Overview of ANSI

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Overview of ANSIsInternational Policy
ActivitiesRegional and Bilateral Programs
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International EngagementRegional and Bilateral
Policy
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U.S. PRIVATE SECTOR
U.S. PUBLIC SECTOR
U.S. GOVERNMENT
COMPANIES
TRADE ASSOCIATIONS
U.S.-Headquartered STANDARDS DEVELOPING
ORGANIZATIONS
APEC / EUROPEAN COMMISSION
CONSUMER INTERESTS
OTHERS
REGIONAL STANDARDIZATION BODIES (COPANT, PASC,
ESOs)
Geneva-Headquartered INTERNATIONAL STANDARDIZATION
BODIES (ISO, IEC)
FOREIGN NATIONAL STANDARDS BODIES (ANSI PEER
BODIES)
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International Regional Organizations

• International
• ISO - International Organization for
  Standardization
• IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
• Regional
• COPANT Pan American Standards Commission
• PASC Pacific Area Standards Congress
• ESOs European Standards Organizations
• CEN - European Committee for Standardization
• CENELEC - European Committee for Electrotechnical
  Standardization
• ETSI - European Telecommunications Standards
  Institute

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ANSI International Policy Department

• Overarching International Policy
• ANSI International Policy Committee (IPC)
• ISO Policy
• ANSI ISO Council (AIC) and ANSI ISO Forum (AIF)
• ISO General Assembly, ISO Council, ISO Technical
  Management Board (TMB)
• IEC Policy
• US National Committee to the IEC (USNC) Council
  and Tech Mgt Committee
• IEC Council, IEC Council Board, IEC
  Standardization Management Board (SMB)
• Regional Bilateral Policy
• Three ANSI Regional Standing Committees (RSCs)
• RSC-Americas (RSC-A) COPANT (inc. Brazil)
• RSC-Asia Pacific (RSC-AP) PASC (inc. China,
  India)
• RSC-Europe, Middle East, Africa (RSC-EMEA) ESOs
  (CEN, CENELEC, ETSI)

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ANSI International Policy Committee

• The ANSI International Policy Committee (IPC) is
  the ANSI governance body responsible for the
  formulation of overarching ANSI International
  Policy which includes converging ISO and IEC
  policy issues, and regional and bilateral policy.
  

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ANSI International Policy Structure
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ANSI International Regional Strategic PlanANSI
IPC Mission

• Develop and maintain ANSIs international
  strategies and goals for standards and conformity
  assessment to achieve these objectives
• Foster global trade / Support U.S. Trade Agenda
  Foreign Market Access
• Meet societal needs related to security, safety,
  health, and the environment
• Promote fair play and equitable national
  treatment within global standardization
  infrastructures
• Promote effective leadership and technical
  expertise in international and regional
  organizations
• Protect intellectual property rights
• Enhance global competitiveness of U.S. business

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ANSI Regional Interaction (Asia Pacific)

• The United States is highly engaged in Asia
  Pacific
• Standards and conformance activities
• ANSI is the official U.S. member of the Pacific
  Area Standards Congress (PASC)
• 24 Members of PASC.
• The U.S. is also represented in the four of the
  five Asia Pacific Specialist Regional Bodies
• Pacific Area Standards Congress (PASC)
• Pacific Area Cooperation (PAC)
• Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation
  (APLAC)
• Asia-Pacific Legal Metrology Forum (APLMF)
• Asia-Pacific Metrology Programme (APMP)
  (non-member)
• The SRBs provide critical specialized support to
  the APECCommittee for Trade and Investment (CTI)
  Subcommittee on Standards and Conformance (SCSC)

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ANSI Regional Interaction (Americas)

• The United States is engaged in standards and
  conformance
• activities in the Americas
• ANSI is the official U.S. member of the Pan
  American Standards Commission (COPANT) and a full
  member of the InterAmerican Accreditation
  Cooperation (IAAC)
• 27 Members of COPANT
• The U.S. is also represented in the InterAmerican
  Metrology System (SIM) by NIST
• The three specialist regional bodies (SRBs) of
  the Americas are
• Pan American Standards Commission (COPANT)
• InterAmerican Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC)
• InterAmerican Metrology System (SIM)
• The SRBs provide specialized support in the areas
  of standardization, accreditation and metrology
  in the Americas

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European StandardsOrganizations (ESOs)

• CEN, CENELEC, and ETSI are the European
  counterparts to the ISO, IEC, and ITU-T and are
  known collectively as the European Standards
  Organizations (ESOs)
• The ESOs are composed of the national standards
  bodies of Europe
• CEN the European Committee for Standardization,
  produces European standards in all areas except
  for electrotechnical and telecommunications
• CENELEC the European Committee for
  Electrotechnical Standardization, works to
  produce a single set of harmonized
  electrotechnical standards in Europe
• ETSI the European Telecommunications Standards
  Institute, determines and produces European
  telecommunications standards
• ANSI interacts with the ESOs (and the European
  Commission) in various ways, including holding 21
  ANSI-ESO dialogues since 1989. In 2005, ANSI
  also began holding delegation meetings with the
  ESOs Joint Presidents Group (JPG).

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European StandardsOrganizations (ESOs)

• ANSI ESO Interaction
• Ongoing interaction
• February 2008, CEN/CENELEC/ETSI/ANSI
  Interoperability Conference Warsaw, Poland
• September 2008, ANSI meeting with ESO Joint
  Presidents Group (JPG) and European Commission
  Washington, DC
• September 2008, ANSI-ESO Conference Supporting
  Transatlantic Trade Washington, DC
• Q4 2009, ANSI-CEN Conference on Building
  Information Modeling.

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International Projects and Initiatives
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Overview of Regional and Bilateral Initiatives
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China Program Genesis

• ANSI hired a Representative for China Affairs
  (Elise Owen) and launched China Program in 2006,
  responding to member focus on issues and
  opportunities in China
• Three main priority areas for ANSI China Program
• Communicate and promote U.S. positions for
  standardization and conformity assessment in
  China
• Work to ensure that standards facilitate trade
• Promote the benefits of the U.S. Standards System
  in China
• 2007 ANSI Membership Survey defined overarching
  areas of concern for China, including
  transparency, conformity assessment policies, and
  inconsistent U.S. message
• China Program facilitates continuous engagement
  through senior and working-level communication,
  workshops, projects, etc. to effectively advance
  U.S. priorities

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China Program Recent Accomplishments

• April 2008 MOU with Certification and
  Accreditation Administration of China (CNCA) that
  builds on a longstanding MOU with the
  Standardization Administration of China (SAC)
• Supporting Initiatives to advance the safety of
  products exported from China to the U.S. (e.g.
  toys)
• Increasing outreach to and visibility in Chinese
  industry
• Addressing high-level China policy concerns(e.g.
  TC participation policies, revisions to CCC
  regulations, etc.)
• Launching ANSI Manufacturer Member Roundtable in
  China
• Development of StandardsPortal

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Why StandardsPortal?

• Problem
• No central resource to help companies find the
  standards, conformity assessment and technical
  regulations needed to enter and compete in target
  markets.
• Solution
• StandardsPortal answers key questions exporters
  face when attempting to enter their target markets

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ANSI Engagement in India

• January 2007 ANSI President and CEO India
  Networking Visit
• March 2007 ANSI and U.S. Department of Commerce
  (DOC) Staff-level Fact-finding Mission
• December 2007 ANSI signs tripartite MOU with
  Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and
  Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
• September 2008 ANSI, CII and BIS co-organize
  workshop on Leveraging the TBT Agreement
  sponsored by U.S. DOC and Indian Ministry of
  Commerce and Industry
• March 2009 U.S. India Standards and
  Conformance Cooperation Program (SCCP) launched
  in Washington and Delhi (www.standardsportal.org/u
  s-indiasccp)

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U.S.India SCCP Key Organizations

• Funding Agency U.S. Trade and Development
  Agency (www.ustda.gov)
• Grantee Confederation of Indian Industry
  (www.ciionline.org)
• Contractor American National Standards
  Institute (www.ansi.org)
• An SCCP Advisory Panel will provide
  recommendations as to the direction of the
  program and will be comprised of individuals from
  U.S. government and private sector organizations

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U.S. India SCCP Program Components (1 of 3)

• Standards and Conformance Workshops
• U.S. organizations will sponsor and co-organize a
  series of workshops focusing on issues related to
  standards and conformance for specific industry
  sectors
• At least five (5) workshops will be conducted
• The workshops will bring together select
  representatives from the industry for targeted
  technical exchange
• Workshop topics will be chosen after interested
  organizations submit their proposals to ANSI for
  review by the SCCP Advisory Panel

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U.S. India SCCP Program Components (2 of 3)

• U.S. Standards and Conformance Directory
• The Directory will include information on
  standards, conformance procedures, technical
  regulations, and trade capacity building
  initiatives for five key sectors
• The Directory is intended to serve as a
  foundation for a comprehensive directory on U.S.
  market access and market acceptance requirements
• A corresponding Indian Directory will likely be
  developed under a separate initiative
• The U.S. and Indian Directories will be made
  available online through StandardsPortal
  (www.standardsportal.org)

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U.S. India SCCP Program Components (3 of 3)

• Expansion of StandardsPortal -- New features to
  include
• Expanded information on the standards and
  conformance systems in India
• Guide to U.S. best practices
• Directory of conformance bodies in the U.S.
• Directory of U.S. regulatory agencies

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Southeast Asia

• 2007/2008 ANSI Carries out U.S. Trade and
  Development Agency (USTDA) sponsored Vietnam
  Standards Training Program (VSTP)
• September 2008 ANSI delivers presentation to
  ASEAN Consultative Committee for Standards and
  Quality (ACCSQ) plenary meeting
• Ongoing Working to identify additional
  opportunities for projects and programs in
  individual Southeast Asian countries

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Future Areas of Focus International Projects

• ANSI will continue its commitment to policy
  activities while also working to increase
  externally funded projects that support ANSIs
  international policy objectives
• Benefits to ANSI Members
• Maximize international impact with limited
  resources
• Strengthen international alliances and
  partnerships
• Increase opportunities to address issues and
  concerns before they arise

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International Projects

• Current Regions for Project Engagement
• China
• India
• Southeast Asia
• Future Regions for Project Engagement
• Latin America
• Africa
• Middle East

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For more information
ANSI International Policy Department Contacts

• Gary Kushnier, Vice President of International
  Policy
• 202-331-3604
• gkushnie_at_ansi.org
• Steven Cornish, Sr. Director ISO Policy
• 212-642-4969
• scornish_at_ansi.org
• Charlie Zegers, Sr. Director IEC Policy
• 212-642-4965
• czegers_at_ansi.org
• Steven Bipes, Sr. Director Regional
  Bilateral Programs
• 202-331-3607
• sbipes_at_ansi.org
• Elise Owen, ANSI Representative for China and
  India Affairs
• 202-331-3624
• eowen_at_ansi.org