Technical assistance is aimed at ISO’s developing country members and helps build their capacity in standardization. Helping to support developing country members in standardization is one of ISO’s key objectives and their participation in technical assistance is financially supported by ISO and external donors.

Full list of courses

• Food safety
• Environment, climate change and energy management
  –  Environmental management systems (EMS)
  –  Climate change 
  –  Life cycle analysis (LCA)
  –  Energy management
  –  Carbon footprint
• Conformity assessment and trade facilitation
• Consumer involvement in standardization
• Societal security
• Social responsibility (SR)
• Information security
• Infrastructure-building support for standardization
  –  Forum for CEOs of national standards bodies
  –  ISO members in developing countries strengthened at institutional level
  –  Setting national standardization strategies
  –  Linking trade promotion organizations and NSBs
  –  Adopting and referencing International Standards 
  –  Role of standards in economic development and facilitating trade 
  –  Enhancing ICT capabilities
  –  Enhancing communication and marketing capabilities 
  –  Financing NSBs – Financial sustainability for national standards bodies
  –  Good standardization practice