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ISO initiatives – Education and Innovation

WSC Academic Day – Sophia Antipolis, France,13 June 2013

Daniele Gerundino Strategic Adviser to the Secretary-General

Standards, Education and Innovation


Agenda

1. Standards, Education and Innovation

2. Education

WSC Academic Day and other conferences

Cooperation NSBs/Universities

ISO Repositories

UNIGE-ISO Masters’ programme

3. Innovation

Standards and Education

• ISO Strategic Objectives / Actions:

- ISO Strategic Plan 2011-2015, Action

7.4: Strengthen the cooperation with

education institutions at national and

international levels […]

- ISO Action Plan for developing

countries 2011-2015, Output 6:

Introduction of the subject of

standardization as part of educational

curricula initiated


Today’s students are the managers and professionals of the future!

Standards and Innovation ISO recognizes that the relation between standards and innovation is vital

ISO Strategic Objectives / Actions:

- ISO Strategic Plan 2011-2015, Objective 2: ISO standards promote innovation and provide solutions to address global challenges […]

- The relation between standards and innovation was one of the core issues addressed at the Open Session of the General Assembly 2012 in San Diego (Innovation and sustainability)


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First WSC Academic Week organized in July 2010

In cooperation with ICES

Input on company and institutional needs to be met by education

about standardization

Exchange of experiences among professors and researchers

and representatives from NSBs, SDOs, industry and

government

Joint WSC Academic Day and ICES

Conference

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Since then, annual conferences

Joint WSC Academic Day and ICES Conference

New initiatives with specific targets

Good practices on cooperation between National Standards Bodies and Universities


ISO/BSN/KATS regional workshop, Enhancing collaboration between national

standards bodies and academia, Bali (Indonesia), 7-9 May 2012

Breakout sessions at the ISO General Assembly, San Diego (USA), 20-21

September 2012

Contribution to the International Forum «Normes pour l’Afrique», Yaoundé,

Cameroon, 19-20 February 2013

ISO/ABNT/KATS regional workshop, Enhancing collaboration between

national standards bodies and academia, São Paulo (Brazil), 15-17 April

2013

ISO/SABS/KATS regional workshop, Enhancing collaboration between

national standards bodies and academia, South Africa – November 2013

Initiatives organized and planned

ISO/BSN/KATS regional workshop, Bali,

Indonesia, 7-9 May 2012

ISO, Standards and Education

ISO/BSN/KATS regional workshop, Bali, Indonesia, 7-9 May 2012

ISO Contribution to the workshop

“Standards for Africa”


ANOR/RNF/COMNOR workshop, Yaoundé, Cameroon, 19-20 February, 2013

ISO/ABNT /KATS regional workshop, São

Paulo, Brazil, 15-17 April 2013


ISO/ABNT/KATS regional workshop, São Paulo, Brazil, 15-17 April 2013

Repository of teaching materials

NEW in 2013: Primary and secondary education


Initiatives in education about standardization

NEW in 2013: Primary and secondary education


Repository of studies on benefits of standards


Upcoming – Repository of studies on standards and innovation


Standards, Education and Innovation Page

ISO Deliverables

• Five courses (each one worth

3-credits, for 24 lecture hours)

• Over 2.000 PPT slides

• Over 2.000 pages of selected

reading materials

• Contributions of ~20 external

experts including senior

managers from international

organizations, companies,

NGOs and professors from

other universities


All available to ISO members

New developments

• Trisakti University and BSN (Indonesia) are launching a

new Master programme focused on standardization,

making use of the ISO materials

• ESSTIC Ecole Supérieure des Sciences et Techniques de

l'Information et de la Communication, Yaoundé,

Cameroon, is developing a new Master programme with

regional scope, in partnership with ANOR and ISO

• Cooperation ongoing with Technical University of

Berlin (Germany), Tokyo Univerisity (Japan), George

Washington University (USA)


Standards and Innovation

• First step: development of a repository of papers on "standards and innovation" containing studies and description of initiatives

• To be followed by (actions considered):

Overview of research and development centers, "think tanks" or institutes that cover research themes already connected with standards projects or with promising potential

Focus on innovative technologies that support sustainable development

Good practice guide on building effective linkages between National Standards Bodies and Research Institutes. The guide could highlight success stories, checklists, and advantages of connecting with R&D at an earlier stage in standardization


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