ISO/BAS Regional Workshop

The Institute for standardization of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BAS), along with International organization for standardization (ISO) organized ISO regional workshop „Life cycle assessment and ISO 14040“. The workshop was held from 25 to 27 October 2010 at the Institute for standardization B&H with financial support by ISO and Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).

Representatives from national standardization bodies from Armenia, Albania, Belarus, Croatia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia and Ukraine as well as representatives from ministries, economic organizations and educational institutions from B&H that are interested form life cycle assessment and eco-labelling were also invited to participate in the workshop. The Speaker was dr.sc. Raul Carlson from Sweden. In order to analyze the life cycle of the product, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is widely accepted as well as ISO 14040. With the publication of international standards from the ISO 14040 series, investigators now have powerful tools to carry out more precise analysis of the whole life cycle of the product. The results of the life cycle assessment can provide guidance to policy makers based on which they can encourage options more friendly to environment and discourage those that cause more environmental damage. Organizing workshop on this subject the Institute for standardization wanted to rise environmental awareness of society.