INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION IEC CO NEWS IEC General

INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION IEC CO NEWS IEC General meeting Tel Aviv Israel 2009 -10 Michel COUPY

Contents § IEC Global Reach § Procedures § § § ISO/IEC Directives Part 1 – Procedures for technical work – new edition Strategic Business Plan (SBP) Market relevance § Tools § § Expert Management System (EMS) Collaboration Tools § Calendar of IEC General Meetings § Some statistics 2

IEC Global Reach § IEC family § § § Members – 56 Associate members – 20 Affiliates – 83 159 Countries § Regional centres § § § Boston, USA – 2 Technical Officers + 2 Assistants Singapore – 2 Technical Officers + 2 Assistants + 1 Editor Sao Paulo, Brazil – Regional manager and assistant – focusing on promotion, increased use of IEC deliverables & CA scheme and enhanced participation and membership in the region. 3

ISO/IEC Directives Part 1 – Procedures for the technical work (AC/13/2009) § Scopes – recommendations on formulation § Chairmen’s/ Secretariat’s responsibilities – information has been expanded § Adopted Strategic Business Plan (SBP) § Increased flexibility at committee stage (CD) – commenting period 2, 3 or 4 months § Procedures for project committees (PC) 4

Expert management system (EMS) Improvements (AC/24/2008) § Personal information – experts to keep up to date § New e-mail notifications – changes in personal information – TC/SC officers & WG/MT convenors § Title – mandatory field limited to Mr, Mrs & Ms § Access to membership information – extended to WG/MT experts § Statistics – experts/NC and experts/WG-MT 5

Strategic Business Plan § Purpose of the SBP? § § To align work program with business/ market needs and trends To identify benefits expected from the availability of standards To prioritize among different projects To ensure adequate resources are available 6

New Work Proposals AC/31/2009 Market relevance justification, ensuring that: § § § § the documentation justifying new work in ISO and IEC makes a substantial case for the market relevance of the proposal. the documentation justifying new work in ISO and IEC provides solid information as a foundation for informed ISO member body and IEC national committee voting. proposals comply with the requirements/expectations for their documentation before they are circulated for voting. appropriate internal consultations take place regarding the relationships of proposals to and impact of them on existing work. ISO member bodies and IEC national committees conduct appropriate consultations with relevant stakeholders on such proposals. the approval of proposals for new work demonstrates substantial support and adequate committed participation. pilot testing between October 1, 2009 and March 31, 2010 on selected TCs. 7

Collaboration tools suite (AC/37/2007) § Includes: § § Upload and distribution of documents Archiving of WG/MT/PT documents Discussion forum Assignment of tasks/ issues § One area per TC – subfolders for WG/MT/PT § Use current username/ password § Replaces: § § § FTP server sites Discussion forum e. Room 8

Calendar of IEC General Meetings § 2010 -10 -11/15 – Seattle, USA § 2011 -10 -24/28 – Melbourne, Australia § 2012 - Norway 9

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INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION Thank you for your attention. Any questions?