Paul Walakira
Standards Officer at the Uganda National Bureau of Standards
Paul Walakira holds a Masters degree in Environment and Natural Resources with over 8 years experience in Standardization and training. He is currently working with the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) as a Standards Officer. He manages the technical committee on Chemicals and Environment at UNBS, a committee in charge of developing national standards on Chemicals and Environmental Management. His portfolio includes but not limited to: carrying out research and analyzing data for the purposes of generating information required for Standards development including making technical presentations, assessment of quality and completeness of new work items proposals submitted by various stakeholders, and representing UNBS in various fora on matters related to standards development and implementation. He has personally worked on several national standardization projects for industrial products as well as projects on environmental standards. He is the current secretary of the national mirror committee of ISO/TC 207 and for the time being he is participating in the work of the new international standard for Carbon footprint of products. Paul is a member of the East African Community (EAC) steering committee which coordinates the implementation of the EAC project on “promotion of climate related trade within EAC through standardization”. He is also participating in ISO/PC 248 work on sustainability criteria for bio-energy. Prior to joining the UNBS standards department, Paul worked as an Analyst in UNBS Chemistry Laboratory for 5 years. He is also a part time Lecturer with Kyambogo University, one of the leading national Universities in Uganda, where he teaches Analytical Chemistry and Environmental Impact assessment.