ISO Focus - December 2004

Action plan for developing countries

ISO Focus, December 2004

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Comment

Maureen P. Mutasa; ISO/DEVCO Chair and Director General, SAZ, Zimbabwe
Standards for progress

Guest View

Uri Dadush, Director, International Trade Department, World Bank

"The process of standardization can indeed result in significant benefits for developing countries and help facilitate their participation in the global trading system."

Main Focus

Action Plan for developing countries

• ISO’s Five-Year Action Plan for developing countries
• The Mauritian road to a sophisticated technical infrastructure
• Regional and sub-regional cooperation in standardization
• Getting help from a Technical Cooperation Agency
• Participation in ISO: A win-win experience in Malaysia
• Successful twinning: The experiences of TC 207
• Fostering regional cooperation in standards and metrology
• Managing change in a transition economy: The Croatian experience
• Getting water to all: ISO/TC 224 studies how to optimize water supply

Developments and initiatives

• Market democracy in optimal format
• Water measurement
• Something for all or more for some

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• DIN hosts the 19th plenary of ISO/IEC JTC 1

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