Standards Development Workshop

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• Standards Development Workshop
• by Alain Samne
• Technical Group ManagerEngineering, Machinery
  and EnergyTPM for ISO/TC 67
• Doha (QA), 2006-04-03/04

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An introduction to the ISO Global Village of
standardization

• Facing increasing demands and trade
• So where does ISO fit into all this?
• How about a regional ISO
• Examples of standards in the real-world
• ISO and Innovation

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Facing increasing demands and trade
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An increasing demand for International Standards

• Globalization of trade in products and services
• Global supply chain
• Delocalization of procurement and investment
• Public demand for consumer and environmental
  protection
• International solidarity to face terrorism,
  epidemics and natural disasters and climate
  change
• Pervasive information and communication
  technologies

In support of a sustainable world development
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A new political framework fortechnical
harmonization

• WTO TBT and SPS, and GATS (services) agreements
• Developments of bi- and multi-lateral trade
  agreements
• Good regulatory practices (GRPs), public
  governance and reference to consensus-based
  standards
• Global companies and their global specifications
• Major emerging economies China, India, Brazil,
  Russia
• Increasing impact of NGOs

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World Trade Report 2005

• Six essential elements for International
  Standards defined in 2nd Triennial Review of TBT
  Agreement, 2000 (Annex 4)
• Transparency easily accessible information
• Openness non-discriminatory
• Impartiality and consensus fair practices
• Effectiveness and relevance market demand
• Coherence no overlap
• Development dimension technical assistance to
  participate
• the ISO system is fully compliant

Exploring the links between trade, standards and
the WTO
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Non-tariff barriers affecting market access
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Some objectives A positive contribution to
globalization

• Developing International Standards for voluntary
  application with the aim of
• Facilitating exchange of goods and services among
  the people of all countries
• Improving communication and collaboration in all
  spheres of activity
• Supporting the smooth and equitable growth of
  trade for a safe and sustainable development
• Reducing the digital divide
• Associating all stakeholders through transparent
  and democratic mechanisms based on national
  contribution and international networking

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So where does ISO fit into all this?
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ISO in a Nutshell

• A non-governmental organization (NGO) established
  in 1947
• Worldwide federation of national standards bodies
  (NSB)
• Decentralized structure
• Largest of the 3 apex international standards
  organizations (ISO, IEC, ITU)
• Develops voluntary consensus-based standards and
  other deliverables
• Maintains development-partnerships with other
  standards development organisations (e.g. CEN,
  OECD, OIML)

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The ISO system
At 15 February 2006
156 national members

• IT tools
• Standards development procedures
• Consensus building
• Dissemination

177 active TCs 3 000 technical bodies 50 000
experts
Central Secretariatin Geneva 150 staff
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ISO Membership

• Member body (full member)The national body
  "most representative of standardization in its
  country". Entitled to participate and exercise
  full voting rights on any technical committee and
  policy committee of ISO.
• Correspondent memberAn organization in a country
  which does not yet have a fully-developed
  national standards activity. Do not take an
  active part, but are entitled to be kept informed
  about work of interest to them.intended to be
  held for a limited duration and is reviewed by
  the ISO Council not later than five years after
  the date of registration with ISO
• Subscriber memberFor countries with very small
  economies. Pay reduced membership fees that
  nevertheless allow them to maintain contact with
  international standardization.

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Some Statistics
Some statistics

• Organizations
• Full members (member body) 99
• Correspondent members 46
• Subscriber members 10
• A-Liaison organizations 495
• Developing country members 121
• Involvement
• ISO members with secretariats 40 (12)
• ISO members with convenorship 50 (17)
• ISO members also P members 97
• ISO members also O members 125

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Statistics (2)

• Groups
• Technical Committees 178
• Subcommittees 514
• Working Groups 2111
• Individuals (may have multiple roles)
• Chairmen 631
• Secretaries 459
• Convenors 1538

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Distribution of ISO members per continent
At 15 February 2006
MB distribution per continent
MBMCMS distribution per continent
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42
30
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37
38
42
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3
4
Oceania
Europe
Americas
Total 102
Total 156
Africa
Asia
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of standards published vs. processing time
(start-to-finish 2001 compared with 2005)
Last update 2006-01-01
2001
2005
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ISO Key mission statement

• To be the leading value adding platform and
  partner for the production of global and market
  relevant International Standards covering
  products, services, good conformity assessment,
  management and organizational practices

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ISOs added value

• Recognized experience in international consensus
  building
• Brand name, ethics and wide recognition
• Diversified scope, broad range of
  deliverablesand cross-sector consistency
• Strong national membership base, ensuring
  adequate consensus, dissemination of deliverables
  and market feedback for their maintenance and
  development

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ISOs added value (cont.)

• Extensive networking, at both international and
  regional levels
• Ability to provide International Standards to
  assist in the implementation and harmonization
  of regulations
• Leadership for the production of standards and
  guides for conformity assessment
• Leadership in the use of IT tools for the
  production and dissemination of standards

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Management systems standards

• Quality Management Systems (QMS)
• ISO 9000 series
• ISO 29001 Oil and Gas sector-specific
• Environmental Management Systems (EMS)
• ISO 14000 series

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World total number of ISO 90012000 certificates
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World total number of ISO 14001 certificates
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Future ISO 26000 Guidance on social
responsibility (SR)

• What it should be
• Description of the principles of SR, definition
  of SR concepts, issues concerning SR (SR core
  context)
• Guidance to help all-types of organizations and
  businesses to understand, develop and implement
  suitable SR practices
• Compatible with inter-governmental instruments,
  including international labour standards
• What it will not be
• A management systems standard
• A set of certifiable requirements
• A duplication of ILO and other international
  (C)SR initiatives
• Target publication date Q3 2008

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Conformity assessment, metrology and testing

• WTO and international acceptance of tests and
  certificates
• Reconciling facilitation of trade and progress in
  quality, security, health, consumer and
  environmental protection
• International recognition and acceptance to be
  based on confidence and good practices (GP)
• The way forward implementing the ISO/IEC
  Standards and Guides, with a double level of
  consensus, amongst countries and across
  stakeholders

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How about a regional ISO
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Regional standards bodies Major functions

• Facilitation of intra-regional trade through the
  harmonization of standards (removal of technical
  barriers to trade)
• Coordination of policies towards standardization
  and related fields between the members (in the
  region, but also towards international standards
  bodies)
• Forum for the exchange of views and experiences
• (in some regions) Development of regional
  standards (in addition to and/or on the basis of
  International Standards)

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International StandardsRegional cooperation

• Over 200 free trade agreements in operation in
  the world opportunity and threat for
  International Standards
• Promotes the adoption of, and reference to,
  International Standards in technical regulations
• Increases links between standardization and
  conformity assessment (ISO 17025)
• Global relevance of International Standards

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Regional standards bodies
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Regional standards bodies

• ACCSQ (ASEAN Consultative Committee for Standards
  and Quality)
• AIDMO (Arab Industrial Development and Mining
  Organization)
• ARSO (African Regional Organization for
  Standardization)
• CEN (European Committee for Standardization)
• COPANT (Pan-American Standards Commission)
• EASC (Euro-Asian Council for Standardization,
  Metrology and Certification)
• PASC (Pacific Area Standards Congress)

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The World Standards Cooperation (WSC)

• The leading international standardization
  organizations collaborate to meet the challenges
  of converging technologies
• Multi-discipline and cross sector
• For electrotechnology
• For telecommunications

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Future collaborative arrangementsPSDO

• PSDO Partner Standards Development Organization
• Answering current sector-recognized standards
• Publication and commercial arrangements currently
  being discussed with the candidate SDOs of ASTM
  and IEEE (in consultation with ANSI)
• Specific modalities of implementation are being
  developed and evaluated
• Derivative work
• Normative referencing
• Joint development

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Some challenges ahead

• Limited resources time, experts, funding,
  knowledge management
• Corporate buy-in of big-picture benefits as
  opposed to short-term investments
• True international participation good
  intentions are not always good enough
• Project leaders Experts in their field but not
  necessarily in standardization
• Corporate insistence to reference a single set of
  international standards (e.g. BPs ETP, Shells
  DEP)

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and in the energy sector

• ISO technical committees cover many energy (and
  related) sectors including
• TC 27 Coal
• TC 28 Petroleum Products
• TC 67 Materials, equipment offshore
  structures for the PPNGI
• TC 85 Nuclear energy
• TC 180 Solar energy
• TC 193 Natural gas
• TC 197 Hydrogen energy
• TC 203 Technical energy
• Visit the ISO Online website for additional
  information on the above
• ISO Technical Committees

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Examples of standards in the real-world
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Order and variety seduction

• An enterprise can stock fewer types of parts used
  for a greater range of applications.

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Market and society transactions

• Suppliers can base the development of their
  products and services on specifications that have
  acceptance in their sectors.

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Conformity, testing and metrology

• Laboratories and certification bodies use
  internationally agreed criteria to check that
  products, materials, services or people meet
  specifications of a standard.

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In the Oil and Gas sector
Standards in the real world Examples For
everyone

• ISO/CSs monthly information magazine
• An excellent resource for business, industry,
  consumer and government
• Facilitates communication in all spheres

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More information

• ISO Annual Report

• ISO in Brief

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Conclusion !!

• The ISO system
• contributes to positive globalization
• and sustainable development

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ISO and Innovation

• A short video clip
• ISO Innovation 2005.exe

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Thank you for your attention !
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