The ICAC Task Force on Commercial Standardization of Instrument Testing of Cotton (CSITC) was created for achieving reliable instrument test results for the global cotton trade. The objective of an approved CFC/ICAC project is to assist the cotton producing countries in Africa to join this international effort. A concept was developed, including the establishment of Regional Technical Centers, which are responsible for supervising the cotton testing facilities in the chosen regions, for transferring knowledge from the international level to these laboratories, and for checking and therefore for assuring laboratory test results according to CSITC requirements.