The ISO Strategic Plan 2005-2010
Between 1994 and 2003, ISO experienced an explosive growth in membership. Total members increased by nearly 50% (from 100 to 147) and the number of full members increased by 20 units (from 76 to 96) - contributing to make ISO a truly global organization.
In the same period, ISO's reach to different categories of stakeholders also increased dramatically, through both the national standards bodies' network and the extended cooperation with a large variety of international organizations, including governmental and non-governmental entities.
Among the measures taken to cope with these growth trends and to support the engagement of stakeholders beyond the purely technical level (i.e. to provide input on new directions to be followed by ISO and on the setting of priorities), ISO Council decided, in March 2003, on a new method and timetable for the updating of ISO's strategy and its implementation.
Between May and October 2003, ISO organized a broad consultation of the ISO members and stakeholders and of ISO's major international partners, to collect suggestions and expectations regarding ISO's strategy. The majority of ISO members in turn organized extended consultations with their national constituencies, to develop balanced national views.
A total of 41 consolidated national positions was received, with more than 40% of them coming from developing countries. Recommendations were also received from 13 international organizations..
The consultation revealed the existence among ISO's stakeholders of a converging view on the present and future role of ISO and on its increasing importance as one of the essential mechanisms to support a sustainable world economy. It was also reassuring to observe the level of consensus expressed by ISO's broad and composite range of stakeholders on many of the key objectives to be accomplished by the organization in the medium-long term.
The ISO Strategic Plan 2005-2010 - Standards for a sustainable world was developed by the ISO Council on the basis of the input from the consultation, and approved by the ISO General Assembly in Geneva, in September 2004.
The document proposes a global vision for ISO in 2010, seven key objectives for 2010 with expected results and actions for their achievement, and a description of ISO's added value.
- ISO Strategic plan 2005-2010 (PDF, 705 kB)
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