26th ISO General Assemblyin Buenos Aires
ISO - the International Organization for Standardization – celebrates this year its 26th General Assembly. For the first time in history, this event will take place in Latin America, precisely in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from September 15 to September 20.
IRAM, the Argentinean Standardization Institute, the only ISO representative in Argentina, is responsible for the organization of this Assembly in co-ordination with the ISO General Secretariat in Geneva.
At present, ISO has 148 country members and a great number of International liaison organizations. Most of them shall be present in Buenos Aires, through delegations which differ in the number of their members. A total of more than 360 delegates is envisaged, many of them bringing accompanying people.
On Tuesday night, 16 September the Open Ceremony will be held at the Opera Theatre of Buenos Aires City, the renowned Teatro Colón, with the presence of all the delegations and high-range authorities.
Wednesday, 17 and Friday, 19 September will be dedicated to the Assembly itself, in which the results achieved by ISO in the past, the new undertakings and the advanced degree of the International Survey for the preparation of the ISO 2005-2020 Strategy Plan shall be submitted..
On Thursday, 18 September the Seminar (Open Session) about Global Trade Facilitation – Ensuring effective links among International Standards, Technical Rules and Conformity Assessment, shall be held.
The Seminar is scheduled to begin with a dissertation by a WTO’s representative, followed by presentations on experiences in different regions of the world: Mercosur, Asia-Pacific, European Union.
The morning session will finish with a round table attended by top company managers from Argentina, the United Stated and Europe.
In the evening, the attendees will have the opportunity to know the vision and the contributions of ISO, IEC – International Electrotechnical Commission – and ITU – International Communication Union – in a debate held by their respective General Secretaries.
The ISO Council and its TMB (Technical Management Board) will meet in parallel with the Assembly.
For IRAM and for Argentina, this represents a unique occasion for bringing together the standardization bodies from all over the world, the top managers of the international organizations, as well as the representatives of regional trade blocks related to standardization and conformity assessment.
IRAM - Argentina