Model UNECE

Educational Programme

on Standardization: Developing, Testing and Promoting

Training Materials

Prof. Galina Pankina,

Rector

Academy for Standardization, Metrology

and Certification

Education on Standards: Professional Training and Re-training Needs

in Russia and NIS

STANDARDS

BUSINESS

GOVERNMENT

NGOs

MEDIA

UNIVERSITIES

RESEARCH INSTITUTES

ROSSTANDART

Training Standardization Engineers and Experts for Russia, Customs Union and NIS

Annual Performance of the Academy for Standardization, Metrology and Certification

• Meeting needs of Russia

– 5000-7000 trainees in standardization related issues

– 12000-15000 trainees in metrology related issues • Meeting needs of Customs Union and NIS in standardization,

metrology and certification experts

– Over 1500 trainees for the Customs Union (Russia, Kazakhstan, Belorussia)

– About 100 trainees for NIS (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, etc.)

When necessary ASMC covers costs of trainees coming from NIS

Meeting Training Needs and Co-operating with Educational

Establishments

ASMS 12 branches in the RF regions

The UNECE Programme on Standardization: 15 Modules

1. Standardization basics 2. Benefits of standardization for society 3. Standardization and companies 4. National legal and institutional framework for standardization 5. Regulatory policies and related institutional mechanisms 6. Managing risks through standards 7. Regulations and regulatory impact assessments 8. Metrology 9. Conformity assessment 10. Market surveillance 11. Management system standards 12. International standardization 13. International trade, standards and regulations 14. Standardization of information requirements and supply chains 15. Policy issues and challenges in standardization 16. Practical exercise “Standardization within a company”

Developing Training Materials Based on the UN Module Programme

on Standardization • Teachers of the Academy for Standardization, Metrology

and Certification and its regional branches have been working on training materials since January 2014.

• Preparation and testing of training materials is in progress.

• Ready to use materials (in Russian) cover all 15 modules (subject areas) and include:

– texts for distant learners and teaches (beginners)

– presentation slides

– test questions

– a practical exercise: Standardization within a company.

• It is planned to post training materials on-line.

New Developments: Training on Technical Regulations

in the Customs Union • Yekaterinburg INNOPROM (Innovations in Industry) Conference.

July 2013. • Yekaterinburg Conference “Training in the Field of Technical

Regulations”. April 2014. • Yekaterinburg INNOPROM (Innovations in Industry) Conference.

July 2016. • Key challenge: to provide training in the field of technical

regulations in the Customs Union. • Recent facts:

– a special training programme on technical regulations (for professional upgrading) has been approved by the Customs Union

– it is suggested introducing technical regulation into educational curricula (higher school)

– work on training materials is in progress

Major Challenges

• Experts in standardization tend to prepare mostly technical training materials – Historically standardization is included in curricula of technical

higher school establishments

• Universities are sometimes reluctant to add new courses to educational curricula

• Training materials need to be continually improved due to the rapid development of the standardization related legislation in Russia and gradual strengthening of co-operation within the Eurasian Customs Union.

• The key question: how to make training materials and courses attractive to various interested parties?

Testing Training Materials • Training materials are being prepared and tested in

collaboration with Russian universities.

• To discuss and test training materials ASMS runs subject oriented workshops and offers materials to: – D. Mendeleyev University (managers and sociologists)

– The South Federal University (geographers and engineers)

– Kazan University (managers and sociologists)

– Novosibirsk pedagogical university (teachers)

– Tomsk university (environmentalists)

– Nizhny Novgorod university (economists)

– Samara University (petrochemists)

Over 400 trainees have already taken part in testing

Newer developments: ISO 26000 and Social Responsibility

• Growing interest of business

• Demand of civil society

• Availability of materials (open reports) for case studies and open discussions

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Newer Programme developments: ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015

• Strengthened attention to:

• Context

• Leadership

• Planning

• Support

• Operations

• Evaluation

• Improvement

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Newer Programme developments: Global Reporting Initiative Standards

• The GRI Standards are the first global standards for sustainability reporting.

• They feature a modular, interrelated structure, and represent the global best practice for reporting on a range of economic, environmental and social impacts.

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Collaborating with Asian Network for Quality

• Training concept and training materials have been presented at the 14th Congress of ANQ in September, 2016.

• Participants from India, Singapore, Vietnam, Kazakhstan and other countries expressed their interest to further develop training materials based on UNECE Model Programme.

• It is agreed to publish a series of articles with ANQ support and to consider opportunities for running joint training events.

Thank you!

Prof. Dr. Galina Pankina

Rector

Academy for Standardization, Metrology

and Certification

www.asms.ru pankinagv@asms.ru