About

  • Secretary:
    Mr Erich Kieck
  • Chairperson (until end 2024):
    Mrs Julia Bonner Douett
    Vice chairperson (until end 2024):
    Mr El hadji Abdourahmane Ndione
  • Creation date: 1961

Scope

Membership

DEVCO membership is open to interested member bodies as participating (P) or observer (O) members and to interested correspondent members as observer (O) members.

Terms of reference

  1. Identifies the needs and requirements of members in developing countries in all fields of standardization and matters related to the national quality infrastructure (NQI), and assists in defining the priorities for technical assistance and capacity building in these areas.
  2. Provides a forum for members to discuss standardization and related matters of interest to developing countries, and for the exchange of information, experience and best practice between developing countries as well as among developed and developing countries.
  3. Recommends the ISO Action Plan for developing countries to Council for approval, and monitors its implementation.
  4. Advises the ISO Council on matters affecting members in developing countries relative to ISO governance and policy decisions, and provides guidance on issues of specific interest to developing countries.

Quick links

101
Participating members
53
Observing members
Reference Title Type
ISO/DEVCO/CAG   Chair's advisory group Working group
ISO/DEVCO/TG 1   Task group on submission support Working group
ISO/DEVCO/TG 2   Task group on integration support Working group
ISO/DEVCO/WG 1   Standardization areas of primary interest to developing countries Working group
ISO/DEVCO/WG 2   Resources to enhance NSB capabilities in standards development and use Working group

 

Liaison Committees from ISO/DEVCO

ISO/DEVCO can access the documents of the committees below:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
ISO/CASCO Committee on conformity assessment ISO
  2. Taking part
  3. Who develops standards
  4. Technical Committees
  5. ISO/DEVCO