB hosts the WTO TBT Enquiry Point which was established in 1999 to serve as a store house for information on all WTO regulations and notifications. It houses all the recent technical regulation notifications from by the WTO. The Enquiry Point will forward any information on technical regulation of other WTO member states to relevant stakeholders. It also assists in answering local and foreign enquiries on any existing, proposed or adopted Standards, Technical Regulations and Conformity Assessment Procedures in Ghana and other WTO Member Countries
The Ghana TBT & SPS website (www.sps-tbt-ghana.org) was established in 2008 with the aim of providing technical information to exporters and importers on the subject of Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) and Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS). This effort is being driven by the Ministry of Trade, Industry, PSD and PSI under the Trade Sector Support Programme. The site is to enable Stakeholders understand how TBT and SPS issues affect their trading activities and to keep them informed about relevant changes in the international markets
Current News
GHANA STANDARDS BOARD TRAINING PROGRAMME – 2010 (GREATER ACCRA)
The Quality Assurance Division of Ghana Standards Board announces the following programme for training for the industry in the greater Accra region. The venue for the training is the Ghana Standards Board training room and each course starts at 9:00am
Details are as follows:
Registration Form (PDF)
The Quality Assurance Division of Ghana Standards Board announces the following programme for training for the industry in the various regions apart from Greater Accra region. Registration should be done at the various GSB regional offices. The venue for the training will be decided in the various regions and all programmes start at 9:00am prompt.
The Quality Assurance Division of Ghana Standards Board announces the following programme for training for the industry in the greater Accra region. The venue for the training is the Ghana Standards Board training room and each course starts at 9:00am
