International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

Organisation internationale de normalisation
Organización Internacional de Normalización
Internationale Organisation für Normung
Mezdunarodnaja Organizacija po Standartizacii

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URL: https://www.iso.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/isostandards
Twitter: https://twitter.com/isostandards
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/isostandards/

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Founded

1947-02 Geneva Switzerland

History

Established to follow up the work of H-XH0134 - International Federation of National Standardizing Associations (ISA), 1926-1942, and of H-XH4857 - United Nations Standards Coordinating Committee, 1944-1946.

Aims

Promote development of standardization and related activities worldwide with a view to facilitating international exchange of goods and services and to developing cooperation in the sphere of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity.

Events

2027-09-27 | Istanbul, Türkiye – General Assembly
2026-09-28 | Paris, France – General Assembly
2025-09-29 | Kigali, Rwanda – General Assembly

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Structure

General Assembly (annual); Council; Technical Management Board; Central Secretariat. Technical Committees (TCs) for each domain dealt with (190 TCs), including ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee on Information Technology (JTC 1). Membership limited to one member per country.

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Finance

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UN Sustainable Development Goals **

GOAL 2: Zero HungerGOAL 3: Good Health and Well-beingGOAL 6: Clean Water and SanitationGOAL 7: Affordable and Clean EnergyGOAL 8: Decent Work and Economic GrowthGOAL 9: Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureGOAL 10: Reduced InequalityGOAL 11: Sustainable Cities and CommunitiesGOAL 13: Climate ActionGOAL 14: Life Below WaterGOAL 15: Life on LandGOAL 16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

UIA Org ID

XB2314

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