The Bureau Burundais de Normalisation et Contrôle de la Qualité (BBN) is an incorporated administrative public institution with financial and organizational autonomy. It is headquartered in Bujumbura.

Its aims are :

• to prepare draft national standards in cooperation with the technical committees;
• to promote quality management and quality assurance
• to contribute to finding appropriate technologies and to acquire for its own purposes and for the purposes of others all relevant documentation in the field of standardization and quality control;
• to establish and support any committees, commissions, laboratories or other services dealing with standardization in Burundi;
• to represent the national interests in foreign and international standards and quality control bodies;
• to take all action required to achieve the aims of standardization and quality control.

The Bureau comprises four technical divisions:

1. The Standardization and Metrology Division
2. The Laboratory and Inspection Body Certification, Accreditation and Supervision Division
3. The Training and Technical Help to Companies Division
4. The Standards Documentation Division.