JCDCMAS meeting

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• JCDCMAS meeting
• by Beer Budoo
• Director
• ISO Development and Training Services
• 6 March 2009

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DEVCO

• DEVCO Chair (2009-2010) Mr. Adu Gyamfi Darkwa,
  Executive Director, Ghana Standards Board (GSB,
  Ghana)
• 134 ISO members from developed and developing
  countries (as at 1 March 2009)
• - 83 P-members
• - 51 O-members (Gabon and Swaziland joined
  recently)
• MS from JCDCMAS made presentations at 2008 annual
  DEVCO meeting

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DEVCO Chairs Advisory Group

• 9 members (excluding the Chair) 6 from a
  developing country, 3 from a developed country
• Current members from Canada, Chile, Japan,
  Lebanon, Malaysia, Norway, Serbia, Sri Lanka,
  Tanzania
• Assists DEVCO in monitoring the implementation of
  the ISO Action Plan for developing countries
• Meets twice a year Next meeting 24-25 March
  2009 in Geneva

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Objectives

1. Improving awareness
2. Developing capacity
3. Increasing regional cooperation
4. Developing electronic communications
5. Increasing participation

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Action Plan for DCs 2011-2015

• Series of 6 regional consultation workshops will
  be conducted as preparatory work to the
  formulation of the next action plan in 2010
  (possibly one in 2009)- as part of SIDA project
• Formal approval by Council of plan is expected
  end 2010-early 2011

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Operational services

• Technical assistance targeted at developing
  countries, i.e. activities funded by donors such
  SIDA, SECO, DIN or from funds-in-trust
  contributed by ISO members mainly consisting of
  national, regional and global activities in
• awareness raising on standards,
• capacity building for managing national
  involvement in international standardization,
• Enhancing regional cooperation,
• supporting participation in governance and
  technical work of ISO,
• improving ICT capability for participating in
  standardization

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2009 workplan for TA

• Topics to be covered
• Adopting and referencing IS (new)
• Conformity assessment (5 national in Saint Lucia,
  Bahrain, Bosnia, Uzbekistan, Philippines and 2
  regional in Argentina and Ghana) (countries not
  confirmed)
• Consumer involvement
• Energy management (new)
• Environment
• ICT project (new)
• ISO 22000
• Effective participation in IS through NMCs (new)
• Role of international standards in economic
  development and trade (new)
• Societal security
• Social responsibility

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Four ICT Packages

• Package 1 for member bodies with least-developed
  infrastructures
• Package 2 for member bodies with limited
  participation in ISO standards development, and
  small-scale development of national standards
• Package 3 for member bodies with significant
  participation in ISO standards development, and
  significant development of national standards
• Package 4 for members wishing to develop a Web
  site containing a catalogue of national standards
• 14 national activities planned for 2009 (12 for
  package 1 and one for each of 2 and 3)

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Increase regional cooperation

• Council resolution in March 2008 reinforces
  existing cooperation with regional standards
  organizations and opens possibilities for working
  with sub-regional organizations in areas of
  capacity building and awareness raising
• Joint activities held with Standardization
  Organization for the Cooperation Council for the
  Arab States of the Gulf (GSO), the West African
  Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), the
  Organization of American States (OAS), the Asian
  Consultative Committee on Standards and Quality
  (ACCSQ), the Common Market for Eastern and
  Southern Africa (COMESA) and the CARICOM Regional
  Organization for Standards and Quality (CROSQ)
• Events for groups of countries forming part of
  the Southern African Development Community
  (SADC), the East African Community (EAC), the Pan
  American Standards Commission (COPANT) and the
  Economic and Monetary Community in Central Africa
  (CEMAC)

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Relations with international organizations- UNIDO

• A UNIDO-ISO memorandum of understanding (MoU) was
  signed in December 2003 to jointly assist
  developing countries and countries with economies
  in transition focusing on the use of
  standardization to enhance industrial development
  and participate in world trade.
• In the implementation of the MoU, UNIDO has been
  supporting a number of NSBs towards ISO
  membership, increasing their participation in
  international standardization activities, helping
  them to harmonize national standards with ISO
  standards and also assisting users such as
  businesses, governments and consumers in the
  implementation of standards (4 countries have
  just joined ISO under the EU/UNIDO/ECOWAS
  programme)
• The 2 organizations participate in each others
  awareness-building events and meetings related to
  standards and conformity assessment, e.g. the
  DEVCO-CASCO workshops organized by ISO or on ISO
  22000
• UNIDO and ISO have prepared a joint publication
  entitled  Fast forward NSBs in developing
  countries  which is meant to provide guidance on
  how to manage the national standardization
  process. A second publication on CA is being
  finalized
• Several other areas of cooperation, e.g. energy
  management, water use and conservation, etc. are
  envisaged in the future

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ITC

• The following joint ISO/ITC reference documents
  have been published
• ISO 9001 for Small Businesses (2002)
• ISO 90012000 - A workbook for service
  organizations (2006)
• ISO 22000 Food Safety Management Systems An
  easy-to-use checklist for small business. Are you
  ready? (2007)
• Following correspondence between ISO SG and the
  Executive Director of ITC, cooperation in 2009
  will be around
• prepare a joint publication on ISO 14001 along
  the same lines as ISO 22000 Are you ready?
• develop a supplement to the Fast Forward
  publication addressing the synergistic role of
  export promotion agencies and NSBs

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Publications in the pipeline

• Guidance publication on conformity assessment and
  CASCO toolbox jointly with UNIDO
• It is planned to consult UNIDO on another joint
  publication that will review and expand the
  current ISO publication  Organization and
  self-financing of participation in ISO work 
• Guidance publication on stakeholder
  participation, NMCs and adoption of international
  standards according to ISO/IEC Guide 21 as well
  as training materials
• Course materials for awareness on energy
  management, adopting and referencing IS, role of
  standards in economic development and trade

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• Thank you !