The COVID-19 pandemic has turned the world of work upside down, and employers are facing challenges that never happened. Recognizing the need to develop comprehensive but general guidelines for the protection of personnel while continuing to function effectively, ISO experts in occupational health and safety (OSH) got down to work quickly, in record time.

It is no secret that in today's highly competitive environment it is not easy to gain a foothold in the foreign market. Especially for local businesses producing electrical products. In order to assist in the implementation of modern international standards in the electrical industry, identify and remove barriers to technical regulation of the export of domestic products to foreign markets, with the participation of the representative of the Latvian expert group SAI "Baltic CG" Eugene Kostyuchenko, an online seminar was organized on the topic "CE Marking and Requirements to the import of products to Europe ".

Nearly half of the world’s population is living in areas that lack sufficient water for at least one month a year and this could increase to up to 5.7 billion in 2050. Finding ways to reuse existing water, therefore, is essential.

It should be noted that in recent years, mutually beneficial cooperation between India and the Republic of Uzbekistan has been steadily developing.

On December 7, an online meeting was held on investment projects with the Czech Metrology Institute to ensure the implementation of the Control Plan ("Roadmap") for the implementation of agreements reached during the eighth meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Industrial and Scientific and Technical Cooperation with the Czech Republic.

The new draft law "On Conformity Assessment" was considered at the next videoconference with experts from the International Trade Center (ITC, Geneva) and the Uzstandard agency on December 4 this year.

In order to ensure the implementation of the tasks set by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated August 18, 2020 PP-6042 "On additional measures for the further development of the country's export and investment potential", assistance in the implementation of modern international standards at enterprises with export and export potential, identification and elimination barriers to technical regulation of the export of local products to foreign markets, the requirements for imported products in UAE, Pakistan and Iran were studied.

In order to ensure the implementation of the tasks set by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated August 18, 2020 PP-6042 "On additional measures for the further development of the country's export and investment potential", assistance in the implementation of modern international standards at enterprises with export and export potential, identification and elimination barriers to technical regulation of the export of local products to foreign markets, the requirements for imported products in the People's Republic of China, India and Malaysia were studied.

SMIIC Technical Committee on Halal Supply Chain (TC 10) has prepared new OIC/SMIIC Standards in Halal supply chain management, which determines the requirements for Transportation, Warehousing and Retailing of halal products

The German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) held a training on "Opportunities for certification in the cotton and textile industry of Uzbekistan" in the framework of the project "Sustainability and value added in the cotton economy".