SIS, (Swedish Standards Institute), EAC, 2012-2018, standardisation, - SIS Carbon Footprint 2 SIS, (Swedish Standards Institute), EAC, 2012-2018, standardisation Aims to build capacity within EAC region to develop and implement     international Environmental standards, develop institutions and       quality infrastructure necessary for long-term and successful         adoption of Standards including Carbon Footprint-Labelling of goods   and services and raise awareness of stakeholders on the economic and  ecological benefits of Environmental Standards. Aims to build capacity within EAC region to develop and implement     international Environmental standards, develop institutions and       quality infrastructure necessary for long-term and successful         adoption of Standards including Carbon Footprint-Labelling of goods   and services and raise awareness of stakeholders on the economic and  ecological benefits of Environmental Standards. Sida has been in partnership with the "Swedish Standards Institute", SIS, to implement the first phase of the joint programme in partnership with the East African Communities (EAC) Secretariat "Trade Promotion through Standardisation in the EAC Region” between mid-2012 until April 2016, including a no-cost extension period. The application for an interim phase was submitted to Sida when the regional strategy for development cooperation in Africa south of Sahara (2016-2021) was still under development. Since the new strategy was not finalized and the operationalization processes not completed, Sida agreed to fund an interim phase in a transition period with the aim to maintain the momentum reached during the first phase and plan for a potential second phase. Sida continued partnership with SIS during an interim phase from May 2016 until June 2017 as a bridging period during the development of the new Swedish regional strategy for development cooperation with Sub-Saharan Africa (2016-2021). However, due to re-prioritisations under the new strategy, a second phase of partnership was not possible. 
The main objective of the contribution was to support the EAC participatory engagement to increase the capacity to both influence and implement international standards so as to increase opportunities to trade both regionally and globally. The aim was to contribute to economic development through increased access to markets by local and regional producers. Another overall objective of the project was to ensure that the bioenergy sector maintains environmental sustainability and provides opportunities for poor people to benefit from the development. For the standard setting process, the ISO standard on Sustainability Criteria for Bioenergy was chosen as a training case. For the standards implementation process, ISO 14067 on Carbon Footprint of Products was chosen as a training case. Additional capacity was to be built through tailor-made and sector integrated training sessions complementary to the above mentioned ISO standards setting and implementation.