Convergence, cooperation and collaboration in international standards
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INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
Convergence, cooperation and collaboration in international standards
James E. Matthews IIIIEC Vice-President
GSS 201219 November, 2012Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Goal: One Standard, One Test, Accepted Everywhere
• WTO / TBT Principles • Transparency• Openness• Impartiality and Consensus• Effectiveness and Relevance• Coherence• Development Dimension
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IEC By The Numbers
162 Countries Globally60 Full Members22 Associate Members80 Affiliate Members (FREE)
Three Conformity Assessment SystemsNew conformance activity for wind & tidal energy
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IEC Technical Work
174 technical committees and subcommittees• TC 117: Solar Thermal Electric Plants• PC 118: Smart Grid User Interface• TC 119: Printed Electronics• TC 120: Electrical Energy Storage Systems
13 000 global experts from industrial sector Strategic Groups – Energy efficiency, UHV,
Smart grid, LVDC, Ambient assisted living, Electrotechnology for mobility
Market Strategy Board• Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage……
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World Standards Cooperation
Established in 2001 by the IEC,ISO, and the ITU Mission: Strengthen & advance the voluntary consensus-based international standards systems of IEC, ISO and ITU
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IEC and ITU Working Together
• Mutual cooperation and collaboration: our shared history
• ITU-T Study Group 15 (Optical Transport) & IEC TC86 (Fibre Optics)
• ITU-T JCA – SG & HN and IEC Strategic Group 3 (Smart Grid)
• Pathways include: Cite references, joint text, joint documents …
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Convergence Drives Challenges
• Negative Impacts– Duplication of work– Confusion in the market– Waste of scarce people
resources• Examples
• Mobile Phone Chargers• Batteries• Environmental Issues• Disaster Recovery • JTC1 Areas
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How Can We Do Better?
• Research existing work in progress• Respect established lines of work• Share information on new work• Staff & volunteer leadership should
discuss• Map a plan for work success
• Existing pockets of expertise• Areas to communicate about• Areas to work jointly
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IEC – Open For Business• Open collaboration with many organizations• Process is faster, more flexible, more openWhere can we share and collaborate for the good of our stakeholders?
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INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
James E. Matthews IIIIEC Vice-President
GSS 201219 November, 2012Dubai, United Arab Emirates