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class="bg-lightgray "> <div class="container"> <div class="row row-title "> <div class="col-md-12"><div class="clear"></div><div class="clear"></div></div> </div><div class="row "> <div class="col-md-7"><p class="lead">ISO’s most important resource is its member organizations and their networks of experts.</p> <p>This is why ISO invests in strengthening the skills of its members, both at the human and the organizational level, through extensive training and technical assistance programmes.</p> <p>We're helping to meet the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210509094339/http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/" target="_blank" title="The UN SDGs">United Nations Sustainable Development Goals</a> (SDGs) by supporting our members to maximize the benefits of international standardization and ensure the uptake of ISO standards. Economic, environmental and societal dimensions are all directly addressed by ISO standards.</p> <p>The effective participation of ISO members in international standardization contributes to the global relevance of ISO standards and helps realize ISO’s vision of <a href="/web/20210509094339/https://www.iso.org/files/live/sites/isoorg/files/store/en/PUB100364.pdf" target="_blank" title="ISO Strategy 2016-2020 [PDF]"><em>standards used everywhere</em></a>.</p><div class="clear"></div><div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="col-md-4 col-md-offset-1"><h4>What are the UN Sustainable Development Goals?</h4> <p>In 2015 the UN set an ambitious fifteen year plan to address some of the most pressing issues faced by the world.</p> <p>By supporting our members to maximize the benefits of international standardization and ensure the uptake of ISO standards, we’re helping to meet the <a href="/web/20210509094339/https://www.iso.org/sdgs.html" title="Sustainable Development Goals">United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)</a>. Economic, environmental and societal dimensions are all directly addressed by ISO standards.</p> <p>Our aim is to spread these benefits as widely as possible through capacity building where it's most needed.</p><div class="clearfix icon"> <h6 class="entry-name entry-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210509094339/https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals" target="_blank">UN Sustainable Development Goals</a> </h6> </div><div class="clear"></div><div class="clear"></div> </div> </div><div class="clear"></div><div class="clear"></div> </div> </section><section id="main-section" class=" "> <div class="container"> <div class="row "> <div class="col-md-7"><h2>Our capacity building activities</h2> <p><strong>Technical assistance </strong>is delivered under the<em> ISO Action Plan for developing countries.</em> Specific programmes help our members get the most out of International Standards in order for them to fully participate in global trade and achieve sustainable development.</p> <p>The Action Plan is implemented in coordination with donors, international organizations, regional standards organizations and ISO members involved in delivering development assistance. </p> <p><strong>Training courses</strong> cover a wide range of subjects related to the international standardization process and aim at helping members participate effectively in the development of international standards. The courses target technical committee chairs, managers, working group convenors and their support staff involved in standardization work. Further <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210509094339/https://connect.iso.org/x/EYHLAg" target="_blank">information on training courses for ISO members</a> can be found on the members' portal.</p> <p> </p><div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="col-md-4 col-md-offset-1"><div class="well clearfix"> <h3>Did you know?</h3><p>In 2016, 105 countries participated in our capacity-building initiatives, involving more than 3000 people worldwide.</p> <p>During the same period, 43 national standards bodies took advantage of sponsorship programmes to participate in international standards development work</p> </div><div class="media clearfix obp"> <div class="media-left"> <figure class="tilt"> <a href="/web/20210509094339/https://www.iso.org/publication/PUB100261.html" title="Building linkages for export success" aria-label="Building linkages for export success"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210509094339im_/https://www.iso.org/obp/graphics/pub/a5287361-030a-4f0a-bee5-37713a4e1e66_ef298e8da2d4198162a80a37703437e5.jpg" class="media-object width-100 hover-zoom" alt="Cover page: Building linkages for export success" title="Building linkages for export success"/> </a> </figure> </div> <div class="media-body"> <div class="entry-content"> <h6 class="entry-name entry-title"> <a href="/web/20210509094339/https://www.iso.org/publication/PUB100261.html" title="Building linkages for export success">Building linkages for export success</a> </h6> <div class="entry-summary"> For national standards bodies, trade promotion organizations and government agencies to show how close collaboration can assist exporters </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="clear"></div> </div> </div><div class="clear"></div><div class="row row-title "> <div class="col-md-12"><h2>Core initiatives</h2><div class="clear"></div><div class="clear"></div></div> </div><div class="row "> <div class="col-md-7"><h6>Standardization in support of public policies</h6> <p>Efforts are undertaken for members to strengthen the link between standardization and public policies by disseminating knowledge, promoting awareness and supporting the application of good practices in referencing standards in national legal frameworks.</p> <h6>National standardization strategies</h6> <p>After the identification of national standardization priorities, members are guided to building their national standardization strategies; best practice to applying the strategies is also part of this capacity building activity.</p> <h6>Financial sustainability of national standards institutions</h6> <p>Members work on establishing strategies and business plans to ensure that their organizations are run efficiently and remain financially sustainable. Possible risks to the organizations are also assessed.</p> <h6>Stakeholder engagement</h6> <p>As stakeholders play a key role in the standards development process, members need to have in place solid engagement strategies and collaboration schemes to ensure that the relevant stakeholders participate in the standardization work. This is the focus of the core initiative on stakeholder engagement.</p> <h6>Good standardization practice</h6> <p>Increasing the competence of standardization experts in Good Standardization Practices (GSP) is a key area of improvement. This activity includes the evaluation of the building blocks of an effective national standards institution, its standards development processes, and whether the standardization principles applied be the institution are in line with WTO Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Agreement.</p><div class="clear"></div><div class="clear"></div><div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="col-md-4 col-md-offset-1"><div class="highlight-box clearfix"> <figure class="img-top inCol4 fig-srcset"> <a href="/web/20210509094339/https://www.iso.org/devco.html" title="A committee to support developing countries: DEVCO" aria-label="A committee to support developing countries: DEVCO"> <img loading="lazy" src="/web/20210509094339im_/https://www.iso.org/files/live/sites/isoorg/files/about%20ISO/what_we_do/img/devco-banner.jpg/thumbnails/300x300" srcset="/web/20210509094339im_/https://www.iso.org/files/live/sites/isoorg/files/about%20ISO/what_we_do/img/devco-banner.jpg/thumbnails/300x150 300w, /web/20210509094339im_/https://www.iso.org/files/live/sites/isoorg/files/about%20ISO/what_we_do/img/devco-banner.jpg/thumbnails/600x300 600w, /web/20210509094339im_/https://www.iso.org/files/live/sites/isoorg/files/about%20ISO/what_we_do/img/devco-banner.jpg/thumbnails/800x600 800w, /web/20210509094339im_/https://www.iso.org/files/live/sites/isoorg/files/about%20ISO/what_we_do/img/devco-banner.jpg/thumbnails/900x450 900w, /web/20210509094339im_/https://www.iso.org/files/live/sites/isoorg/files/about%20ISO/what_we_do/img/devco-banner.jpg/thumbnails/1200x600 1200w, /web/20210509094339im_/https://www.iso.org/files/live/sites/isoorg/files/about%20ISO/what_we_do/img/devco-banner.jpg/thumbnails/2400x1200 2400w" sizes="(min-width:1680px) 518px,(min-width:1200px) 358px,(min-width:992px) 293px,(min-width:768px) 720px, 100vw" class="hover-zoom" alt="https://www.iso.org/" itemprop="image"/> </a> </figure> <div class="box-text clearfix"> <div class="entry-content"> <h5 class="entry-name"> <a href="/web/20210509094339/https://www.iso.org/devco.html" title="A committee to support developing countries: DEVCO">A committee to support developing countries: DEVCO</a> </h5> <div class="entry-summary"> ISO's committee dedicated to developing countries </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="clear"></div><div class="media clearfix obp"> <div class="media-left"> <figure class="tilt"> <a href="/web/20210509094339/https://www.iso.org/publication/PUB100038.html" title="Fast forward" aria-label="Fast forward"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210509094339im_/https://www.iso.org/obp/graphics/pub/574c2425-e901-4716-bd92-89d5a123e78a_6ad8a7cb8ffda81e84c6b1372103c8c8.jpg" class="media-object width-100 hover-zoom" alt="Cover page: Fast forward" title="Fast forward"/> </a> </figure> </div> <div class="media-body"> <div class="entry-content"> <h6 class="entry-name entry-title"> <a href="/web/20210509094339/https://www.iso.org/publication/PUB100038.html" title="Fast forward">Fast forward</a> </h6> <div class="entry-summary"> This publication will help developing countries and countries with economies in transition make optimal use of national standardization infrastructure </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="media clearfix portrait"> <div class="media-left"> <figure class="tilt"> <a href="/web/20210509094339/https://www.iso.org/publication/PUB100374.html" title="ISO Action Plan for developing countries 2021-2025" aria-label="ISO Action Plan for developing countries 2021-2025"> <img loading="lazy" src="/web/20210509094339im_/https://www.iso.org/files/live/sites/isoorg/files/store/en/cover/PUB100374.jpg/thumbnails/150" srcset="/web/20210509094339im_/https://www.iso.org/files/live/sites/isoorg/files/store/en/cover/PUB100374.jpg/thumbnails/150 150w, /web/20210509094339im_/https://www.iso.org/files/live/sites/isoorg/files/store/en/cover/PUB100374.jpg/thumbnails/300 300w" sizes="100px" class="media-object width-100 hover-zoom" alt="Cover page: ISO Action Plan for developing countries 2021-2025" title="ISO Action Plan for developing countries 2021-2025"/> </a> </figure> </div> <div class="media-body"> <div class="entry-content"> <h6 class="entry-name entry-title"> <a href="/web/20210509094339/https://www.iso.org/publication/PUB100374.html" title="ISO Action Plan for developing countries 2021-2025">ISO Action Plan for developing countries 2021-2025</a> </h6> </div> </div> </div><div class="clear"></div><div class="clear"></div> </div> </div><div class="clear"></div><div class="clear"></div><div class="clear"></div> </div> </section><section class=" "> <div class="container"> <div class="row "> <div class="col-md-12"><h2>Programmes in the middle-east and north Africa</h2><div class="clear"></div></div> </div><div class="row "> <div class="col-md-7"><h6>A regional approach to support ISO members and their stakeholders</h6> <p>The institutional capacity of ISO members in the Middle East and North Africa is strengthened and the use of sustainable development standards is promoted through the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210509094339/https://www.iso.org/sites/menastar" target="_blank">five-year MENA STAR project</a>.</p> <h6>Applying ISO 26000 on Social Responsibility</h6> <p>A series of practical case studies on organizations applying ISO’s social responsibility standard (ISO 26000) have been developed as part of the <a href="/web/20210509094339/https://www.iso.org/iso-sr-mena.html" target="_blank" title="ISO SR MENA project">four-year SR MENA project</a>.</p><div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="col-md-4 col-md-offset-1"><div class="media clearfix obp"> <div class="media-left"> <figure class="tilt"> <a href="/web/20210509094339/https://www.iso.org/publication/PUB100375.html" title="Benefits in applying ISO 26000 - Selected case studies as a result of the SR MENA Project" aria-label="Benefits in applying ISO 26000 - Selected case studies as a result of the SR MENA Project"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210509094339im_/https://www.iso.org/obp/graphics/pub/4b3bd78f-bf46-4bcf-962a-5df731cd268d_2304f71c580c28e39bb9e71d184c40fd.jpg" class="media-object width-100 hover-zoom" alt="Cover page: Benefits in applying ISO 26000 - Selected case studies as a result of the SR MENA Project" title="Benefits in applying ISO 26000 - Selected case studies as a result of the SR MENA Project"/> </a> </figure> </div> <div class="media-body"> <div class="entry-content"> <h6 class="entry-name entry-title"> <a href="/web/20210509094339/https://www.iso.org/publication/PUB100375.html" title="Benefits in applying ISO 26000 - Selected case studies as a result of the SR MENA Project">Benefits in applying ISO 26000 - Selected case studies as a result of the SR MENA Project</a> </h6> <div class="entry-summary"> Case studies from the ISO project to increase use and uptake of ISO 26000 in the SR MENA region. </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="clear"></div> </div> </div><div 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