The African Regional Standards Organisation (ARSO) is running a university essay competition under the Theme: “Role of Quality Infrastructure and Standardisation in facilitating Trade and sustainable Development within the African Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA)". The Competition will have 3 categories of winners at the National, Regional and Continental levels.

The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) as a member of ARSO is organizing the competition at the National level.

To participate, please see Downloads for Form1 below, fill it out, scan it and submit it immediately as you continue to write your essay to Joel Peter Oryang on email peter.oryang@unbs.go.ug. This will enable UNBS to follow up on you as you write your essay.  

You are also advised to read the Concept Note and Mark Sheet at Downloads below to help you submit an essay that best meets the requirements.

ALL Candidates should submit their Essays to UNBS (peter.oryang@unbs.go.ug) by 9th March 2018 for National assessment. The national assessment will result into Top 5 candidates that will be submitted to ARSO Central Secretariat by 21st March 2018 for the regional competition.

Entry Rules and Conditions
1.    This competition is open to Citizens of all African Countries below the age of 35 years living in Africa and studying in a university/college recog-nised by the local commission for university education or equivalent body in their countries
2.    Length of essays : Essays should be between 1000 and 1200 words
3.    Presentation: Essays should be double spaced and presented in Century Gothic, size 12
4.    Language of essays: Essays may be submitted in English or French
5.    Information on the author: Authors may use up to 50 words to describe themselves. Information should include their names, course and year of study, name, town and country in which their university is located. (N. B: this will not be part of the 1000- 1200 words)
6.    Contacts of authors: Authors should provide us with their postal, physical, telephone and email addresses on the first page of the essay together with the title of the essay and information on the author. Also kindly attach a copy of the Identity Card or pass port and a completely filled reg-istration form that can be obtained from Apex (www.apextrainingafrica.org) and ARSO (www.arso-oran.org)
7.    Eligibility
The following essays are not eligible for this competition:
•    Essays that have been shown or accepted for other competitions.
•    Essays that have been published in any form.
•    Essays that focus on the work of a particular person, organization or brand name.
8.    Number of essays to submitted: Participants are only allowed to submit one essay.

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