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Convergence, cooperation and collaboration in international standards

Convergence, cooperation and collaboration in international standards. GSS 2012 19 November, 2012 Dubai, United Arab Emirates. James E. Matthews III IEC Vice-President. Goal: One Standard, One Test, Accepted Everywhere. WTO / TBT Principles Transparency Openness

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Convergence, cooperation and collaboration in international standards

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  1. Convergence, cooperation and collaboration in international standards GSS 2012 19 November, 2012 Dubai, United Arab Emirates James E. Matthews III IEC Vice-President

  2. Goal: One Standard, One Test, Accepted Everywhere • WTO / TBT Principles • Transparency • Openness • Impartiality and Consensus • Effectiveness and Relevance • Coherence • Development Dimension

  3. IEC By The Numbers 162 Countries Globally 60 Full Members 22 Associate Members 80 Affiliate Members (FREE) Three Conformity Assessment Systems New conformance activity for wind & tidal energy IECEE IECQ IECEx 3

  4. IEC Technical Work • 174 technical committees and subcommittees • TC 117: Solar Thermal Electric Plants • PC 118: Smart Grid User Interface • TC 119: Printed Electronics • TC 120: Electrical Energy Storage Systems • 13 000 global experts from industrial sector • Strategic Groups – Energy efficiency, UHV, Smart grid, LVDC, Ambient assisted living, Electrotechnology for mobility • Market Strategy Board • Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage……

  5. World Standards Cooperation Established in 2001 by the IEC,ISO, and the ITU Mission: Strengthen & advance the voluntary consensus-based international standards systems of IEC, ISO and ITU

  6. IEC and ITU Working Together • Mutual cooperation and collaboration: our shared history • ITU-T Study Group 15 (Optical Transport) & IEC TC86 (Fibre Optics) • ITU-T JCA – SG & HN and IEC Strategic Group 3 (Smart Grid) • Pathways include: Cite references, joint text, joint documents …

  7. Convergence Drives Challenges • Negative Impacts • Duplication of work • Confusion in the market • Waste of scarce people resources • Examples • Mobile Phone Chargers • Batteries • Environmental Issues • Disaster Recovery • JTC1 Areas

  8. How Can We Do Better? • Research existing work in progress • Respect established lines of work • Share information on new work • Staff & volunteer leadership should discuss • Map a plan for work success • Existing pockets of expertise • Areas to communicate about • Areas to work jointly

  9. IEC – Open For Business • Open collaboration with many organizations • Process is faster, more flexible, more open • Where can we share and collaborate for the good of our stakeholders?

  10. GSS 2012 19 November, 2012 Dubai, United Arab Emirates James E. Matthews III IEC Vice-President

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