What does ISO do for developing countries?
ISO standards in general represent a reservoir of technology. Developing countries in particular, with their scarce resources, can benefit from this wealth of knowledge. So for them, ISO standards are an important means both of acquiring technological know-how that is backed by international consensus as the state of the art, and of raising their capability to export and compete in global markets. In addition to this general benefit of ISO standards, ISO has a specific programme for developing countries which consists of training seminars, sponsorships/fellowships and publications. ISO also has a policy committee on developing country matters with a membership of nearly 100 standards institutes from both industrialized and developing countries. See also the pages on ISO and developing countries of the Communities and markets section, and the ISO Action Plan for developing countries 2005-2010.
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