Ongoing Programmes

Strengthening Institutional capacity on Sustainability Criteria for Bioenergy (ISO 13065) in South and Southeast Asia regions

SAWTEE and Swedish Standards Institute (SIS) have jointly commenced this project since April 2011. The programme covers the following countries in South Asia and South East Asia regions: Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Indonesia. The objectives of this project are to increase the knowledge of stakeholders on key elements of ISO 13065 (Sustainability criteria for bioenergy); build capacity to establish critical quality infrastructure and institutions in the regions; involve key stakeholders from the regions in the ISO/PC 248 work on ISO 13065; identify regional needs and priorities related to ISO/PC 248 through standardisation pre-seminars and workshops; communicate the needs and make a substantial regional influence on the development of the new ISO standard. The project is supported by Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), Stockholm. The two institutions are also in the process of implementing another project of the same nature on Carbon Footprint of Products (ISO 14067).The objectives of this project would be to increase the knowledge of key elements of the ISO 14067, such as Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and the development and use of product category rules (PCR); build capacity of stakeholders to establish critical quality infrastructure and institutions in the regions for a cost beneficial ISO CFP implementation, among others.