Formal Standards Development Organisations
The formal development of international standards is organised in three tiers of Standards Development Organisations, recognised by international agreements :
- World: International Organisation for Standardisation, ISO.
- Regional Regional Standards bodies coordinate standardisation between geographically or politically connected regions with a need to harmonise products and practices. For example in Europe, the European Committee for Standardisation or CEN
- National, e.g. Most Nations have a coordinating body responsible for organizing partipitation in CEN & ISO activities, for publishing ISO & CEN standards within the country, and for coordinating national standardisation activities. The National SDO in turn will delegate responsibility as appropriate to the relevant trade associations, government departments and other stakeholders for a specific are of technical expertise. For example, in the UK the British Standards Institution or BSI is the National SDO.
The SDOs conduct their work through a system of working groups, responsible for different areas of expertise. These evolve over time to accommodate changes in technology. key current working groups for transport standards are outlined below.
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