Launched by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Chinese National Lighting Test Centre, the Global Efficient Lighting Centre (GELC) is designed to support the rapid deployment of energy-efficient technologies in developing and emerging countries. As the newest UNEP Collaborating Centre, the GELC supports countries by assisting in the establishment or strengthening of national and/or regional lighting laboratories by:

• Providing technical advice for the development and implementation of effective product quality surveillance mechanisms for national, regional and global institutions;
• Developing quality checking control tests commissioned by governments and the private sector;
• Providing professional guidance to countries for establishing new, or enhancing exisiting, lighting laboratories and quality management systems;
• Offering technical training for the testing of lighting products;
• Improving manufacturing techniques for energy efficient products; and
• Providing expert guidance for policy and regulatory issues associated with the production of efficient lighting.

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